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27.Dd March 16, 2005
28.Dt FENV 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm feclearexcept ,
32.Nm fegetexceptflag ,
33.Nm feraiseexcept ,
34.Nm fesetexceptflag ,
35.Nm fetestexcept ,
36.Nm fegetround ,
37.Nm fesetround ,
38.Nm fegetenv ,
39.Nm feholdexcept ,
40.Nm fesetenv ,
41.Nm feupdateenv ,
42.Nm feenableexcept ,
43.Nm fedisableexcept ,
44.Nm fegetexcept
45.Nd floating-point environment control
46.Sh LIBRARY
47.Lb libm
48.Sh SYNOPSIS
49.In fenv.h
50.Fd "#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON"
51.Ft int
52.Fn feclearexcept "int excepts"
53.Ft int
54.Fn fegetexceptflag "fexcept_t *flagp" "int excepts"
55.Ft int
56.Fn feraiseexcept "int excepts"
57.Ft int
58.Fn fesetexceptflag "const fexcept_t *flagp" "int excepts"
59.Ft int
60.Fn fetestexcept "int excepts"
61.Ft int
62.Fn fegetround void
63.Ft int
64.Fn fesetround "int round"
65.Ft int
66.Fn fegetenv "fenv_t *envp"
67.Ft int
68.Fn feholdexcept "fenv_t *envp"
69.Ft int
70.Fn fesetenv "const fenv_t *envp"
71.Ft int
72.Fn feupdateenv "const fenv_t *envp"
73.Ft int
74.Fn feenableexcept "int excepts"
75.Ft int
76.Fn fedisableexcept "int excepts"
77.Ft int
78.Fn fegetexcept void
79.Sh DESCRIPTION
80The
81.In fenv.h
82routines manipulate the floating-point environment,
83which includes the exception flags and rounding modes defined in
84.St -ieee754 .
85.Ss Exceptions
86Exception flags are set as side-effects of floating-point arithmetic
87operations and math library routines, and they remain set until
88explicitly cleared.
89The following macros expand to bit flags of type
90.Vt int
91representing the five standard floating-point exceptions.
92.Bl -tag -width ".Dv FE_DIVBYZERO"
93.It Dv FE_DIVBYZERO
94A divide-by-zero exception occurs when the
95.Em exact
96result of a computation is infinite (according to the limit definition).
97For example, dividing a finite non-zero number by zero or computing
98.Fn log 0
99raises a divide-by-zero exception.
100.It Dv FE_INEXACT
101An inexact exception is raised whenever there is a loss of accuracy
102due to rounding.
103.It Dv FE_INVALID
104Invalid operation exceptions occur when a program attempts to
105perform calculations for which there is no reasonable representable
106answer.
107For instance, subtraction of like-signed infinities, division of zero by zero,
108ordered comparison involving \*(Nas, and taking the real square root of a
109negative number are all invalid operations.
110.It Dv FE_OVERFLOW
111In contrast with divide-by-zero,
112an overflow exception occurs when an infinity is produced because
113the magnitude of the exact result is
114.Em finite
115but too large to fit in the destination type.
116For example, computing
117.Li DBL_MAX * 2
118raises an overflow exception.
119.It Dv FE_UNDERFLOW
120Underflow occurs when the result of a computation loses precision
121because it is too close to zero.
122The result is a subnormal number or zero.
123.El
124.Pp
125Additionally, the
126.Dv FE_ALL_EXCEPT
127macro expands to the bitwise OR of the above flags and any
128architecture-specific flags.
129Combinations of these flags are passed to the
130.Fn feclearexcept ,
131.Fn fegetexceptflag ,
132.Fn feraiseexcept ,
133.Fn fesetexceptflag ,
134and
135.Fn fetestexcept
136functions to clear, save, raise, restore, and examine the
137processor's floating-point exception flags, respectively.
138.Pp
139Exceptions may be
140.Em unmasked
141with
142.Fn feenableexcept
143and masked with
144.Fn fedisableexcept .
145Unmasked exceptions cause a trap when they are produced, and
146all exceptions are masked by default.
147The current mask can be tested with
148.Fn fegetexcept .
149.Ss Rounding Modes
150.St -ieee754
151specifies four rounding modes.
152These modes control the direction in which results are rounded
153from their exact values in order to fit them into binary
154floating-point variables.
155The four modes correspond with the following symbolic constants.
156.Bl -tag -width ".Dv FE_TOWARDZERO"
157.It Dv FE_TONEAREST
158Results are rounded to the closest representable value.
159If the exact result is exactly half way between two representable
160values, the value whose last binary digit is even (zero) is chosen.
161This is the default mode.
162.It Dv FE_DOWNWARD
163Results are rounded towards negative \*[If].
164.It Dv FE_UPWARD
165Results are rounded towards positive \*[If].
166.It Dv FE_TOWARDZERO
167Results are rounded towards zero.
168.El
169.Pp
170The
171.Fn fegetround
172and
173.Fn fesetround
174functions query and set the rounding mode.
175.Ss Environment Control
176The
177.Fn fegetenv
178and
179.Fn fesetenv
180functions save and restore the floating-point environment,
181which includes exception flags, the current exception mask,
182the rounding mode, and possibly other implementation-specific
183state.
184The
185.Fn feholdexcept
186function behaves like
187.Fn fegetenv ,
188but with the additional effect of clearing the exception flags and
189installing a
190.Em non-stop
191mode.
192In non-stop mode, floating-point operations will set exception flags
193as usual, but no
194.Dv SIGFPE
195signals will be generated as a result.
196Non-stop mode is the default, but it may be altered by
197.Fn feenableexcept
198and
199.Fn fedisableexcept .
200The
201.Fn feupdateenv
202function restores a saved environment similarly to
203.Fn fesetenv ,
204but it also re-raises any floating-point exceptions from the old
205environment.
206.Pp
207The macro
208.Dv FE_DFL_ENV
209expands to a pointer to the default environment.
210.Sh EXAMPLES
211The following routine computes the square root function.
212It explicitly raises an invalid exception on appropriate inputs using
213.Fn feraiseexcept .
214It also defers inexact exceptions while it computes intermediate
215values, and then it allows an inexact exception to be raised only if
216the final answer is inexact.
217.Bd -literal -offset indent
218#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
219double sqrt(double n) {
220	double x = 1.0;
221	fenv_t env;
222
223	if (isnan(n) || n < 0.0) {
224		feraiseexcept(FE_INVALID);
225		return (NAN);
226	}
227	if (isinf(n) || n == 0.0)
228		return (n);
229	feholdexcept(&env);
230	while (fabs((x * x) - n) > DBL_EPSILON * 2 * x)
231		x = (x / 2) + (n / (2 * x));
232	if (x * x == n)
233		feclearexcept(FE_INEXACT);
234	feupdateenv(&env);
235	return (x);
236}
237.Ed
238.Sh SEE ALSO
239.Xr cc 1 ,
240.Xr feclearexcept 3 ,
241.Xr fedisableexcept 3 ,
242.Xr feenableexcept 3 ,
243.Xr fegetenv 3 ,
244.Xr fegetexcept 3 ,
245.Xr fegetexceptflag 3 ,
246.Xr fegetround 3 ,
247.Xr feholdexcept 3 ,
248.Xr feraiseexcept 3 ,
249.Xr fesetenv 3 ,
250.Xr fesetexceptflag 3 ,
251.Xr fesetround 3 ,
252.Xr fetestexcept 3 ,
253.Xr feupdateenv 3 ,
254.Xr fpgetprec 3 ,
255.Xr fpsetprec 3
256.Sh STANDARDS
257Except as noted below,
258.In fenv.h
259conforms to
260.St -isoC-99 .
261The
262.Fn feenableexcept ,
263.Fn fedisableexcept ,
264and
265.Fn fegetexcept
266routines are extensions.
267.Sh HISTORY
268The
269.In fenv.h
270header first appeared in
271.Fx 5.3 .
272It supersedes the non-standard routines defined in
273.In ieeefp.h
274and documented in
275.Xr fpgetround 3 .
276.Sh CAVEATS
277The FENV_ACCESS pragma can be enabled with
278.Dl "#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON"
279and disabled with the
280.Dl "#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS OFF"
281directive.
282This lexically-scoped annotation tells the compiler that the program
283may access the floating-point environment, so optimizations that would
284violate strict IEEE-754 semantics are disabled.
285If execution reaches a block of code for which
286.Dv FENV_ACCESS
287is off, the floating-point environment will become undefined.
288.Sh BUGS
289The
290.Dv FENV_ACCESS
291pragma is unimplemented in the system compiler.
292However, non-constant expressions generally produce the correct
293side-effects at low optimization levels.
294