I have here a small test app which uses isnan from <math.h>:

#include <iostream>
#include <math.h>

int main()
{
    double d = NAN;

    std::cout << isnan(d) << '\n';

    return 0;
}

Build and run under 3 different standards:

$ g++ -std=c++98 main.cpp; ./a.out
1

$ g++ -std=c++11 main.cpp; ./a.out
1

$ g++ -std=c++14 main.cpp; ./a.out
1

Now we also include <cmath>, and test with both isnan and std::isnan:

#include <iostream>
#include <cmath>
#include <math.h>

int main()
{
    double d = NAN;

    std::cout << std::isnan(d) << '\n';
    std::cout << isnan(d) << '\n';

    return 0;
}

Build and run:

C++98 works

$ g++ -std=c++98 main.cpp; ./a.out
1
1

C++11 and C++14 don't, isnan is not found.

$ g++ -std=c++11 main.cpp
main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:10:25: error: ‘isnan’ was not declared in this scope
     std::cout << isnan(d) << '\n';
                         ^
main.cpp:10:25: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from main.cpp:3:0:
/usr/include/c++/5/cmath:641:5: note:   ‘std::isnan’
     isnan(_Tp __x)
     ^

$ g++ -std=c++14 main.cpp
main.cpp: In function ‘int main()’:
main.cpp:10:25: error: ‘isnan’ was not declared in this scope
     std::cout << isnan(d) << '\n';
                         ^
main.cpp:10:25: note: suggested alternative:
In file included from main.cpp:3:0:
/usr/include/c++/5/cmath:641:5: note:   ‘std::isnan’
     isnan(_Tp __x)
     ^

Note the order of inclusion is not important. If I include <cmath> before <math.h> or after, the result is the same.

Questions

• Why is isnan gone?
• Without having to go back and change old code to compile under the new standard, is there any way to fix this?