Decimal string to floating point conversion with correct half-to-even rounding

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Sunday, 5 July 2020 at 11:07:55 UTC, 9il wrote:
> There is no risk for DMD and DFL to depend on a Mir's Boost 
> licensed library. If something happens with Mir or Mir change 
> the license, DFL will be able to fork the required code at any 
> point in the Boost licensed part of git history.

Can't speak for Walter or the D foundation here, but I'm not sure 
the concern is really about licensing.  It's about putting in 
place a required dependency on code where maintenance decisions 
are outside the hands of the D Foundation.