The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6
IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition
Copyright © 2001-2004 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.

#### NAME

> feraiseexcept - raise floating-point exception

#### SYNOPSIS

> ``#include <fenv.h>
> int feraiseexcept(int` excepts`);
> ``

#### DESCRIPTION

> [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard.

> The feraiseexcept() function shall attempt to raise the supported floating-point exceptions represented by the argument excepts. The order in which these floating-point exceptions are raised is unspecified. Whether the feraiseexcept() function additionally raises the inexact floating-point exception whenever it raises the overflow or underflow floating-point exception is implementation-defined.

#### RETURN VALUE

> If the argument is zero or if all the specified exceptions were successfully raised, feraiseexcept() shall return zero. Otherwise, it shall return a non-zero value.

#### ERRORS

> No errors are defined.

The following sections are informative.

#### EXAMPLES

> None.

#### APPLICATION USAGE

> The effect is intended to be similar to that of floating-point exceptions raised by arithmetic operations. Hence, enabled traps for floating-point exceptions raised by this function are taken.

#### RATIONALE

> Raising overflow or underflow is allowed to also raise inexact because on some architectures the only practical way to raise an exception is to execute an instruction that has the exception as a side effect. The function is not restricted to accept only valid coincident expressions for atomic operations, so the function can be used to raise exceptions accrued over several operations.

#### FUTURE DIRECTIONS

> None.

#### SEE ALSO

> feclearexcept(), fegetexceptflag(), fesetexceptflag(), fetestexcept(), the Base Definitions volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, <fenv.h>

#### CHANGE HISTORY

> First released in Issue 6. Derived from the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.

> ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard, Technical Corrigendum 1 is incorporated.

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