ref: 72f9c4e49acb9d8d7397b6ea7de53ec9899a054c
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;
}