From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 18:13:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: .
X-Git-Tag: SH-UTILS-1_12e~24
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9ff449aa6e34daa40b8d9e9df7506fa86d3ea3e;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

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diff --git a/lib/xstrtod.c b/lib/xstrtod.c
index 838c5c4632..bab8b1219a 100644
--- a/lib/xstrtod.c
+++ b/lib/xstrtod.c
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ double strtod ();
 #include <ctype.h>
 #include "xstrtod.h"
 
+/* An interface to strtod that encapsulates all the error checking
+   one should usually perform.  Like strtod, but return zero upon
+   successful conversion and put the result in *RESULT.  Return
+   non-zero upon any failure.  */
+
 int
 xstrtod (str, ptr, result)
      const char *str;