[m-rev.] for review: Java implementation of string library

[Fergus Henderson]

One thing I forgot to mention...

On 12-Dec-2003, James Goddard <goddardjames at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> +		try {
> +			FloatVal = java.lang.Double.parseDouble(FloatString);
> +			succeeded = true;
> +		} catch(java.lang.NumberFormatException e) {
> +			if (""nan"".compareTo(FloatString.toLowerCase()) == 0)
> +			{
> +				FloatVal = java.lang.Double.NaN;

There should be a comment here explaining that this code is working
around a bug in some particular Java implementation's implementation
of java.lang.Double.parseDouble(), and identifying the name and release
number of that Java implementation.

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The University of Melbourne         |  of excellence is a lethal habit"
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