From: Kbwms AT aol DOT com
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Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:39:50 EDT
Subject: Re: Arithmetic Exceptions in C99
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In a message dated 8/27/2003 5:56:26 PM Eastern Standard Time,
eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il writes:
> Right. And I don't see where the effect of feraiseexcept is described
> in the standard. All I see is a bunch of functions for setting and
> testing bits in the FP exceptions status word.
>
> Did I miss something? Does C9x specify what does it mean by
> ``floating-point exception''?
>
Now that we all have (access to) copies of ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E), by virtue of
the link kindly provided by Martin DOT Stromberg AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se, repeated here,
http://anubis.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n932.pdf, a reading of Annex
H, paragraph H3, seems to be in order.
KB Williams
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In a message dated 8/27/2003 5:56:26 PM Eastern Standard=
Time, eliz AT elta DOT co DOT il writes:
Right. And I don't see where the effect of feraiseexc=
ept is described
in the standard. All I see is a bunch of functions for setting and
testing bits in the FP exceptions status word.
Did I miss something? Does C9x specify what does it mean by
``floating-point exception''?
Now that we all have (access to) copies of ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E), by virtue o=
f the link kindly provided by M=
artin DOT Stromberg AT epl DOT ericsson DOT se, repeated here, http://anubis.dkuug.dk/JTC=
1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n932.pdf, a reading of Annex H, paragraph H3, seems=
to be in order.
KB Williams
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