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

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  Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
  

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• @node atof
  @section @code{atof}
  @findex atof
  
  POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/atof.html}
  
  Gnulib module: ---
  
  Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @end itemize
  
  Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
  @itemize
  @item
  This function mis-parses strings with leading @samp{+} on some old platforms:
  Old versions of Linux.
  
  @item
  This function returns a positive value for negative underflow on some
  platforms:
  glibc 2.4, Mingw, Cygwin.
  
  @item
  This function fails to do a valid parse of @samp{-0x} on some
  platforms:
  glibc 2.4, Cygwin < 1.5.25-11.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse Infinities and plain NaNs on some platforms:
  Solaris 8, Mingw, OpenBSD 4.0.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse NaN() on some platforms:
  Solaris 8, Mingw, OpenBSD 4.0, Cygwin < 1.5.25-11.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse NaN(n-char-sequence) on some platforms:
  Solaris 8, Mingw, OpenBSD 4.0.
  
  @item
  This function fails to parse C99 hexadecimal floating point on some
  platforms:
  Solaris 8, Mingw, OpenBSD 4.0.
  
  @item
  This function fails to correctly parse very long strings on some
  platforms:
  Mingw, Cygwin.
  @end itemize
  

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