function
<cfenv>

feupdateenv

int feupdateenv (const fenv_t* envp);
Update floating-point environment
Attempts to establish the state of the floating-point environment as represented by the object pointed by envp. It then attempts to raise the exceptions that were set in the floating-point environment before the call.

Programs calling this function shall ensure that pragma FENV_ACCESS is enabled for the call.

Parameters

envp
Either a pointer to a fenv_t value (filled by a previous call to fegetenv or feholdexcept), or one of the floating-point environment macro values:
valuedescription
FE_DFL_ENVDefault floating-point environment (the same as at program startup).
Certain library implementations may support additional floating-point environment state values (with their corresponding macros also beginning with FE_).

Return Value

Zero, if successful.
A non-zero value otherwise.

Example

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/* feholdexcept/feupdateenv example */ #include <stdio.h> /* printf, puts */ #include <fenv.h> /* feholdexcept, feclearexcept, fetestexcept, feupdateenv, FE_* */ #include <math.h> /* log */ #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS on double log_zerook (double x) { fenv_t fe; feholdexcept(&fe); x=log(x); feclearexcept (FE_OVERFLOW|FE_DIVBYZERO); feupdateenv(&fe); return x; } int main () { feclearexcept (FE_ALL_EXCEPT); printf ("log(0.0): %f\n", log_zerook(0.0)); if (!fetestexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT)) puts ("no exceptions raised"); return 0; }

Possible output:
 log(0.0): -inf no exceptions raised 


Data races

Each thread maintains a separate floating-point environment with its own state. Spawning a new thread copies the current state. [This applies to C11 and C++11 implementations]

Exceptions

No-throw guarantee: this function never throws exceptions.
Note that C floating-point exceptions are not C++ exceptions, and thus are not caught by try/catch blocks.

See also