Crate hexponent

Hexponent

Hexponent is a hexadecimal literal parser for Rust based on the C11 specification section 6.4.4.2.

use hexponent::Float;
let float_repr: Float = "0x3.4".parse().unwrap();
let value = float_repr.into_f32().unwrap();
assert_eq!(value, 3.25);

Features

• No dependencies
• Faster, non-UTF-8 parser
• Precision warnings

Differences from the specification

There are two places where hexponent differs from the C11 specificaiton.

• An exponent is not required. (0x1.2 is allowed)
• floating-suffix is not parsed. (0x1p4l is not allowed)

Structs

Float

Represents a floating point literal

Enums

ConversionResult	Indicates the preicsision of a conversion
ParseError	Error type for parsing hexadecimal literals.