fast_float implements C++17 from_chars for floating-point types, which is still unavailable even in the latest versions of compilers e.g. for macOS. It is maintained, unlike dtoa; it is said to be adopted as the from_chars implementation for gcc. It is header-only, which simplifies many things. Change-Id: I6b597d4d35a076930e6e35f4f8cff3ca84f48ba1 Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/191248 Tested-by: Jenkins Reviewed-by: Mike Kaganski <mike.kaganski@collabora.com>
fast_float is available from [ https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float ]. Provides fast header-only implementations for the C++ from_chars functions for float and double types.