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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 19:46:12 +0200
From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>
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To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/devel/clanlib Makefile 
 ports/devel/clanlib/filespatch-Sources_Util_fcvt.c patch-ah
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Peter Jeremy wrote:

> On 2001-Jan-09 15:09:00 -0800, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> >sobomax     2001/01/09 15:09:00 PST
> ...
> >  Added files:
> >    devel/clanlib/files  patch-Sources_Util_fcvt.c
> >  Log:
> >  Add SUSv2 compatible fcvt() function ripped from glibc.
>
> I believe fcvt() is a subset of dtoa().  There is an (undocumented)
> dtoa() function (__dtoa()) in libc - it's used by strtod() and *printf()
> and the code is physically in src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.c
>
> I have also had occasions when fcvt() or dtoa() would allow simpler
> code than sprintf().  Wouldn't we be better off documenting our dtoa()
> and allowing other functions to access it?

Thanks for the tip - I'll look at it.

-Maxim



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