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From: "mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla@sourceware.org>
To: glibc-bugs@sources.redhat.com
Subject: [Bug math/6784] New: fmod() inconsistently sets errno on domain error
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:30:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080730122926.6784.mtk.manpages@gmail.com> (raw)

The calls fmod(x, 0) and fmod(inf, y) should both result in a domain
error.

For both of these calls, an invalid exception is correctly raised.

However, errno is not set consistently.  fmod(x, 0) does (correctly) set
errno to EDOM.  However, fmod(inf, y) does not set errno; it should do so.

Background: 
On error, many glibc math functions both set errno and raise an exception
(fetestexcept(3)).  For example, the following  function all do this: acos(),
asin(), cosh(), sinh(), acosh(), asinh(), exp(), exp2(), ldexp(), log(),
log10(), log2().  However, there is much inconsistency.  Some functions raise an
exception, but don't set errno.  Some functions set errno for some errors, but
not others.  A few set errno, but don't raise an exception.  This series of bug
reports documents deviations from what I consider the ideal: all functions
should BOTH set errno AND raise an exception for all errors.

All of these reports relate to tests on glibc 2.8 (as provided by SUSE 11.0).

-- 
           Summary: fmod() inconsistently sets errno on domain error
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: math
        AssignedTo: aj at suse dot de
        ReportedBy: mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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             reply	other threads:[~2008-07-30 12:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-07-30 12:30 mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com [this message]
2008-07-31  8:47 ` [Bug math/6784] " mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com
2010-09-11 15:47 ` mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com

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