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Determine after a sequence of operations whether any exceptions occurred, and, if so, what exceptions
3) The values of the input operands
Conversion of integer to floating: Overflow (possible --depends on implementation dependent integer size)
The location of the result operand. The result returned is implementation dependent
The location of the instruction following the instruction causing the exception
The type of operation intended
Additional Information. Means shall be provided to allow a program to: (1) Determine after each operation whether an exception occurred, and, if so, what exception
Neither of these operators has a floating result; the results of these operations shall be implementation dependent. See, however, Section 7
Conversion of floating to integer: Encounter of a reserved operand and integer overflow
For underflow: the result is zero
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ACM SIGNUM Newsletter – Association for Computing Machinery
Published: Oct 1, 1979
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