Created on 2026-11-06.00:00:00 last changed 7 days ago
Proposed resolution:
This wording is relative to N5054.
Modify [c.math.abs] as indicated:
constexpr floating-point-type abs(floating-point-type x);-4-
ReturnsEffects:The absolute value of `x`Equivalent to: `return fabs(x);`.See also: ISO/IEC 9899:2024, 7.12.8.3, 7.24.7.1
[c.math.abs] states that std::abs(floating-point-type x):
Returns: The absolute value of `x`.
What is the absolute value of NaN? What happens when passing signaling NaN? What about infinity? Does it produce positive zero when given negative zero? What about floating-point exceptions? When is it a constant expression? Nobody knows.
In practice, all major standard libraries forward to `std::fabs`.| History | |||
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