_fpreset()               Reinitialize Floating-Point Math Package
 
 #include   <float.h>
 
 void       _fpreset(void);
 
    _fpreset() reinitializes the floating-point math package.
 
    Returns:    There is no return value.
 
      Notes:    On versions of MS-DOS prior to 4.0, a child process
                executed by system(), exec(), or spawn() that used the
                8087/80287 coprocessor could affect the floating-point
                state of the parent process if a numeric coprocessor was
                used.  The following precautions are recommended when
                using an 8087 or 80287:
 
                    exec...(), spawn...(), or system() should not be called
                    during the evaluation of a floating-point expression, and
 
                    _fpreset() should be called after the child process
                    finishes if there is a possibility that any 8087 or 80287
                    floating-point operations were performed.
 
  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------
 
         #include <stdio.h>
         #include <signal.h>
         #include <setjmp.h>
         #include <float.h>
 
         int fphandler();
         jum_buf mark;
         double a = 1.0, b = 0.0, c;
 
         main()
         {
             if (signal(SIGFPE,fphandler) == (int(*) ())-1)
                     abort();
              if (setjmp(mark) == 0) {
                    c = a/b;
                    printf("Should never get here\n");
              }
              printf("Recovered from floating-point error\n");
          }
 
          int fphandler(sig,num)
          int sig,num;
          {
              printf("signal = %d  subcode = %d\n",sig,num);
              _fpreset();
              longjmp(mark,-1);
          }

Seealso:


 exec...() 
 spawn...() 
 system()