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From: mmeyer@next.com (Morris Meyer)
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Subject: Re: strtod on the NeXT
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Date: 8 May 91 04:40:05 GMT
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In article <JESPERSE.91May7153540@rft28.nas.nasa.gov> jesperse@nas.nasa.gov  
(Dennis Jespersen) writes:
> 
> Following up on my own article:
> >This is for a colleague: on NeXT with 2.0 the function strtod is in
> >libsys_s.a (it's supposed to convert a string to a double precision
> >number).  First question: we can't find any documentation for strtod
> >on the NeXT; is there any?
> 
> strtod is defined in /usr/include/stdlib.h as:
> extern double strtod(const char *nptr, char **endptr);
> 
> There doesn't seem to be a man page for it, however.  The second
> question (does strtod behave correctly on the NeXT) is still open.
> --
> Dennis Jespersen
> email: jesperse@rft28.nas.nasa.gov

strtod behaves correctly in 2.1.  The behaviour of strtod matches (now)
the strtod() description in K&R Version 2.  There should definately be a 
manpage for it.  As always, fixed in the next release.

		--morris

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