--- a/Python/strtod.c	Tue Dec 31 13:14:48 1991 +0000
+++ b/Python/strtod.c	Tue Dec 31 13:15:19 1991 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /* This is not a proper strtod() implementation, but sufficient for Python.
    Python won't detect floating point constant overflow, though. */
 
+extern int errno;
+
 extern int strlen();
 extern double atof();
 
@@ -9,7 +11,12 @@
 	char *p;
 	char **pp;
 {
+	double res;
+
 	if (pp)
 		*pp = p + strlen(p);
-	return atof(p);
+	res = atof(p);
+	errno = 0;
+	return res;
+	
 }