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How to handle floating point errors

Linux
Solaris 10
AIX 5.3
HP-UX 11.31
Mac OS X 10.5

Use the C99 floating-point exception functions.

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Either use the C99 floating-point exception function or structured exception handling through _fpieee_flt [[MSDN

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FLP02-C. Avoid using floating point numbers when precise computation is needed      05. Floating Point (FLP)      FLP30FLP04-C. Do not use Check floating point variables as loop countersinputs for exceptional values