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+**The fast_float library provides fast header-only implementations for the C++ from_chars functions for float and double types.**
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+For more information go to https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float.
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+THIS DIRECTORY CONTAINS THE fast_float-2.0.0 fe1ce58 SOURCE DISTRIBUTION.