From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 02:21:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: * java/lang/Float.java (parseFloat): New method.
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1c8b24ad46bf91f783be499851b08d0eaf7ca8c6;p=gcc.git

* java/lang/Float.java (parseFloat): New method.

From-SVN: r39555
---

diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 6e0a7b96123..7c9ca24af5a 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2001-02-08  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* java/lang/Float.java (parseFloat): New method.
+
 2001-02-08  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
 	From paul@dawa.demon.co.uk.  Fix for PR libgcj/1913:
diff --git a/libjava/java/lang/Float.java b/libjava/java/lang/Float.java
index 573375238df..4a1f7fecc02 100644
--- a/libjava/java/lang/Float.java
+++ b/libjava/java/lang/Float.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000  Free Software Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Free Software Foundation
 
    This file is part of libgcj.
 
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ public final class Float extends Number implements Comparable
     this.value = valueOf (s).floatValue ();
   }
 
+  public static float parseFloat (String s) throws NumberFormatException
+  {
+    // The spec says that parseFloat() should work like
+    // Double.valueOf().  This is equivalent, in our implementation,
+    // but more efficient.
+    return (float) Double.parseDouble (s);
+  }
+
   public String toString ()
   {
     return toString (value);