0e10000000000000000000000000000000 was setting ERANGE
exponent char e/p was considered part of the match even if not
followed by a valid decimal value
"1e +10" was parsed as "1e+10"
hex digits were misinterpreted as 0..5 instead of 10..15
sadly the C language does not specify any such implicit conversion, so
this is not a matter of just fixing warnings (as gcc treats it) but
actual errors. i would like to revisit a number of these changes and
possibly revise the types used to reduce the number of casts required.
Rich Felker