1*3d8817e4Smiod /* atof_vax.c - turn a Flonum into a VAX floating point number
2*3d8817e4Smiod Copyright 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005
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4*3d8817e4Smiod
5*3d8817e4Smiod This file is part of GAS, the GNU Assembler.
6*3d8817e4Smiod
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10*3d8817e4Smiod any later version.
11*3d8817e4Smiod
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20*3d8817e4Smiod 02110-1301, USA. */
21*3d8817e4Smiod
22*3d8817e4Smiod #include "as.h"
23*3d8817e4Smiod
24*3d8817e4Smiod /* Precision in LittleNums. */
25*3d8817e4Smiod #define MAX_PRECISION 8
26*3d8817e4Smiod #define H_PRECISION 8
27*3d8817e4Smiod #define G_PRECISION 4
28*3d8817e4Smiod #define D_PRECISION 4
29*3d8817e4Smiod #define F_PRECISION 2
30*3d8817e4Smiod
31*3d8817e4Smiod /* Length in LittleNums of guard bits. */
32*3d8817e4Smiod #define GUARD 2
33*3d8817e4Smiod
34*3d8817e4Smiod int flonum_gen2vax (int, FLONUM_TYPE *, LITTLENUM_TYPE *);
35*3d8817e4Smiod
36*3d8817e4Smiod /* Number of chars in flonum type 'letter'. */
37*3d8817e4Smiod
38*3d8817e4Smiod static int
atof_vax_sizeof(int letter)39*3d8817e4Smiod atof_vax_sizeof (int letter)
40*3d8817e4Smiod {
41*3d8817e4Smiod int return_value;
42*3d8817e4Smiod
43*3d8817e4Smiod /* Permitting uppercase letters is probably a bad idea.
44*3d8817e4Smiod Please use only lower-cased letters in case the upper-cased
45*3d8817e4Smiod ones become unsupported! */
46*3d8817e4Smiod switch (letter)
47*3d8817e4Smiod {
48*3d8817e4Smiod case 'f':
49*3d8817e4Smiod case 'F':
50*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = 4;
51*3d8817e4Smiod break;
52*3d8817e4Smiod
53*3d8817e4Smiod case 'd':
54*3d8817e4Smiod case 'D':
55*3d8817e4Smiod case 'g':
56*3d8817e4Smiod case 'G':
57*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = 8;
58*3d8817e4Smiod break;
59*3d8817e4Smiod
60*3d8817e4Smiod case 'h':
61*3d8817e4Smiod case 'H':
62*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = 16;
63*3d8817e4Smiod break;
64*3d8817e4Smiod
65*3d8817e4Smiod default:
66*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = 0;
67*3d8817e4Smiod break;
68*3d8817e4Smiod }
69*3d8817e4Smiod
70*3d8817e4Smiod return return_value;
71*3d8817e4Smiod }
72*3d8817e4Smiod
73*3d8817e4Smiod static const long mask[] =
74*3d8817e4Smiod {
75*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00000000,
76*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00000001,
77*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00000003,
78*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00000007,
79*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0000000f,
80*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0000001f,
81*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0000003f,
82*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0000007f,
83*3d8817e4Smiod 0x000000ff,
84*3d8817e4Smiod 0x000001ff,
85*3d8817e4Smiod 0x000003ff,
86*3d8817e4Smiod 0x000007ff,
87*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00000fff,
88*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00001fff,
89*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00003fff,
90*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00007fff,
91*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0000ffff,
92*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0001ffff,
93*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0003ffff,
94*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0007ffff,
95*3d8817e4Smiod 0x000fffff,
96*3d8817e4Smiod 0x001fffff,
97*3d8817e4Smiod 0x003fffff,
98*3d8817e4Smiod 0x007fffff,
99*3d8817e4Smiod 0x00ffffff,
100*3d8817e4Smiod 0x01ffffff,
101*3d8817e4Smiod 0x03ffffff,
102*3d8817e4Smiod 0x07ffffff,
103*3d8817e4Smiod 0x0fffffff,
104*3d8817e4Smiod 0x1fffffff,
105*3d8817e4Smiod 0x3fffffff,
106*3d8817e4Smiod 0x7fffffff,
107*3d8817e4Smiod 0xffffffff
108*3d8817e4Smiod };
109*3d8817e4Smiod
110*3d8817e4Smiod
111*3d8817e4Smiod /* Shared between flonum_gen2vax and next_bits. */
112*3d8817e4Smiod static int bits_left_in_littlenum;
113*3d8817e4Smiod static LITTLENUM_TYPE *littlenum_pointer;
114*3d8817e4Smiod static LITTLENUM_TYPE *littlenum_end;
115*3d8817e4Smiod
116*3d8817e4Smiod static int
next_bits(int number_of_bits)117*3d8817e4Smiod next_bits (int number_of_bits)
118*3d8817e4Smiod {
119*3d8817e4Smiod int return_value;
120*3d8817e4Smiod
121*3d8817e4Smiod if (littlenum_pointer < littlenum_end)
122*3d8817e4Smiod return 0;
123*3d8817e4Smiod if (number_of_bits >= bits_left_in_littlenum)
124*3d8817e4Smiod {
125*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = mask[bits_left_in_littlenum] & *littlenum_pointer;
126*3d8817e4Smiod number_of_bits -= bits_left_in_littlenum;
127*3d8817e4Smiod return_value <<= number_of_bits;
128*3d8817e4Smiod bits_left_in_littlenum = LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS - number_of_bits;
129*3d8817e4Smiod littlenum_pointer--;
130*3d8817e4Smiod if (littlenum_pointer >= littlenum_end)
131*3d8817e4Smiod return_value |= ((*littlenum_pointer) >> (bits_left_in_littlenum)) & mask[number_of_bits];
132*3d8817e4Smiod }
133*3d8817e4Smiod else
134*3d8817e4Smiod {
135*3d8817e4Smiod bits_left_in_littlenum -= number_of_bits;
136*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = mask[number_of_bits] & ((*littlenum_pointer) >> bits_left_in_littlenum);
137*3d8817e4Smiod }
138*3d8817e4Smiod return return_value;
139*3d8817e4Smiod }
140*3d8817e4Smiod
141*3d8817e4Smiod static void
make_invalid_floating_point_number(LITTLENUM_TYPE * words)142*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (LITTLENUM_TYPE *words)
143*3d8817e4Smiod {
144*3d8817e4Smiod *words = 0x8000; /* Floating Reserved Operand Code. */
145*3d8817e4Smiod }
146*3d8817e4Smiod
147*3d8817e4Smiod
148*3d8817e4Smiod static int /* 0 means letter is OK. */
what_kind_of_float(int letter,int * precisionP,long * exponent_bitsP)149*3d8817e4Smiod what_kind_of_float (int letter, /* In: lowercase please. What kind of float? */
150*3d8817e4Smiod int *precisionP, /* Number of 16-bit words in the float. */
151*3d8817e4Smiod long *exponent_bitsP) /* Number of exponent bits. */
152*3d8817e4Smiod {
153*3d8817e4Smiod int retval;
154*3d8817e4Smiod
155*3d8817e4Smiod retval = 0;
156*3d8817e4Smiod switch (letter)
157*3d8817e4Smiod {
158*3d8817e4Smiod case 'f':
159*3d8817e4Smiod *precisionP = F_PRECISION;
160*3d8817e4Smiod *exponent_bitsP = 8;
161*3d8817e4Smiod break;
162*3d8817e4Smiod
163*3d8817e4Smiod case 'd':
164*3d8817e4Smiod *precisionP = D_PRECISION;
165*3d8817e4Smiod *exponent_bitsP = 8;
166*3d8817e4Smiod break;
167*3d8817e4Smiod
168*3d8817e4Smiod case 'g':
169*3d8817e4Smiod *precisionP = G_PRECISION;
170*3d8817e4Smiod *exponent_bitsP = 11;
171*3d8817e4Smiod break;
172*3d8817e4Smiod
173*3d8817e4Smiod case 'h':
174*3d8817e4Smiod *precisionP = H_PRECISION;
175*3d8817e4Smiod *exponent_bitsP = 15;
176*3d8817e4Smiod break;
177*3d8817e4Smiod
178*3d8817e4Smiod default:
179*3d8817e4Smiod retval = 69;
180*3d8817e4Smiod break;
181*3d8817e4Smiod }
182*3d8817e4Smiod return retval;
183*3d8817e4Smiod }
184*3d8817e4Smiod
185*3d8817e4Smiod /* Warning: this returns 16-bit LITTLENUMs, because that is
186*3d8817e4Smiod what the VAX thinks in. It is up to the caller to figure
187*3d8817e4Smiod out any alignment problems and to conspire for the bytes/word
188*3d8817e4Smiod to be emitted in the right order. Bigendians beware! */
189*3d8817e4Smiod
190*3d8817e4Smiod static char *
atof_vax(char * str,int what_kind,LITTLENUM_TYPE * words)191*3d8817e4Smiod atof_vax (char *str, /* Text to convert to binary. */
192*3d8817e4Smiod int what_kind, /* 'd', 'f', 'g', 'h' */
193*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE *words) /* Build the binary here. */
194*3d8817e4Smiod {
195*3d8817e4Smiod FLONUM_TYPE f;
196*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE bits[MAX_PRECISION + MAX_PRECISION + GUARD];
197*3d8817e4Smiod /* Extra bits for zeroed low-order bits.
198*3d8817e4Smiod The 1st MAX_PRECISION are zeroed,
199*3d8817e4Smiod the last contain flonum bits. */
200*3d8817e4Smiod char *return_value;
201*3d8817e4Smiod int precision; /* Number of 16-bit words in the format. */
202*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_bits;
203*3d8817e4Smiod
204*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = str;
205*3d8817e4Smiod f.low = bits + MAX_PRECISION;
206*3d8817e4Smiod f.high = NULL;
207*3d8817e4Smiod f.leader = NULL;
208*3d8817e4Smiod f.exponent = 0;
209*3d8817e4Smiod f.sign = '\0';
210*3d8817e4Smiod
211*3d8817e4Smiod if (what_kind_of_float (what_kind, &precision, &exponent_bits))
212*3d8817e4Smiod {
213*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = NULL;
214*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
215*3d8817e4Smiod }
216*3d8817e4Smiod
217*3d8817e4Smiod if (return_value)
218*3d8817e4Smiod {
219*3d8817e4Smiod memset (bits, '\0', sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE) * MAX_PRECISION);
220*3d8817e4Smiod
221*3d8817e4Smiod /* Use more LittleNums than seems
222*3d8817e4Smiod necessary: the highest flonum may have
223*3d8817e4Smiod 15 leading 0 bits, so could be useless. */
224*3d8817e4Smiod f.high = f.low + precision - 1 + GUARD;
225*3d8817e4Smiod
226*3d8817e4Smiod if (atof_generic (&return_value, ".", "eE", &f))
227*3d8817e4Smiod {
228*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
229*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = NULL;
230*3d8817e4Smiod }
231*3d8817e4Smiod else if (flonum_gen2vax (what_kind, &f, words))
232*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = NULL;
233*3d8817e4Smiod }
234*3d8817e4Smiod
235*3d8817e4Smiod return return_value;
236*3d8817e4Smiod }
237*3d8817e4Smiod
238*3d8817e4Smiod /* In: a flonum, a vax floating point format.
239*3d8817e4Smiod Out: a vax floating-point bit pattern. */
240*3d8817e4Smiod
241*3d8817e4Smiod int
flonum_gen2vax(int format_letter,FLONUM_TYPE * f,LITTLENUM_TYPE * words)242*3d8817e4Smiod flonum_gen2vax (int format_letter, /* One of 'd' 'f' 'g' 'h'. */
243*3d8817e4Smiod FLONUM_TYPE *f,
244*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE *words) /* Deliver answer here. */
245*3d8817e4Smiod {
246*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE *lp;
247*3d8817e4Smiod int precision;
248*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_bits;
249*3d8817e4Smiod int return_value; /* 0 == OK. */
250*3d8817e4Smiod
251*3d8817e4Smiod return_value = what_kind_of_float (format_letter, &precision, &exponent_bits);
252*3d8817e4Smiod
253*3d8817e4Smiod if (return_value != 0)
254*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
255*3d8817e4Smiod
256*3d8817e4Smiod else
257*3d8817e4Smiod {
258*3d8817e4Smiod if (f->low > f->leader)
259*3d8817e4Smiod /* 0.0e0 seen. */
260*3d8817e4Smiod memset (words, '\0', sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE) * precision);
261*3d8817e4Smiod
262*3d8817e4Smiod else
263*3d8817e4Smiod {
264*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_1;
265*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_2;
266*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_3;
267*3d8817e4Smiod long exponent_4;
268*3d8817e4Smiod int exponent_skippage;
269*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE word1;
270*3d8817e4Smiod
271*3d8817e4Smiod /* JF: Deal with new Nan, +Inf and -Inf codes. */
272*3d8817e4Smiod if (f->sign != '-' && f->sign != '+')
273*3d8817e4Smiod {
274*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
275*3d8817e4Smiod return return_value;
276*3d8817e4Smiod }
277*3d8817e4Smiod
278*3d8817e4Smiod /* All vaxen floating_point formats (so far) have:
279*3d8817e4Smiod Bit 15 is sign bit.
280*3d8817e4Smiod Bits 14:n are excess-whatever exponent.
281*3d8817e4Smiod Bits n-1:0 (if any) are most significant bits of fraction.
282*3d8817e4Smiod Bits 15:0 of the next word are the next most significant bits.
283*3d8817e4Smiod And so on for each other word.
284*3d8817e4Smiod
285*3d8817e4Smiod All this to be compatible with a KF11?? (Which is still faster
286*3d8817e4Smiod than lots of vaxen I can think of, but it also has higher
287*3d8817e4Smiod maintenance costs ... sigh).
288*3d8817e4Smiod
289*3d8817e4Smiod So we need: number of bits of exponent, number of bits of
290*3d8817e4Smiod mantissa. */
291*3d8817e4Smiod
292*3d8817e4Smiod bits_left_in_littlenum = LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS;
293*3d8817e4Smiod littlenum_pointer = f->leader;
294*3d8817e4Smiod littlenum_end = f->low;
295*3d8817e4Smiod /* Seek (and forget) 1st significant bit. */
296*3d8817e4Smiod for (exponent_skippage = 0;
297*3d8817e4Smiod !next_bits (1);
298*3d8817e4Smiod exponent_skippage++);;
299*3d8817e4Smiod
300*3d8817e4Smiod exponent_1 = f->exponent + f->leader + 1 - f->low;
301*3d8817e4Smiod /* Radix LITTLENUM_RADIX, point just higher than f->leader. */
302*3d8817e4Smiod exponent_2 = exponent_1 * LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS;
303*3d8817e4Smiod /* Radix 2. */
304*3d8817e4Smiod exponent_3 = exponent_2 - exponent_skippage;
305*3d8817e4Smiod /* Forget leading zeros, forget 1st bit. */
306*3d8817e4Smiod exponent_4 = exponent_3 + (1 << (exponent_bits - 1));
307*3d8817e4Smiod /* Offset exponent. */
308*3d8817e4Smiod
309*3d8817e4Smiod if (exponent_4 & ~mask[exponent_bits])
310*3d8817e4Smiod {
311*3d8817e4Smiod /* Exponent overflow. Lose immediately. */
312*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
313*3d8817e4Smiod
314*3d8817e4Smiod /* We leave return_value alone: admit we read the
315*3d8817e4Smiod number, but return a floating exception
316*3d8817e4Smiod because we can't encode the number. */
317*3d8817e4Smiod }
318*3d8817e4Smiod else
319*3d8817e4Smiod {
320*3d8817e4Smiod lp = words;
321*3d8817e4Smiod
322*3d8817e4Smiod /* Word 1. Sign, exponent and perhaps high bits.
323*3d8817e4Smiod Assume 2's complement integers. */
324*3d8817e4Smiod word1 = (((exponent_4 & mask[exponent_bits]) << (15 - exponent_bits))
325*3d8817e4Smiod | ((f->sign == '+') ? 0 : 0x8000)
326*3d8817e4Smiod | next_bits (15 - exponent_bits));
327*3d8817e4Smiod *lp++ = word1;
328*3d8817e4Smiod
329*3d8817e4Smiod /* The rest of the words are just mantissa bits. */
330*3d8817e4Smiod for (; lp < words + precision; lp++)
331*3d8817e4Smiod *lp = next_bits (LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS);
332*3d8817e4Smiod
333*3d8817e4Smiod if (next_bits (1))
334*3d8817e4Smiod {
335*3d8817e4Smiod /* Since the NEXT bit is a 1, round UP the mantissa.
336*3d8817e4Smiod The cunning design of these hidden-1 floats permits
337*3d8817e4Smiod us to let the mantissa overflow into the exponent, and
338*3d8817e4Smiod it 'does the right thing'. However, we lose if the
339*3d8817e4Smiod highest-order bit of the lowest-order word flips.
340*3d8817e4Smiod Is that clear? */
341*3d8817e4Smiod unsigned long carry;
342*3d8817e4Smiod
343*3d8817e4Smiod /*
344*3d8817e4Smiod #if (sizeof(carry)) < ((sizeof(bits[0]) * BITS_PER_CHAR) + 2)
345*3d8817e4Smiod Please allow at least 1 more bit in carry than is in a LITTLENUM.
346*3d8817e4Smiod We need that extra bit to hold a carry during a LITTLENUM carry
347*3d8817e4Smiod propagation. Another extra bit (kept 0) will assure us that we
348*3d8817e4Smiod don't get a sticky sign bit after shifting right, and that
349*3d8817e4Smiod permits us to propagate the carry without any masking of bits.
350*3d8817e4Smiod #endif */
351*3d8817e4Smiod for (carry = 1, lp--;
352*3d8817e4Smiod carry && (lp >= words);
353*3d8817e4Smiod lp--)
354*3d8817e4Smiod {
355*3d8817e4Smiod carry = *lp + carry;
356*3d8817e4Smiod *lp = carry;
357*3d8817e4Smiod carry >>= LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS;
358*3d8817e4Smiod }
359*3d8817e4Smiod
360*3d8817e4Smiod if ((word1 ^ *words) & (1 << (LITTLENUM_NUMBER_OF_BITS - 1)))
361*3d8817e4Smiod {
362*3d8817e4Smiod make_invalid_floating_point_number (words);
363*3d8817e4Smiod /* We leave return_value alone: admit we read the
364*3d8817e4Smiod number, but return a floating exception
365*3d8817e4Smiod because we can't encode the number. */
366*3d8817e4Smiod }
367*3d8817e4Smiod }
368*3d8817e4Smiod }
369*3d8817e4Smiod }
370*3d8817e4Smiod }
371*3d8817e4Smiod return return_value;
372*3d8817e4Smiod }
373*3d8817e4Smiod
374*3d8817e4Smiod /* JF this used to be in vax.c but this looks like a better place for it. */
375*3d8817e4Smiod
376*3d8817e4Smiod /* In: input_line_pointer->the 1st character of a floating-point
377*3d8817e4Smiod number.
378*3d8817e4Smiod 1 letter denoting the type of statement that wants a
379*3d8817e4Smiod binary floating point number returned.
380*3d8817e4Smiod Address of where to build floating point literal.
381*3d8817e4Smiod Assumed to be 'big enough'.
382*3d8817e4Smiod Address of where to return size of literal (in chars).
383*3d8817e4Smiod
384*3d8817e4Smiod Out: Input_line_pointer->of next char after floating number.
385*3d8817e4Smiod Error message, or 0.
386*3d8817e4Smiod Floating point literal.
387*3d8817e4Smiod Number of chars we used for the literal. */
388*3d8817e4Smiod
389*3d8817e4Smiod #define MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_LITTLENUMS 8 /* For .hfloats. */
390*3d8817e4Smiod
391*3d8817e4Smiod char *
md_atof(int what_statement_type,char * literalP,int * sizeP)392*3d8817e4Smiod md_atof (int what_statement_type,
393*3d8817e4Smiod char *literalP,
394*3d8817e4Smiod int *sizeP)
395*3d8817e4Smiod {
396*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE words[MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_LITTLENUMS];
397*3d8817e4Smiod char kind_of_float;
398*3d8817e4Smiod int number_of_chars;
399*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE *littlenumP;
400*3d8817e4Smiod
401*3d8817e4Smiod switch (what_statement_type)
402*3d8817e4Smiod {
403*3d8817e4Smiod case 'F':
404*3d8817e4Smiod case 'f':
405*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float = 'f';
406*3d8817e4Smiod break;
407*3d8817e4Smiod
408*3d8817e4Smiod case 'D':
409*3d8817e4Smiod case 'd':
410*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float = 'd';
411*3d8817e4Smiod break;
412*3d8817e4Smiod
413*3d8817e4Smiod case 'g':
414*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float = 'g';
415*3d8817e4Smiod break;
416*3d8817e4Smiod
417*3d8817e4Smiod case 'h':
418*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float = 'h';
419*3d8817e4Smiod break;
420*3d8817e4Smiod
421*3d8817e4Smiod default:
422*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float = 0;
423*3d8817e4Smiod break;
424*3d8817e4Smiod };
425*3d8817e4Smiod
426*3d8817e4Smiod if (kind_of_float)
427*3d8817e4Smiod {
428*3d8817e4Smiod LITTLENUM_TYPE *limit;
429*3d8817e4Smiod
430*3d8817e4Smiod input_line_pointer = atof_vax (input_line_pointer,
431*3d8817e4Smiod kind_of_float,
432*3d8817e4Smiod words);
433*3d8817e4Smiod /* The atof_vax() builds up 16-bit numbers.
434*3d8817e4Smiod Since the assembler may not be running on
435*3d8817e4Smiod a little-endian machine, be very careful about
436*3d8817e4Smiod converting words to chars. */
437*3d8817e4Smiod number_of_chars = atof_vax_sizeof (kind_of_float);
438*3d8817e4Smiod know (number_of_chars <= MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_LITTLENUMS * sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE));
439*3d8817e4Smiod limit = words + (number_of_chars / sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE));
440*3d8817e4Smiod for (littlenumP = words; littlenumP < limit; littlenumP++)
441*3d8817e4Smiod {
442*3d8817e4Smiod md_number_to_chars (literalP, *littlenumP, sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE));
443*3d8817e4Smiod literalP += sizeof (LITTLENUM_TYPE);
444*3d8817e4Smiod };
445*3d8817e4Smiod }
446*3d8817e4Smiod else
447*3d8817e4Smiod number_of_chars = 0;
448*3d8817e4Smiod
449*3d8817e4Smiod *sizeP = number_of_chars;
450*3d8817e4Smiod return kind_of_float ? NULL : _("Bad call to md_atof()");
451*3d8817e4Smiod }
452