Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number

Dave Mitchell asked:
> Does anyone know why we roll our own?

See the thread starting at <20010623225547.Z98663@plum.flirble.org>.

Unfortunately, the reimplementation is the cause of several RT tickets
that have been languishing open for years.  (Whenever I care, I use
POSIX::strtod.)

• [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by perlbug-followup
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Zefram
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by Morten Welinder
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by Morten Welinder
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow instring-to-number by Dave Mitchell
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by Father Chrysostomos
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by sisyphus1
• Re: [perl #120426] Strange and unwarranted underflow in string-to-number by Karl Williamson