strtod ("nan") returns negative NaN

[Steven Penny]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:31:35, Masamichi Hosoda wrote:
> If I understand correctly,
> `std::stod ()` uses cygwin1.dll's `strtod ()` for the conversion.
>
> `std::stod ()` is defined in
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/bits/basic_string.h L6388-.
> It calls `__gnu_cxx::__stoa ()` with pointer of `std::strtod ()`.
>
> ```
>   inline double
>   stod(const string& __str, size_t* __idx = 0)
>   { return __gnu_cxx::__stoa(&std::strtod, "stod", __str.c_str(), __idx); }
> ```
>
> `__gnu_cxx::__stoa ()` is defined in
> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-cygwin/7.3.0/include/c++/ext/string_conversions.h L51-.
> It calls the first parameter, `std::strtod ()`.
>
> `std::strtod ()` is cygwin1.dll's `strtod ()`.

Ah, so thats why this is happening:

    $ awk 'BEGIN {print +"nan"}'
    -nan

> the numeric value of the *numeric string* shall be the value that would be
> returned by the strtod() call

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/awk.html#tag_20_06_13_02


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