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r65125 | eric.smith | 2008-07-18 20:24:05 -0400 (Fri, 18 Jul 2008) | 1 line
Fix issue 3411: default float format spec fails on negative numbers.
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diff --git a/Python/pystrtod.c b/Python/pystrtod.c
index 5a96b58..b373852 100644
--- a/Python/pystrtod.c
+++ b/Python/pystrtod.c
@@ -302,6 +302,10 @@
/* search for the first non-digit character */
char *p = buffer;
+ if (*p == '-' || *p == '+')
+ /* Skip leading sign, if present. I think this could only
+ ever be '-', but it can't hurt to check for both. */
+ ++p;
while (*p && isdigit(Py_CHARMASK(*p)))
++p;