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authorMikael Pettersson <[email protected]>2016-04-17 20:02:28 +0200
committerLukas Larsson <[email protected]>2016-04-26 10:28:22 +0200
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matherr() must not fake an FP exception
When FP exceptions are used, matherr() forces a fake FP exception, which is interpreted as an error by the checking code after a math routine call. This is wrong for several reasons: - it's not necessary for error checking: when FP exceptions aren't used, matherr() is a stub and no information is derived from it being called - it's not necessary for FPU maintenance: the FPU only needs to be reprogrammed after an actual FP exception - it causes false negatives: matherr() may be called even though Erlang doesn't consider the case to be an error (exp() and pow() underflows on Solaris for instance); with FP exceptions enabled they are incorrectly considered errors The fix is to remove all FP exception related code from matherr().
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