*/
/*
-=for apidoc_section Numeric Functions
-
-=cut
This file contains all the stuff needed by perl for manipulating numeric
values, including such things as replacements for the OS's atof() function
/* now apply the sign */
if (negative)
result[2] = -result[2];
-#endif /* USE_PERL_ATOF */
*value = result[2];
return (char *)s;
+#else /* USE_PERL_ATOF */
+ /* If you see this error you both don't have strtod (or configured -Ud_strtod or
+ or it's long double/quadmath equivalent) and disabled USE_PERL_ATOF, thus
+ removing any way for perl to convert strings to floating point numbers.
+ */
+# error No mechanism to convert strings to numbers available
+#endif
}
/*