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strtod: fix clash with strtold Problem reported for RHEL 5 by Jesse Caldwell (Bug#34817). * lib/strtod.c (compute_minus_zero, minus_zero): Simplify by remving the macro / external variable, and having just a function. User changed. This avoids the need for an external variable that might clash.
author Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
date Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:40:29 -0700
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@node gcvt
@section @code{gcvt}
@findex gcvt

POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/gcvt.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Mac OS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, Android 9.0.
@item
This function is marked as ``legacy'' in POSIX.  Better use @code{sprintf}
instead.
@end itemize