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  1. Newsgroups: comp.arch.arithmetic,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
  2. Path: indra.com!sullivan
  3. From: sullivan@indra.com (Steve Sullivan)
  4. Subject: Access carry flag from C
  5. Message-ID: <Dn1C9z.DGv.0.net@indra.com>
  6. Organization: Indra's Net - Public Internet Access
  7. Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 18:20:22 GMT
  8.  
  9. Is it possible to determine if a fixed point overflow has
  10. occurred from within C?  For example:
  11.    i = j + k;
  12.    if (overflowed) ....;
  13.  
  14. Many thanks for any suggestions -
  15.  
  16. Steve Sullivan
  17.  
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