Re: Bug: atof() can't parse "NaN"

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On Jan  6 13:49, Shankar Unni wrote:
> Roger Leigh wrote:
> 
> >  our_nan = atof ("NaN");
> 
> Which platform does this work on, for you? I wouldn't expect it to 
> "work" (i.e. return a NaN), and I can't get it to work on a Linux 
> (somewhat old, I admit) box either. Or using (hiss!) MSDEV (VC++ 2003 
> .NET) on a WinXP box.

The ISO C standard expects it to work.

Corinna

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