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SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
int matherr(struct exception *e);
DESCRIPTION
matherr is called whenever a math library function generates an error. You can replace matherr by your own subroutine to customize error treatment. The customized matherr must return 0 if it fails to resolve the error, and non-zero if the error is resolved.
When matherr returns a nonzero value, no error message is printed and the value of errno is not modified.
You can accomplish either or both of these things in your own matherr using the information passed in the structure *e. The following example shows the exception structure (defined in math.h).
struct exception { int type; char *name; double arg1, arg2, retval; int err; };
The members of the exception structure have the following meanings.
The error types defined in
math.h represent possible mathematical errors as follows.RETURNS
The library definition for matherr returns 0 in all cases. You can change the calling function’s result from a customized matherr by modifying e->retval, which propagates backs to the caller. If matherr returns 0 (indicating that it was not able to resolve the error) the caller sets errno to an appropriate value, and prints an error message.
COMPLIANCE
matherr is not ANSI C.