glib r7195 - in trunk: . glib

[matthiasc svn gnome org]

Author: matthiasc
Date: Wed Jul 16 22:05:24 2008
New Revision: 7195
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/glib?rev=7195&view=rev

Log:
        * glib/gstrfuncs.c (g_ascii_strtod): Document that this
        function does accept localized infinities and nans. Reported
        by Morten Welinder.



Modified:
   trunk/ChangeLog
   trunk/glib/gstrfuncs.c

Modified: trunk/glib/gstrfuncs.c
==============================================================================
--- trunk/glib/gstrfuncs.c	(original)
+++ trunk/glib/gstrfuncs.c	Wed Jul 16 22:05:24 2008
@@ -332,10 +332,12 @@
  *           the last character used in the conversion.
  * 
  * Converts a string to a #gdouble value.
+ *
  * This function behaves like the standard strtod() function
- * does in the C locale. It does this without actually
- * changing the current locale, since that would not be
- * thread-safe.
+ * does in the C locale. It does this without actually changing 
+ * the current locale, since that would not be thread-safe. 
+ * A limitation of the implementation is that this function
+ * will still accept localized versions of infinities and NANs. 
  *
  * This function is typically used when reading configuration
  * files or other non-user input that should be locale independent.