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From: jsalter@panews
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Subject: Re: Generating an exception when NaN is assigned
Keywords: How do I do this???
Message-ID: <1991Feb9.025031.29607@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com>
Date: 9 Feb 91 02:50:31 GMT
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In article <1084@qusuna.queensu.CA> lalonde@qucis.queensu.CA (Paul Lalonde) writes:
>Does anybody know how to make this RS6000 generate a floating point exception
>when I assign (inadvertently) NaN or Inf to a float or a double?  
>I can't find anything on the FPU in the stack of manuals

Nothing in 3.1, 3.1.1 or 3.1.2.  Maybe in 3.2.  This is a known concern
and is being addressed.

> Paul A. Lalonde	 	Internet: lalonde@qucis.queensu.ca

jim/jsalter  IBM PSP, Palo Alto  T465/(415)855-4427  VNET: JSALTER at AUSVMQ
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  PS/2 it, or DIE!  :-)  The ramblings above have nothing to do with Big Blue.