posix man page for feclearexcept

Query: feclearexcept

OS: posix

Section: 3p

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FECLEAREXCEPT(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual						 FECLEAREXCEPT(3P)

PROLOG
This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the correspond- ing Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.
NAME
feclearexcept -- clear floating-point exception
SYNOPSIS
#include <fenv.h> int feclearexcept(int excepts);
DESCRIPTION
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 POSIX.1-2008 defers to the ISO C standard. The feclearexcept() function shall attempt to clear the supported floating-point exceptions represented by excepts.
RETURN VALUE
If the argument is zero or if all the specified exceptions were successfully cleared, feclearexcept() 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
None.
RATIONALE
None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
fegetexceptflag(), feraiseexcept(), fetestexcept() The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <fenv.h>
COPYRIGHT
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol- ogy -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1 applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan- dard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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/The Open Group 2013 FECLEAREXCEPT(3P)
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