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3. Python Runtime Services

3.4 fpectl -- Floating point exception control

3.4.1 Example

3.4.2 Limitations and other considerations

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3.4.1 Example

The following example demonstrates how to start up and test operation of the fpectl module.

>>> import fpectl
>>> import fpetest
>>> fpectl.turnon_sigfpe()
>>> fpetest.test()
overflow        PASS
FloatingPointError: Overflow

div by 0        PASS
FloatingPointError: Division by zero
  [ more output from test elided ]
>>> import math
>>> math.exp(1000)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
FloatingPointError: in math_1

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