Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:07:10 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Erik Luijten <erik AT tntnhb3 DOT tn DOT tudelft DOT nl>
Cc: djgpp <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: floating p. exception behaves strange
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Erik Luijten wrote:

> > You can use _status87 and _control87 library functions to look at the 
> > coprocessor status word and put it into a certain state as far as 
> > floating exceptions are concerned.  Maybe the status word isn't cleared 
> > by the default exception handler?
>  
> OK, but who's wrong ? DJGPP, CWSDPMI, Win95? Or should I simply
> accept this behavior?

I don't know because I didn't look at it.  With the above two functions 
you can investigate what's happening and find out what might well be a 
bug that should be corrected.