fenv_access

 

The latest version of this topic can be found at fenv_access. Disables (ON) or enables (OFF) optimizations that could change flag tests and mode changes.

Syntax

#pragma fenv_access [ON | OFF]  

Remarks

By default, fenv_access is OFF.

For more information on floating-point behavior, see /fp (Specify Floating-Point Behavior).

The kinds of optimizations that are subject to fenv_access are:

• Global common subexpression elimination

• Code motion

• Constant folding

Other floating-point pragmas include:

• float_control

• fp_contract

Example

// pragma_directive_fenv_access_x86.cpp  
// compile with: /O2  
// processor: x86  
#include <stdio.h>  
#include <float.h>   
#include <errno.h>  
#pragma fenv_access (on)  
  
int main() {  
   double z, b = 0.1, t = 0.1;  
   unsigned int currentControl;  
   errno_t err;  
  
   err = _controlfp_s(&currentControl, _PC_24, _MCW_PC);  
   if (err != 0) {  
      printf_s("The function _controlfp_s failed!\n");  
      return -1;  
   }  
   z = b * t;  
   printf_s ("out=%.15e\n",z);  
}  

out=9.999999776482582e-003  

Example

The following sample is for compiler producing output files for Itanium processors. /fp:precise keeps the intermediate results in extended precision where values greater than FLT_MAX (3.402823466e+38F) can be calculated and as a result of that sum will have 1.0 result, as it should if manually calculated. /fp:strict keeps intermediate results in their source precision (float) so the first addition produces infinity, which is kept throughout the expression.

// pragma_directive_fenv_access_IPF.cpp  
// compile with: /O2 /fp:precise  
// processor: IPF  
// compiling with /fp:precise prints 1.0F  
// compile with /fp:strict to print infinity  
  
#include <stdio.h>  
float arr[5] = {3.402823465e+38F,   
               3.402823462e+38F,  
               3.402823464e+38F,  
               3.402823463e+38F,  
               1.0F};  
  
int main() {  
   float sum = 0;  
   sum = arr[0] + arr[1] - arr[2] - arr[3] + arr[4];  
   printf_s("%f\n", sum);  
}  

1.000000  

Example

When commenting out #pragma fenv_access (on) from the previous sample, note that the output is different because the compiler does compile-time evaluation, which does not use the control mode.

// pragma_directive_fenv_access_2.cpp  
// compile with: /O2  
#include <stdio.h>  
#include <float.h>   
  
int main() {  
   double z, b = 0.1, t = 0.1;  
   unsigned int currentControl;  
   errno_t err;  
  
   err = _controlfp_s(&currentControl, _PC_24, _MCW_PC);  
   if (err != 0) {  
      printf_s("The function _controlfp_s failed!\n");  
      return -1;  
   }  
   z = b * t;  
   printf_s ("out=%.15e\n",z);  
}  

out=1.000000000000000e-002  

See Also

Pragma Directives and the __Pragma Keyword