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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 4fc10daa05477586fea99b6b3ca02a87d1102fa diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/strtod.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/strtod.texi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6a488768 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/strtod.texi @@ -0,0 +1,83 @@ +@node strtod +@section @code{strtod} +@findex strtod + +POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strtod.html} + +Gnulib module: strtod + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some old platforms. + +@item +This function mis-parses strings with leading @samp{+} on some old platforms: +Old versions of Linux. + +@item +This function returns a wrong end pointer on some old platforms. + +@item +This function consumes whitespace even when there is nothing that should +be parsed on some platforms: +IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1. + +@item +This function allows whitespace between @samp{e} and the exponent on +some platforms: +HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0. + +@item +This function returns the wrong end pointer for @samp{-0x} on some +platforms: +glibc 2.4, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.2, Cygwin < 1.5.25-11. + +@item +This function returns +0.0 (not -0.0) for @samp{-0} on some platforms: +IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 4.0. + +@item +This function fails to parse Infinities and plain NaNs on some platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 9, mingw. + +@item +This function fails to parse @samp{NaN()} on some platforms: +glibc-2.3.6, MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.2, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin < 1.5.25-11, mingw. + +@item +This function fails to parse @samp{NaN(@var{n-char-sequence})} on some +platforms: +OpenBSD 4.0, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw. + +@item +This function parses @samp{NaN(@var{n-char-sequence})}, but returns +the wrong end pointer on some platforms: +glibc-2.4, AIX 5.1. + +@item +This function fails to parse C99 hexadecimal floating point on some +platforms: +NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 4.0, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11.11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 10, mingw. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function returns +0.0 (not -0.0) for negative underflow on some +platforms: +glibc 2.7, Cygwin 1.5.x, mingw. + +@item +This function cannot distinguish between ``nan'' and ``-nan'' on some +platforms: +glibc 2.7, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, mingw. + +@item +This function fails to correctly parse very long strings on some +platforms: +MacOS X 10.3, FreeBSD 6.2, NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 4.0, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Cygwin, mingw. + +@item +The replacement function does not always return correctly rounded results. +@end itemize |