> atof(3) says: "It is equivalent to: strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);"
> But, imho, it's not enough as error handling is far more complete 
> with strtod(). 

Well the source is:

double
atof(ascii)
const char *ascii;
{
	_DIAGASSERT(ascii != NULL);

	return (strtod(ascii, NULL));
}

So the man page cannot be wrong!
It also points you at strtod....

What more do you want?

	David

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