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#include <math.h>
#if defined(math_errhandling) \
  && (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT)
#include <fenv.h>
#endif

/* ... */

#if defined(math_errhandling) \
  && (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT)
  feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
#endif
errno = 0;

/* call the function */

#if !defined(math_errhandling) \
  || (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)
if (errno != 0) {
  /* handle range error */
}
#endif
#if defined(math_errhandling) \
  && (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT)
if (fetestexcept(FE_INVALID
               | FE_DIVBYZERO
               | FE_OVERFLOW
               | FE_UNDERFLOW) != 0)
 {
  /* handle range error */
}
#endif

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Error Checking and Detection
Error Checking and Detection

Error Checking and Detection

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The exact treatment of error conditions from math functions is quite complicated.  C99 Section 7.12.1 defines the following behavior for floating point overflow \[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\]

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It is also difficult to check for math errors using {{errno}} because an implementation might not set it. For real functions, the programmer can tell whether the implementation sets {{errno}} by checking whether {{math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO}} is nonzero. For complex functions, the C99 Section 7.3.2 simply states "an implementation may set {{errno}} but is not required to" \[[ISO/IEC 9899:1999|AA. C References#ISO/IEC 9899-1999]\].

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The System V Interface Definition, Third Edition (SVID3) provides more control over the treatment of errors in the math library. The user can provide a function named matherr that is invoked if errors occur in a math function. This function can print diagnostics, terminate the execution, or specify the desired return-value. The matherr() function has not been adopted by C99, so its use is not generally portable.

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