RE: [xml] Getting crazy with float parsing

["Igor Zlatkovic" <izlatkovic daenet de>]

> But if Trio isn't used, then some other generic floating 
> point library is
> needed.
> As I've found out testing XPath expressions, the native 
> support for floats
> provided by the compilers is highly variable especially with (but not
> limited to)
> + / - Infinity and NaN. A library like Trio is required to provide
> consistancy
> across different compilers and platforms

This is what trio is doing in libxml now.
 
> Can Trio not be fixed to improve it's accuracy rather than removing it
> altogether?

I would not remove it altogether, it does a good job regarding
Infinities and NaNs. Its floating-point -> string accuracy can probably
be improved. However, I observe that people prefer IEEE 754 format to
any other alternative, no matter how much more accurate that alternative
may be.

Igor