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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 00:47:55 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-19 00:47:55 +0000 |
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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/floating_point_number_to_string_conversion.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/floating_point_number_to_string_conversion.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6c9b36003f --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/floating_point_number_to_string_conversion.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +NSPR provides functions that convert double-precision floating point +numbers to and from their character string representations. + +These conversion functions were originally written by David M. Gay of +AT&T. They use IEEE double-precision (not IEEE double-extended) +arithmetic. + +The header file ``prdtoa.h`` declares these functions. The functions +are: + + - :ref:`PR_strtod` + - :ref:`PR_dtoa` + - :ref:`PR_cnvtf` + +References +---------- + +Gay's implementation is inspired by these two papers. + +[1] William D. Clinger, "How to Read Floating Point Numbers Accurately," +Proc. ACM SIGPLAN '90, pp. 92-101. + +[2] Guy L. Steele, Jr. and Jon L. White, "How to Print Floating-Point +Numbers Accurately," Proc. ACM SIGPLAN '90, pp. 112-126. |