[cfp-interest 3735] Re: What is a mathematical library fumctiom?

Jim Thomas jaswthomas at sbcglobal.net
Thu Nov 20 16:58:22 PST 2025


“Library functions” here is intended to apply to all the standard libraries, not (as the F.10 title suggests) just <math.h> and <tgmath.h>.

There’s no reference to “mathematical library functions”.

- Jim Thomas

> On Nov 15, 2025, at 2:11 PM, Damian McGuckin <damianm at esi.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> Where is the definition?
> 
> Is it just those in <math.h> and <tgmath.h>?
> 
> Specifically, to what functions does F.10.1#12 apply.
> 
> 	As implied by F.8.7, library functions do not raise spurious
> 	"invalid", "overflow", or "divide-by-zero" floating-point
> 	exceptions (detectable by the user).
> 
> This is the section referring to functions in <math.h> and <tgmath.h>.
> 
> Thanks - Damian
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