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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 10 | ||||
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@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +2017-06-12 Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> + + * manual/math.texi (Mathematics): Add description for _FloatN and + _FloatNx types and mentions that they are not support in glibc for + any architecture, so far. + * manual/arith.texi (wcstof, wcstold): Replace the mention to + stdlib.h with wchar.h. + (Parsing of Floats): Add descriptions for strtofN and wcstofN. + (Printing of Floats): Add description for strfromfN. + 2017-06-12 Paul E. Murphy <murphyp@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Gabriel F. T. Gomes <gftg@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Tulio Magno Quites Machado Filho <tuliom@linux.vnet.ibm.com> diff --git a/manual/arith.texi b/manual/arith.texi index dec12a0..5c1dcdc 100644 --- a/manual/arith.texi +++ b/manual/arith.texi @@ -2980,6 +2980,7 @@ examining @var{errno} and @var{tailptr}. @comment ISO @deftypefunx {long double} strtold (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr}) @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@comment See safety comments for strtod. These functions are analogous to @code{strtod}, but return @code{float} and @code{long double} values respectively. They report errors in the same way as @code{strtod}. @code{strtof} can be substantially faster @@ -2990,23 +2991,52 @@ double} is a separate type). These functions have been GNU extensions and are new to @w{ISO C99}. @end deftypefun +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 +@deftypefun _FloatN strtofN (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr}) +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 +@deftypefunx _FloatNx strtofNx (const char *@var{string}, char **@var{tailptr}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@comment See safety comments for strtod. +These functions are like @code{strtod}, except for the return type. + +They were introduced in @w{ISO/IEC TS 18661-3} and are available on machines +that support the related types; @pxref{Mathematics}. +@end deftypefun + @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun double wcstod (const wchar_t *restrict @var{string}, wchar_t **restrict @var{tailptr}) -@comment stdlib.h +@comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefunx float wcstof (const wchar_t *@var{string}, wchar_t **@var{tailptr}) -@comment stdlib.h +@comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefunx {long double} wcstold (const wchar_t *@var{string}, wchar_t **@var{tailptr}) +@comment wchar.h +@comment GNU +@deftypefunx _FloatN wcstofN (const wchar_t *@var{string}, wchar_t **@var{tailptr}) +@comment wchar.h +@comment GNU +@deftypefunx _FloatNx wcstofNx (const wchar_t *@var{string}, wchar_t **@var{tailptr}) @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} -The @code{wcstod}, @code{wcstof}, and @code{wcstol} functions are -equivalent in nearly all aspect to the @code{strtod}, @code{strtof}, and -@code{strtold} functions but it handles wide character string. +@comment See safety comments for strtod. +The @code{wcstod}, @code{wcstof}, @code{wcstol}, @code{wcstof@var{N}}, +and @code{wcstof@var{N}x} functions are equivalent in nearly all aspects +to the @code{strtod}, @code{strtof}, @code{strtold}, +@code{strtof@var{N}}, and @code{strtof@var{N}x} functions, but they +handle wide character strings. The @code{wcstod} function was introduced in @w{Amendment 1} of @w{ISO C90}. The @code{wcstof} and @code{wcstold} functions were introduced in @w{ISO C99}. + +The @code{wcstof@var{N}} and @code{wcstof@var{N}x} functions are not in +any standard, but are added to provide completeness for the +non-deprecated interface of wide character string to floating-point +conversion functions. They are only available on machines that support +the related types; @pxref{Mathematics}. @end deftypefun @comment stdlib.h @@ -3033,11 +3063,15 @@ The @samp{strfrom} functions are declared in @file{stdlib.h}. @comment stdlib.h @comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-1 @deftypefun int strfromd (char *restrict @var{string}, size_t @var{size}, const char *restrict @var{format}, double @var{value}) +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-1 @deftypefunx int strfromf (char *restrict @var{string}, size_t @var{size}, const char *restrict @var{format}, float @var{value}) +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-1 @deftypefunx int strfroml (char *restrict @var{string}, size_t @var{size}, const char *restrict @var{format}, long double @var{value}) @safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} -@comment these functions depend on __printf_fp and __printf_fphex, which are -@comment AS-unsafe (ascuheap) and AC-unsafe (acsmem). +@comment All these functions depend on both __printf_fp and __printf_fphex, +@comment which are both AS-unsafe (ascuheap) and AC-unsafe (acsmem). The functions @code{strfromd} (``string-from-double''), @code{strfromf} (``string-from-float''), and @code{strfroml} (``string-from-long-double'') convert the floating-point number @var{value} to a string of characters and @@ -3064,6 +3098,21 @@ has been completely written if and only if the returned value is less than These functions were introduced by ISO/IEC TS 18661-1. @end deftypefun +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 +@deftypefun int strfromfN (char *restrict @var{string}, size_t @var{size}, const char *restrict @var{format}, _Float@var{N} @var{value}) +@comment stdlib.h +@comment ISO/IEC TS 18661-3 +@deftypefunx int strfromfNx (char *restrict @var{string}, size_t @var{size}, const char *restrict @var{format}, _Float@var{N}x @var{value}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@comment See safety comments for strfromd. +These functions are like @code{strfromd}, except for the type of +@code{value}. + +They were introduced in @w{ISO/IEC TS 18661-3} and are available on machines +that support the related types; @pxref{Mathematics}. +@end deftypefun + @node System V Number Conversion @section Old-fashioned System V number-to-string functions diff --git a/manual/math.texi b/manual/math.texi index 69a0ace..53c2bc1 100644 --- a/manual/math.texi +++ b/manual/math.texi @@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ usually wise to pick the narrowest type that can accommodate your data. Not all machines have a distinct @code{long double} type; it may be the same as @code{double}. +On some machines, @theglibc{} also provides @code{_Float@var{N}} and +@code{_Float@var{N}x} types. These types are defined in @w{ISO/IEC TS +18661-3}, which extends @w{ISO C} and defines floating-point types that +are not machine-dependent. When such a type, such as @code{_Float128}, +is supported by @theglibc{}, extra variants for most of the mathematical +functions provided for @code{double}, @code{float}, and @code{long +double} are also provided for the supported type. + +Currently, support for @code{_Float@var{N}} or @code{_Float@var{N}x} +types is not provided for any machine. + @menu * Mathematical Constants:: Precise numeric values for often-used constants. |