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RE: long double (was "strtold?")

From: "Schwarz, Konrad" <konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com>
To: "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn at redhat dot com>, "Howland Craig D (Craig)" <howland at LGSInnovations dot com>
Cc: <newlib at sourceware dot org>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:24:06 +0100
Subject: RE: long double (was "strtold?")
References: <20090310175405.GB9322@calimero.vinschen.de> <3862C5643B15B6468269546753EB2A9202448BA3@BLTSXVS01.govsolutions.com> <49BED653.8080404@redhat.com>

> >      A similar question arises as to whether we can assume 
> that float.h
> > is present.
> >   
> I think this is a reasonable assumption that hasn't proven to 
> be broken 
> in the past.  It is used by the printf/scanf families now 
> without checks.

Just as an additional data point: <float.h> must be provided by any ANSI
C compiler, whether hosted (i.e., with an own implementation of the C
standard library) or not.

Konrad Schwarz

References:
- strtold?
  - From: Corinna Vinschen
- long double (was "strtold?")
  - From: Howland Craig D (Craig)
- Re: long double (was "strtold?")
  - From: Jeff Johnston

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