floating point error: overflow?

[C. Sengstock]

Hi,

i´ve got an iteration with random generated floating point numbers.
During the iteration process sometimes the programm stops with the error:
"floating point error: overflow"

Is the number out of range? what does it exactly mean?

Thanks, Chris

 

[Mike Wahler]

Hi,

i´ve got an iteration with random generated floating point numbers.
During the iteration process sometimes the programm stops with the error:
"floating point error: overflow"

Is the number out of range?

Essentially yes.

what does it exactly mean?

You tried to store a representation that is
invalid for a floating point type on your
implementation.

-Mike

 

[Jack Klein]

Essentially yes.


You tried to store a representation that is
invalid for a floating point type on your
implementation.

-Mike

Not even store, necessarily. Just generate.

double d = DBL_MAX;
++d;

....can generate an exception or trap.

BTW, could you start using a proper signature separator?

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[Mike Wahler]

Not even store, necessarily. Just generate.

Right. Thanks.

double d = DBL_MAX;
++d;

...can generate an exception or trap.

BTW, could you start using a proper signature separator?

Sure, as soon as I start using a sig.

-Mike