C++

Reference

<cmath> (math.h)

macro
<cmath> <ctgmath>

math_errhandling

int
Error handling
Expands to an expression that identifies the error handling mechanism employed by the functions in the <cmath> header:

constantvaluedescription
MATH_ERRNO1errno is used to signal errors:
- On domain error: errno is set to EDOM.
- On range error (including pole error, overflow, and possibly underflow): errno is set to ERANGE.
MATH_ERREXCEPT2The proper C exception is raised:
- On domain error: FE_INVALID is raised.
- On pole error: FE_DIVBYZERO is raised.
- On overflow: FE_OVERFLOW is raised.
- On underflow: FE_UNDERFLOW may be raised.
MATH_ERRNO|MATH_ERREXCEPT3Both of the above

Both MATH_ERRNO and MATH_ERREXCEPT are macro constant expressions defined in <cmath> as 1 and 2 respectivelly.

Example

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/* math_errhandling example */
#include <stdio.h>      /* printf */
#include <math.h>       /* math_errhandling */
#include <errno.h>      /* errno, EDOM */
#include <fenv.h>       /* feclearexcept, fetestexcept, FE_ALL_EXCEPT, FE_INVALID */
#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS on

int main () {
  errno = 0;
  if (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);

  printf ("Error handling: %d",math_errhandling);

  sqrt (-1);
  if (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) {
    if (errno==EDOM) printf("errno set to EDOM\n");
  }
  if (math_errhandling  &MATH_ERREXCEPT) {
    if (fetestexcept(FE_INVALID)) printf("FE_INVALID raised\n");
  }

  return 0;
}

Possible output:

Error handling: 3
errno set to EDOM
FE_INVALID raised


Data races

Libraries that support multi-threading shall implement errno and/or floating-point exception state in a per-thread basis: With each thread having its own local errno and floating-point state.
This is a requirement for libraries compliant with C11 and C++11 standards.

errno
Last error number (macro)