ow Integers Should Work

[Derek]

On Wed, 07 Dec 2011 04:11:40 +1100, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 12/6/11 1:16 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/5/2011 8:48 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> On 12/5/11 10:15 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> On 12/5/2011 8:10 PM, bearophile wrote:
>>>>> This is not about integers but yeah, I'd like the better str<-> float
>>>>> conversions of Python in D too.
>>>>
>>>> Do you have any test data that they actually are better in Python  
>>>> (apart
>>>> from just being better specified)?
>>>
>>> I can tell Google's double-conversion routines (http://goo.gl/RU5g4)
>>> are faster
>>> than sprintf/sscanf, in addition to being better specified. We use
>>> them at
>>> Facebook.
>>
>> Darn, licensing problems:
>>
>> "Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
>> notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
>> documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution."
>>
>> http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
>
> This is a general issue. Can it be overcome by distributing the text in  
> the HTML documentation included with the download?

It's the "binary form" phrase that's a problem. Does it mean "executable  
form" rather than "text form", or "digital" rather than "hardcopy" form?

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia