Mark Wielaard writes: > On Tue, 2006-01-10 at 10:41 +0100, Mark Wielaard wrote: > > Hmmm. mprec originally came with fdlibm from libgcj and we regarded them > > as "upstream", but they are now relying on us as upstream. It looks like > > the original mprec imported into libgcj actually through newlib > > (http://sourceware.org/newlib/) - notice that one maintainer! :) > > > > They do have an updated version of mprec.h and mprec.c at: > > http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/newlib/libc/stdlib/?cvsroot=src > > > > Now we need a volunteer to merge our local changes back to that version > > and then import a new mprec. > > BTW, does anybody know why we are not using the system strtod() when > available?
Java has some very specific requirements for floating-point to decimal conversion, and this library satisfies those requirements. strtod() doesn't, or may not. Andrew. _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list Classpath@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath