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Subject: Re: strto{d,f,ld}, inf and nan patch
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> Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 10:24:46 +0000
> From: Richard Dawe <rich AT phekda DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> 
> I think ignoring the <anything> in nan(<anything>) is fine.

I think we should at least verify that <anything> is a hex number.

Ideally, we should also generate the precise bit pattern as given by
<anything>.  It cannot be too hard.

Btw, what does C9x say about <anything> that specifies a bit pattern
which is not a NaN?