[Bug math/6799] New: nextafter() and nexttoward() doen't set errno on error

["mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

On overflow and underflow, nextafter() and nexttoward() correctly raise an
exception.  But errno is not set for these cases.  errno should be set to ERANGE.


Background: 
On error, many glibc math functions both set errno and raise an exception
(fetestexcept(3)).  For example, the following  function all do this: acos(),
asin(), cosh(), sinh(), acosh(), asinh(), exp(), exp2(), ldexp(), log(),
log10(), log2().  However, there is much inconsistency.  Some functions raise an
exception, but don't set errno.  Some functions set errno for some errors, but
not others.  A few set errno, but don't raise an exception.  This series of bug
reports documents deviations from what I consider the ideal: all functions
should BOTH set errno AND raise an exception for all errors.

All of these reports relate to tests on glibc 2.8 (as provided by SUSE 11.0).

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           Summary: nextafter() and nexttoward() doen't set errno on error
           Product: glibc
           Version: unspecified
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: math
        AssignedTo: aj at suse dot de
        ReportedBy: mtk dot manpages at gmail dot com
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6799

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