From 029bbe18e0a6d173ea158b989b43cce4cfe9157b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:38:48 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fmt.Scan: scan binary-exponent floating format, 2.4p-3

R=rsc, rog, r2
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/4128049
---
 src/pkg/fmt/scan.go      | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 src/pkg/fmt/scan_test.go |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go b/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
index a408c42aaf1..224293da268 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package fmt
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@ const (
 	hexadecimalDigits = "0123456789aAbBcCdDeEfF"
 	sign              = "+-"
 	period            = "."
-	exponent          = "eE"
+	exponent          = "eEp"
 )
 
 // getBase returns the numeric base represented by the verb and its digit string.
@@ -617,6 +618,27 @@ func (s *ss) complexTokens() (real, imag string) {
 
 // convertFloat converts the string to a float64value.
 func (s *ss) convertFloat(str string, n int) float64 {
+	if p := strings.Index(str, "p"); p >= 0 {
+		// Atof doesn't handle power-of-2 exponents,
+		// but they're easy to evaluate.
+		f, err := strconv.AtofN(str[:p], n)
+		if err != nil {
+			// Put full string into error.
+			if e, ok := err.(*strconv.NumError); ok {
+				e.Num = str
+			}
+			s.error(err)
+		}
+		n, err := strconv.Atoi(str[p+1:])
+		if err != nil {
+			// Put full string into error.
+			if e, ok := err.(*strconv.NumError); ok {
+				e.Num = str
+			}
+			s.error(err)
+		}
+		return math.Ldexp(f, n)
+	}
 	f, err := strconv.AtofN(str, n)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.error(err)
@@ -747,7 +769,7 @@ func (s *ss) hexString() string {
 	return s.buf.String()
 }
 
-const floatVerbs = "eEfFgGv"
+const floatVerbs = "beEfFgGv"
 
 // scanOne scans a single value, deriving the scanner from the type of the argument.
 func (s *ss) scanOne(verb int, field interface{}) {
diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/scan_test.go b/src/pkg/fmt/scan_test.go
index 78b9fbb4ab0..c647fc7b5de 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fmt/scan_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fmt/scan_test.go
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ var scanTests = []ScanTest{
 	{"2.3\n", &float64Val, 2.3},
 	{"2.3e1\n", &float32Val, float32(2.3e1)},
 	{"2.3e2\n", &float64Val, 2.3e2},
+	{"2.3p2\n", &float64Val, 2.3 * 4},
+	{"2.3p+2\n", &float64Val, 2.3 * 4},
+	{"2.3p+66\n", &float64Val, 2.3 * (1 << 32) * (1 << 32) * 4},
+	{"2.3p-66\n", &float64Val, 2.3 / ((1 << 32) * (1 << 32) * 4)},
 	{"2.35\n", &stringVal, "2.35"},
 	{"2345678\n", &bytesVal, []byte("2345678")},
 	{"(3.4e1-2i)\n", &complex128Val, 3.4e1 - 2i},