Visual C++ / Weird behavior after enabling floating-point exceptions (compiler bug ?)

Question

I am struggling to get a reliable way to catch floating points exceptions under Visual Studio (2005 or 2008). By default, under visual studio, floating point exceptions are not

Answer 1

You have to clear the FPU exception flags in the status word when you catch a floating point exception. Call _clearfp().

Consider using _set_se_translator() to write an exception filter that translate the hardware exception to a C++ exception. Be sure to be selective, only translate the FPU exceptions.