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Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 12:04:40 +0200
From: Philippe Regnauld <regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk>
To: c5666305 <c5666305@comp.polyu.edu.hk>
Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: floating porint exception error
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c5666305 writes:
> 
> I recent encounter an error which I don't know how to fix it.  It is an
> MesaGL/GLUT application which halt at a statement as following:
> 
> static int
> func(int n)
> {
> return 0.001 + M_PI / asin((2 * n));
> }

	1) quick hack:  
		   #include <floatingpoint.h>

		   fpsetmask(0L);

	2) long term: notify the author.

	I had this problem with MoonLight 0.4.2.

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