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Re: IDL executable compile options for FPE [message #33928]

Fri, 07 February 2003 15:51

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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Ed Wright <ed.wright@jpl.nasa.gov> writes:
> To: DLM experts
> From: Ed Wright, JPL
>
> I'm curious as to how RSI builds the IDL executable to detect FPE events (I
> appreciate they do this).
>
> Several flavors of Unix do not signal FPEs for 1/0. or sqrt(-1.) operations,
> yet IDL catches them.
>
> Any clues as to how?

This article by David Munro (primary author of Yorick):

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=873dy88du3.fsf%40yorick .llnl.gov

may give some answers. At least it has FPU exception code for
multiple operating systems.

Good luck,
Craig

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