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+.\" Copyright (c) 2001-2003 The Open Group, All Rights Reserved 
+.TH "FDIM" P 2003 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual"
+.\" fdim 
+.SH NAME
+fdim, fdimf, fdiml \- compute positive difference between two floating-point
+numbers
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.LP
+\fB#include <math.h>
+.br
+.sp
+double fdim(double\fP \fIx\fP\fB, double\fP \fIy\fP\fB);
+.br
+float fdimf(float\fP \fIx\fP\fB, float\fP \fIy\fP\fB);
+.br
+long double fdiml(long double\fP \fIx\fP\fB, long double\fP \fIy\fP\fB);
+.br
+\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.LP
+These functions shall determine the positive difference between their
+arguments. If \fIx\fP is greater than \fIy\fP, \fIx\fP-
+\fIy\fP is returned. If \fIx\fP is less than or equal to \fIy\fP,
++0 is returned.
+.LP
+An application wishing to check for error situations should set \fIerrno\fP
+to zero and call
+\fIfeclearexcept\fP(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions.
+On return, if \fIerrno\fP is non-zero or
+\fIfetestexcept\fP(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW)
+is non-zero, an error has occurred.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
+.LP
+Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the positive
+difference value.
+.LP
+If \fIx\fP- \fIy\fP is positive and overflows, a range error shall
+occur and \fIfdim\fP(), \fIfdimf\fP(), and \fIfdiml\fP()
+shall return the value of the macro HUGE_VAL, HUGE_VALF, and HUGE_VALL,
+respectively.
+.LP
+If \fIx\fP- \fIy\fP is positive and underflows, a range error may
+occur, and either ( \fIx\fP- \fIy\fP) (if representable),
+\ or 0.0 (if supported),  or an implementation-defined value
+shall be returned.
+.LP
+If
+\fIx\fP or \fIy\fP is NaN, a NaN shall be returned. 
+.SH ERRORS
+.LP
+The \fIfdim\fP() function shall fail if:
+.TP 7
+Range\ Error
+The result overflows. 
+.LP
+If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero,
+then \fIerrno\fP shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
+integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero,
+then the overflow floating-point exception shall be
+raised.
+.sp
+.LP
+The \fIfdim\fP() function may fail if:
+.TP 7
+Range\ Error
+The result underflows. 
+.LP
+If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero,
+then \fIerrno\fP shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
+integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero,
+then the underflow floating-point exception shall be
+raised.
+.sp
+.LP
+\fIThe following sections are informative.\fP
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.LP
+None.
+.SH APPLICATION USAGE
+.LP
+On implementations supporting IEEE\ Std\ 754-1985, \fIx\fP- \fIy\fP
+cannot underflow, and hence the 0.0 return value
+is shaded as an extension for implementations supporting the XSI extension
+rather than an MX extension.
+.LP
+On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and (math_errhandling
+& MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of
+each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.
+.SH RATIONALE
+.LP
+None.
+.SH FUTURE DIRECTIONS
+.LP
+None.
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.LP
+\fIfeclearexcept\fP() , \fIfetestexcept\fP() , \fIfmax\fP() , \fIfmin\fP()
+, the Base Definitions volume of
+IEEE\ Std\ 1003.1-2001, Section 4.18, Treatment of Error Conditions
+for
+Mathematical Functions, \fI<math.h>\fP
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
+from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
+-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
+Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by the Institute of
+Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the
+event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
+The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard
+is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at
+http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .