kc3-lang/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/strtold.texi

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• @node strtold
  @section @code{strtold}
  @findex strtold
  
  POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strtold.html}
  
  Gnulib module: strtold
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function is missing on some platforms:
  NetBSD 3.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, older IRIX 6.5, Solaris 9, older Cygwin 1.7.x, MSVC 9, Android 4.4.
  
  @item
  This function returns a struct, not a @code{long double}, on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.31/hppa.
  
  @item
  This function consumes whitespace even when there is nothing that should
  be parsed on some platforms:
  IRIX 6.5.
  
  @item
  This function allows whitespace between @samp{e} and the exponent on
  some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.31/ia64, IRIX 6.5.
  
  @item
  This function returns the wrong end pointer for @samp{-0x} on some
  platforms:
  glibc-2.3.2, Mac OS X 10.5, Haiku.
  
  @item
  This function returns +0.0 (not @minus{}0.0) for @samp{-0} on some platforms:
  IRIX 6.5.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse Infinities and plain NaNs on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.31/ia64, IRIX 6.5.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse @samp{NaN()} on some platforms:
  glibc-2.3.2, IRIX 6.5, mingw, Haiku.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse @samp{NaN(@var{n-char-sequence})} on some
  platforms:
  IRIX 6.5.
  
  @item
  This function parses @samp{NaN(@var{n-char-sequence})}, but returns
  the wrong end pointer on some platforms:
  glibc-2.3.2, mingw, Haiku.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse C99 hexadecimal floating point on some
  platforms:
  IRIX 6.5, mingw.
  
  @item
  In hexadecimal floats, this function allows whitespace between @samp{p}
  and the exponent on some platforms:
  HP-UX 11.31/ia64.
  
  @item
  This function fails to set @code{errno} upon underflow on some platforms:
  @c https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2019-12/msg00072.html
  Cygwin 2.9.
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  The replacement function does not always return correctly rounded results.
  @end itemize
  

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