From: Kbwms AT aol DOT com Message-ID: <11d.25816a25.2c7f6e36@aol.com> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2003 10:39:50 EDT Subject: Re: Arithmetic Exceptions in C99 To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_11d.25816a25.2c7f6e36_boundary" X-Mailer: 8.0 for Windows sub 6015 Reply-To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com --part1_11d.25816a25.2c7f6e36_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --part1_11d.25816a25.2c7f6e36_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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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