utf8.c: Use \p{nv=float}

Now that the float data is available to us (in the previous commit), we
can take advantage of it, and avoid swash creation.

We just use the perl atof() to convert the input string to an NV, and
then convert back to a string, but in guaranteed canonical form.  Then
we look that up.

Author: khwilliamson

utf8.c

@@ -6029,11 +6029,15 @@ Perl_parse_uniprop_string(pTHX_ const char * const name, const Size_t len, const
              * willy-nilly, as those could be a minus sign.  Other stricter
              * rules also apply.  However, these properties all can have the
              * rhs not be a number, in which case they contain at least one
-             * alphabetic.  In those cases, the stricter rules don't apply.  We
-             * first parse to look for alphas */
+             * alphabetic.  In those cases, the stricter rules don't apply.
+             * But the numeric value property can have the alphas [Ee] to
+             * signify an exponent, and it is still a number with stricter
+             * rules.  So look for an alpha that signifys not-strict */
             stricter = TRUE;
             for (k = i; k < len; k++) {
-                if (isALPHA(name[k])) {
+                if (   isALPHA(name[k])
+                    && (! is_nv || ! isALPHA_FOLD_EQ(name[k], 'E')))
+                {
                     stricter = FALSE;
                     break;
                 }
@@ -6186,17 +6190,58 @@ Perl_parse_uniprop_string(pTHX_ const char * const name, const Size_t len, const
 
         /* If didn't find the property, we try again stripping off any initial
          * 'In' or 'Is' */
-        if (! starts_with_In_or_Is) {
-            return NULL;
-        }
+        if (starts_with_In_or_Is) {
+            lookup_name += 2;
+            lookup_len -= 2;
+            equals_pos -= 2;
 
-        lookup_name += 2;
-        lookup_len -= 2;
+            table_index = match_uniprop((U8 *) lookup_name, lookup_len);
+        }
 
-        /* If still didn't find it, give up */
-        table_index = match_uniprop((U8 *) lookup_name, lookup_len);
         if (table_index == 0) {
-            return NULL;
+            char * canonical;
+
+            /* If not found, and not the numeric value property, isn't a legal
+             * property */
+            if (! is_nv) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+
+            /* But the numeric value property needs more work to decide.  What
+             * we do is make sure we have the number in canonical form and look
+             * that up. */
+
+            {
+
+                /* Take the input, convert it to a
+                 * NV, then create a canonical string representation of that
+                 * NV. */
+
+                NV value;
+
+                /* Get the value */
+                if (my_atof3(lookup_name + equals_pos, &value,
+                             lookup_len - equals_pos)
+                          != lookup_name + lookup_len)
+                {
+                    return NULL;
+                }
+
+                /* If the value is an integer, the canonical value is integral */
+                if (Perl_ceil(value) == value) {
+                    canonical = Perl_form(aTHX_ "nv=%.0" NVff, value);
+                }
+                else {  /* Otherwise, it is %e with a known precision */
+                    canonical = Perl_form(aTHX_ "nv=%.*" NVef,
+                                                PL_E_FORMAT_PRECISION, value);
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* Here, we have the number in canonical form.  Try that */
+            table_index = match_uniprop((U8 *) canonical, strlen(canonical));
+            if (table_index == 0) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
         }
     }