>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
>
> > #include <values.h>
> > #include <stdio.h>
> >
> > int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> > {
> > int a = -MAXINT-1, b = -1, c = a*b;
> >
> > fprintf(stderr, "%d * %d = %d\n", a, b, c );
> > if (b) {
> > c = a / b;
> > fprintf(stderr, "%d/%d = %d\n", a, b, c );
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
>
> Why the surprise? You've generated an exception #0, which Intel
> called "divide by zero" in early IA processor manuals, but now call
> "divide error". It is raised by any divide where the result overflows.
That's NOT an divide by zero...
Output:
-2147483648 * -1 = -2147483648
Floating exception
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Quite obviously, -MAXINT-1 * -1 is too large for an integer to hold (by
one), but it should *NOT* report a floating exception... Right?!
/David Weinehall
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