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Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:51:42 +0000
From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: strtof (C99) [PATCH]
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Hello.

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:26:36 +0000
> > From: "Richard Dawe" <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> >
> > Test 6: Inf -> 0
> 
> Why doesn't this return an Inf (the float representation of it)?

Because strtof does not parse Inf. strtod and strtold do not either.

C99 requires strto* to understand Inf and NaN (and other capitalisations). I
think we can fix those problems in another round of C99-compliance work.
 
> Also, what about a NaN?

I can add a test for NaNs, if that's what you are asking.
 
> I will review the code as soon as I have time.

Thanks, bye, Rich =]

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Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ]