ref: 128f40e96a1391f4bfabcb545f23ad2a37140b10
dir: /sys/src/cmd/python/Python/atof.c/
/* Just in case you haven't got an atof() around...
   This one doesn't check for bad syntax or overflow,
   and is slow and inaccurate.
   But it's good enough for the occasional string literal... */
#include "pyconfig.h"
#include <ctype.h>
double atof(char *s)
{
	double a = 0.0;
	int e = 0;
	int c;
	while ((c = *s++) != '\0' && isdigit(c)) {
		a = a*10.0 + (c - '0');
	}
	if (c == '.') {
		while ((c = *s++) != '\0' && isdigit(c)) {
			a = a*10.0 + (c - '0');
			e = e-1;
		}
	}
	if (c == 'e' || c == 'E') {
		int sign = 1;
		int i = 0;
		c = *s++;
		if (c == '+')
			c = *s++;
		else if (c == '-') {
			c = *s++;
			sign = -1;
		}
		while (isdigit(c)) {
			i = i*10 + (c - '0');
			c = *s++;
		}
		e += i*sign;
	}
	while (e > 0) {
		a *= 10.0;
		e--;
	}
	while (e < 0) {
		a *= 0.1;
		e++;
	}
	return a;
}