Re: [PATCH] pkl,std: add `stof' and `stod'

[Jose E. Marchesi]

Hi Mohammad.

I like the patch.

> +float pvm_stof (const char *str)
> +{
> +  return (float) atof (str);
> +}
> +
> +double pvm_stod (const char *str)
> +{
> +  return atof (str);
> +}

atof doesn't detect errors.  What about using strtod instead?  Then the
instructions can push PVM_NULL on the stack in case of an error, and the
stof/stod utility functions can raise exceptions accordingly.