On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Michael Kerrisk" <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> [CC+= Andries] >> >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Michael Kerrisk >> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> [Ooops -- wrong list CCed on previous mail; and this time, I'll update >>> the draft number] >>> >>> Andreas, >>> >>> The latest version of the page is below. > > This one looked ok to me, Thanks Andreas. So I've been testing all of the math functions lately (on glibc 2.8), and I discover the following: a) on error, many functions set errno AND raise an exception (fetestexcept()). b) on error, a few functions set errno but DON"T raise an exception (fetestexcept()). c) on error, a few functions DON'T set errno BUT DO raise an exception (fetestexcept()). d) on error, a very few functions pursue a mixture of all of the above, depending on the error. My math_error.7 page currently implies that all functions should do a). Clearly I'll need to amend that. But the main question is, should I raise a pile of glibc bugs for the functions in cases b), c), and d)? Cheers, Michael -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
