*** pystrtod.c	2007-12-17 08:47:16.000000000 +0000
--- pystrtod.c.orig	2007-12-17 08:47:11.000000000 +0000
***************
*** 238,269 ****
  		}
  	}
  
-         /* Ensure that the exponent is at least 3 digits,
- 	   providing the buffer is large enough for the extra zeros. */
-         if (format_char == 'e' || format_char == 'E' ||
- 	    format_char == 'g' || format_char == 'G') {
-             p = buffer;
-             while (*p && *p != 'e' && *p != 'E')
-                 ++p;
-             if (*p && (*(p + 1) == '-' || *(p + 1) == '+')) {
- 		p += 2;
-                 char *start = p;
-                 int exponent_digit_count = 0;
-                 while (*p && isdigit((unsigned char)*p)) {
-                     ++p;
-                     ++exponent_digit_count;
-                 }
-                 int zeros = 3 - exponent_digit_count;
-                 if (exponent_digit_count && zeros > 0 &&
- 		    start + zeros + exponent_digit_count + 1
- 		    < buffer + buf_len) {
-                     p = start;
-                     memmove(p + zeros, p, exponent_digit_count + 1);
- 		    memset(p, '0', zeros);
-                 }
-             }
-         }
- 
  	return buffer;
  }
  
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