New module 'fpieee'.

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+# fpieee.m4 serial 1
+dnl Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+dnl IEEE 754 standardized three items:
+dnl - The formats of single-float and double-float - nowadays commonly
+dnl   available as 'float' and 'double' in C and C++.
+dnl   No autoconf test needed.
+dnl - The overflow and division by zero behaviour: The result are values
+dnl   '±Inf' and 'NaN', rather than exceptions as it was before.
+dnl   This file provides an autoconf macro for ensuring this behaviour of
+dnl   floating-point operations.
+dnl - A set of conditions (overflow, underflow, inexact, etc.) which can
+dnl   be configured to trigger an exception.
+dnl   This cannot be done in a portable way: it depends on the compiler,
+dnl   libc, kernel, and CPU.  No autoconf macro is provided for this.
+
+dnl Ensure non-trapping behaviour of floating-point overflow and
+dnl floating-point division by zero.
+dnl (For integer overflow, see gcc's -ftrapv option; for integer division by
+dnl zero, see the autoconf macro in intdiv0.m4.)
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FP_IEEE],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_CC])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST])
+  # IEEE behaviour is the default on all CPUs except Alpha
+  # (according to the test results of Bruno Haible's ieeefp/fenv_default.m4).
+  case "$host_cpu" in
+    alpha*)
+      # On Alpha systems, a compiler option provides the behaviour.
+      # See the ieee(3) manual page, also available at
+      # <http://h30097.www3.hp.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V51B_HTML/MAN/MAN3/0600____.HTM>
+      if test -n "$GCC"; then
+        # GCC has the option -mieee.
+        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -mieee"
+      else
+        # Compaq (ex-DEC) C has the option -ieee. 
+        CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -mieee"
+      fi
+      ;;
+  esac
+])