From: Matthias Clasen <matthiasc@src.gnome.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:05:24 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document that this function does accept localized infinities and nans.
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Document that this function does accept localized infinities and nans.

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


svn path=/trunk/; revision=7195
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cf522ffc..a64b42f7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2008-07-16  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
+
+	Bug 406120 – g_ascii_strtod
+
+	* glib/gstrfuncs.c (g_ascii_strtod): Document that this
+	function does accept localized infinities and nans. Reported
+	by Morten Welinder.
+
 2008-07-16  Matthias Clasen  <mclasen@redhat.com>
 
 	Bug 482413 - get_contents_stdio -- overflow and memory corruption
diff --git a/glib/gstrfuncs.c b/glib/gstrfuncs.c
index e9c9e318..fcb09374 100644
--- a/glib/gstrfuncs.c
+++ b/glib/gstrfuncs.c
@@ -332,10 +332,12 @@ g_strtod (const gchar *nptr,
  *           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.