It calls the standard strtod() function to handle the conversion, but
if the string is not completely converted it attempts the conversion
again with GLib.ascii_strtod, and returns the best match.
This function should seldom be used. The normal situation when reading
numbers not for human consumption is to use GLib.ascii_strtod. Only when
you know that you must expect both locale formatted and C formatted numbers
should you use this. Make sure that you don't pass strings such as comma
separated lists of values, since the commas may be interpreted as a decimal
point in some locales, causing unexpected results.
Converts a string to a floating point value.
It calls the standard
strtod()function to handle the conversion, but if the string is not completely converted it attempts the conversion again with GLib.ascii_strtod, and returns the best match.This function should seldom be used. The normal situation when reading numbers not for human consumption is to use GLib.ascii_strtod. Only when you know that you must expect both locale formatted and C formatted numbers should you use this. Make sure that you don't pass strings such as comma separated lists of values, since the commas may be interpreted as a decimal point in some locales, causing unexpected results.