matherr - Online Linux Manual PageSection : 3
Updated : 2023-02-05
Source : Linux man-pages 6.03

NAMEmatherr − SVID math library exception handling

LIBRARYMath library (libm, −lm)

SYNOPSIS#include <math.h>[[deprecated]] int matherr(struct exception *exc);[[deprecated]] extern _LIB_VERSION_TYPE _LIB_VERSION;

DESCRIPTIONNote: the mechanism described in this page is no longer supported by glibc. Before glibc 2.27, it had been marked as obsolete. Since glibc 2.27, the mechanism has been removed altogether. New applications should use the techniques described in math_error(7) and fenv(3). This page documents the matherr() mechanism as an aid for maintaining and porting older applications. The System V Interface Definition (SVID) specifies that various math functions should invoke a function called matherr() if a math exception is detected. This function is called before the math function returns; after matherr() returns, the system then returns to the math function, which in turn returns to the caller. To employ matherr(), the programmer must define the _SVID_SOURCE feature test macro (before including any header files), and assign the value _SVID_ to the external variable _LIB_VERSION. The system provides a default version of matherr(). This version does nothing, and returns zero (see below for the significance of this). The default matherr() can be overridden by a programmer-defined version, which will be invoked when an exception occurs. The function is invoked with one argument, a pointer to an exception structure, defined as follows: struct exception { int type; /* Exception type */ char *name; /* Name of function causing exception */ double arg1; /* 1st argument to function */ double arg2; /* 2nd argument to function */ double retval; /* Function return value */ }The type field has one of the following values: DOMAIN  A domain error occurred (the function argument was outside the range for which the function is defined). The return value depends on the function; errno is set to EDOM. SING  A pole error occurred (the function result is an infinity). The return value in most cases is HUGE (the largest single precision floating-point number), appropriately signed. In most cases, errno is set to EDOM. OVERFLOW  An overflow occurred. In most cases, the value HUGE is returned, and errno is set to ERANGE. UNDERFLOW  An underflow occurred. 0.0 is returned, and errno is set to ERANGE. TLOSS  Total loss of significance. 0.0 is returned, and errno is set to ERANGE. PLOSS  Partial loss of significance. This value is unused on glibc (and many other systems). The arg1 and arg2 fields are the arguments supplied to the function (arg2 is undefined for functions that take only one argument). The retval field specifies the return value that the math function will return to its caller. The programmer-defined matherr() can modify this field to change the return value of the math function. If the matherr() function returns zero, then the system sets errno as described above, and may print an error message on standard error (see below). If the matherr() function returns a nonzero value, then the system does not set errno, and doesn't print an error message.

Math functions that employ matherr()The table below lists the functions and circumstances in which matherr() is called. The "Type" column indicates the value assigned to exc−>type when calling matherr(). The "Result" column is the default return value assigned to exc−>retval. The "Msg?" and "errno" columns describe the default behavior if matherr() returns zero. If the "Msg?" columns contains "y", then the system prints an error message on standard error. The table uses the following notations and abbreviations: x first argument to function y second argument to function fin finite value for argument neg negative value for argument int integral value for argument o/f result overflowed u/f result underflowed |x| absolute value of x X_TLOSS is a constant defined in <math.h> FunctionTypeResultMsg?errno acos(|x|>1)DOMAINHUGEyEDOM asin(|x|>1)DOMAINHUGEyEDOM atan2(0,0)DOMAINHUGEyEDOM acosh(x<1)DOMAINNANyEDOM atanh(|x|>1)DOMAINNANyEDOM atanh(|x|==1)SING(x>0.0)?yEDOM   HUGE_VAL :   −HUGE_VAL cosh(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE sinh(fin) o/fOVERFLOW(x>0.0) ?nERANGE   HUGE : −HUGE sqrt(x<0)DOMAIN0.0yEDOM hypot(fin,fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE exp(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE exp(fin) u/fUNDERFLOW0.0nERANGE exp2(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE exp2(fin) u/fUNDERFLOW0.0nERANGE exp10(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE exp10(fin) u/fUNDERFLOW0.0nERANGE j0(|x|>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE j1(|x|>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE jn(|x|>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE y0(x>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE y1(x>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE yn(x>X_TLOSS)TLOSS0.0yERANGE y0(0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM y0(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM y1(0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM y1(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM yn(n,0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM yn(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM lgamma(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE lgamma(−int) orSINGHUGEyEDOM   lgamma(0) tgamma(fin) o/fOVERFLOWHUGE_VALnERANGE tgamma(−int)SINGNANyEDOM tgamma(0)SINGcopysign(yERANGE   HUGE_VAL,x) log(0)SING−HUGEyEDOM log(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM log2(0)SING−HUGEnEDOM log2(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEnEDOM log10(0)SING−HUGEyEDOM log10(x<0)DOMAIN−HUGEyEDOM pow(0.0,0.0)DOMAIN0.0yEDOM pow(x,y) o/fOVERFLOWHUGEnERANGE pow(x,y) u/fUNDERFLOW0.0nERANGE pow(NaN,0.0)DOMAINxnEDOM 0**negDOMAIN0.0yEDOM neg**non-intDOMAIN0.0yEDOM scalb() o/fOVERFLOW(x>0.0) ?nERANGE   HUGE_VAL :   −HUGE_VAL scalb() u/fUNDERFLOWcopysign(nERANGE     0.0,x) fmod(x,0)DOMAINxyEDOM remainder(x,0)DOMAINNANyEDOM

ATTRIBUTESFor an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). InterfaceAttributeValue matherr() Thread safetyMT-Safe

EXAMPLESThe example program demonstrates the use of matherr() when calling log(3). The program takes up to three command-line arguments. The first argument is the floating-point number to be given to log(3). If the optional second argument is provided, then _LIB_VERSION is set to _SVID_ so that matherr() is called, and the integer supplied in the command-line argument is used as the return value from matherr(). If the optional third command-line argument is supplied, then it specifies an alternative return value that matherr() should assign as the return value of the math function. The following example run, where log(3) is given an argument of 0.0, does not use matherr(): $ ./a.out 0.0 errno: Numerical result out of range x=−infIn the following run, matherr() is called, and returns 0: $ ./a.out 0.0 0 matherr SING exception in log() function args: 0.000000, 0.000000 retval: −340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000 log: SING error errno: Numerical argument out of domain x=−340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000The message "log: SING error" was printed by the C library. In the following run, matherr() is called, and returns a nonzero value: $ ./a.out 0.0 1 matherr SING exception in log() function args: 0.000000, 0.000000 retval: −340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000 x=−340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000In this case, the C library did not print a message, and errno was not set. In the following run, matherr() is called, changes the return value of the math function, and returns a nonzero value: $ ./a.out 0.0 1 12345.0 matherr SING exception in log() function args: 0.000000, 0.000000 retval: −340282346638528859811704183484516925440.000000 x=12345.000000

Program source#define _SVID_SOURCE #include <errno.h> #include <math.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> static int matherr_ret = 0; /* Value that matherr() should return */ static int change_retval = 0; /* Should matherr() change function's return value? */ static double new_retval; /* New function return value */ int matherr(struct exception *exc) { fprintf(stderr, "matherr %s exception in %s() function\n", (exc−>type == DOMAIN) ? "DOMAIN" : (exc−>type == OVERFLOW) ? "OVERFLOW" : (exc−>type == UNDERFLOW) ? "UNDERFLOW" : (exc−>type == SING) ? "SING" : (exc−>type == TLOSS) ? "TLOSS" : (exc−>type == PLOSS) ? "PLOSS" : "???", exc−>name); fprintf(stderr, " args: %f, %f\n", exc−>arg1, exc−>arg2); fprintf(stderr, " retval: %f\n", exc−>retval); if (change_retval) exc−>retval = new_retval; return matherr_ret; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { double x; if (argc < 2) { fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s <argval>" " [<matherr−ret> [<new−func−retval>]]\n", argv[0]); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } if (argc > 2) { _LIB_VERSION = _SVID_; matherr_ret = atoi(argv[2]); } if (argc > 3) { change_retval = 1; new_retval = atof(argv[3]); } x = log(atof(argv[1])); if (errno != 0) perror("errno"); printf("x=%f\n", x); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }

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