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## Behavior of result_out_of_range
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When parsing floating-point values, the numbers can sometimes be too small (e.g., `1e-1000`) or
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too large (e.g., `1e1000`). In such cases, it is customary to parse small values to zero and large
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values to infinity. That is the behaviour followed by the fast_float library.
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too large (e.g., `1e1000`). The C language established the precedent that these small values are out of range.
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In such cases, it is customary to parse small values to zero and large
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values to infinity. That is the behaviour of the C language (e.g., `stdtod`). That is the behaviour followed by the fast_float library.
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Specifically, we follow Jonathan Wakely's interpretation of the standard:
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