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Re: integer divided by zero

From Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c
Subject Re: integer divided by zero
Date 2025-04-28 13:44 -0700
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Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> writes:
> On 25/04/2025 18:38, Thiago Adams wrote:
>> Does anyone know of any platform where integer division by zero
>> returns a number, or in other words, where it's not treated as an
>> error? I'm asking because division by zero is undefined behaviour,
>> but I think division by a constant zero should be a constraint
>> instead.
>
> C? I doubt it very much.

I showed an example earlier in this thread.

A simpler example:

$ uname -ms
Linux aarch64
$ cat c.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    if (argc != 3) exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    const int a = atoi(argv[1]);
    const int b = atoi(argv[2]);
    printf("%d / %d = %d\n", a, b, a/b);
}
$ ./c 100 7
100 / 7 = 14
$ ./c 1 0
1 / 0 = 0
$ ./c 0 0
0 / 0 = 0
$

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */

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integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 14:38 -0300
  Re: integer divided by zero David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-04-25 19:50 +0200
    Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:37 -0300
      Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 13:32 -0700
        Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-26 12:30 -0300
          Re: integer divided by zero gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-04-26 16:27 +0000
            Re: integer divided by zero Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-04-26 17:01 +0000
  Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 12:05 -0700
    Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:32 -0300
      Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 13:31 -0700
        Re: integer divided by zero Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-04-25 21:36 +0000
          Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-25 16:09 -0700
            Re: integer divided by zero Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-05-14 01:09 -0700
        Re: integer divided by zero Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 11:05 -0300
    Re: integer divided by zero Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-30 12:41 +0200
      Re: integer divided by zero David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2025-04-30 13:35 +0200
  Re: integer divided by zero John McCue <jmccue@magnetar.jmcunx.com> - 2025-04-25 19:41 +0000
  Re: integer divided by zero antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-04-26 09:57 +0000
  Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 15:33 +0200
    Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 15:46 +0200
      Did you get confused again?  You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2025-04-27 14:43 +0000
        Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 16:54 +0200
          Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-27 16:16 +0000
            Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2025-04-27 16:23 +0000
              Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-27 20:28 +0200
              Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. (Was: integer divided by zero) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-27 22:52 +0000
                Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-04-28 10:41 +0000
            Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-04-28 10:12 +0000
              Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. Rosario19 <Ros@invalid.invalid> - 2025-04-30 09:16 +0200
              Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-04-30 08:36 +0100
          Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-04-28 10:39 +0000
            Re: Did you get confused again? You seem eaily bewildered. Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 12:50 +0200
    Re: integer divided by zero Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-04-28 08:54 +0100
      Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 12:49 +0200
        Re: integer divided by zero Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-04-28 12:01 +0100
          Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 13:27 +0200
    Re: integer divided by zero Richard Damon <richard@damon-family.org> - 2025-04-28 07:15 -0400
      Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 13:28 +0200
        Re: integer divided by zero scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-28 14:28 +0000
          Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 16:51 +0200
          Re: integer divided by zero Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-04-28 18:03 +0300
            Re: integer divided by zero scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-28 16:35 +0000
              Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 18:38 +0200
            Re: integer divided by zero Muttley@DastardlyHQ.org - 2025-04-28 17:02 +0000
      Re: integer divided by zero antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch) - 2025-04-28 14:44 +0000
        Re: integer divided by zero Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 16:52 +0200
  Re: integer divided by zero Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2025-04-28 14:52 +0100
    Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-04-28 13:44 -0700
  Re: integer divided by zero Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-03 21:47 +0100
    Re: integer divided by zero Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-03 23:58 +0300
  Re: integer divided by zero goldside000@outlook.com - 2025-05-31 18:56 +0000
    Re: integer divided by zero Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2025-05-31 14:07 -0700
      Re: integer divided by zero scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-31 21:53 +0000

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