***BOGO*** Re: [Mingw-users] strtod is not C99-compatible

[Ramiro Polla <ramiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keith Marshall wrote:
> On Thursday 01 May 2008 22:22, Ramiro Polla wrote:
>> There already is one implementation in libmingwex, it's just not
>> exported. Attached (untested) patch should be alright.
> 
> Patches posted here will likely be lost; for possible inclusion in the 
> distribution, they need to go to the patch tracker:
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=302435&group_id=2435&func=browse
> 
> You should also provide a ChangeLog entry, in the format specified by 
> the GNU Coding Standards:
> http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/html_node/Change-Logs.html

Done.

> Also, it would be advisable to test your patch before submission, (and 
> better still, attach a minimal test case with the patch).

Tested.

> We also need to consider how we document such deviations from standard 
> MSVCRT behaviour.  A manpage for the augmented function, included in 
> the patch, would be nice; at the very least, a page on MinGWiki, where 
> we collectively document *all* such enhancements is needed, (in 
> addition to any provided manpages), IMO.

Maybe something like a README.NON_PORTABLE that pthreads-win32 uses?

Ramiro Polla

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