Implement wrappers around strtod to convert the user argument to a
double with sane error checking. Use this to allow --max-time and
--connect-timeout to accept decimal values instead of strictly integers.

The manpage is updated to make mention of this feature and,
additionally, forewarn that the actual timeout of the operation can
vary in its precision (particularly as the value increases in its
decimal precision).

---
 docs/curl.1         |  8 ++++++--
 src/tool_cfgable.h  |  4 ++--
 src/tool_getparam.c |  4 ++--
 src/tool_operate.c  |  5 +++--
 src/tool_paramhlp.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 6d71152..3380206 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -230,7 +230,9 @@ server sends an unsupported encoding, curl will report an error.
 .IP "--connect-timeout <seconds>"
 Maximum time in seconds that you allow the connection to the server to take.
 This only limits the connection phase, once curl has connected this option is
-of no more use. See also the \fI-m, --max-time\fP option.
+of no more use.  While this option does accept decimal values, the actual
+timeout may not be as precise as the specified timeout. See also the \fI-m,
+--max-time\fP option.
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
 .IP "--create-dirs"
@@ -810,7 +812,9 @@ Basic authentication).
 .IP "-m, --max-time <seconds>"
 Maximum time in seconds that you allow the whole operation to take.  This is
 useful for preventing your batch jobs from hanging for hours due to slow
-networks or links going down.  See also the \fI--connect-timeout\fP option.
+networks or links going down.  While this option does accept decimal values,
+the actual timeout may not be as precise as the specified timeout.  See also
+the \fI--connect-timeout\fP option.
 
 If this option is used several times, the last one will be used.
 .IP "--mail-auth <address>"
diff --git a/src/tool_cfgable.h b/src/tool_cfgable.h
index e6611fc..9a9b6d8 100644
--- a/src/tool_cfgable.h
+++ b/src/tool_cfgable.h
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ struct Configurable {
   char *postfields;
   curl_off_t postfieldsize;
   char *referer;
-  long timeout;
-  long connecttimeout;
+  double timeout;
+  double connecttimeout;
   long maxredirs;
   curl_off_t max_filesize;
   char *headerfile;
diff --git a/src/tool_getparam.c b/src/tool_getparam.c
index fb82708..5eb2c9f 100644
--- a/src/tool_getparam.c
+++ b/src/tool_getparam.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ ParameterError getparameter(char *flag,    /* f or -long-flag */
         GetStr(&config->egd_file, nextarg);
         break;
       case 'c': /* connect-timeout */
-        err = str2unum(&config->connecttimeout, nextarg);
+        err = str2udouble(&config->connecttimeout, nextarg);
         if(err)
           return err;
         break;
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ ParameterError getparameter(char *flag,    /* f or -long-flag */
       break;
     case 'm':
       /* specified max time */
-      err = str2unum(&config->timeout, nextarg);
+      err = str2udouble(&config->timeout, nextarg);
       if(err)
         return err;
       break;
diff --git a/src/tool_operate.c b/src/tool_operate.c
index 3a15bed..9c2fd38 100644
--- a/src/tool_operate.c
+++ b/src/tool_operate.c
@@ -946,7 +946,7 @@ int operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
         my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_USERPWD, config->userpwd);
         my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_RANGE, config->range);
         my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ERRORBUFFER, errorbuffer);
-        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, config->timeout);
+        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT_MS, (long)(config->timeout * 1000));
 
         if(built_in_protos & CURLPROTO_HTTP) {
 
@@ -1134,7 +1134,8 @@ int operate(struct Configurable *config, int argc, argv_item_t argv[])
         /* new in libcurl 7.7: */
         my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_RANDOM_FILE, config->random_file);
         my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_EGDSOCKET, config->egd_file);
-        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, config->connecttimeout);
+        my_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT_MS,
+                  (long)(config->connecttimeout * 1000));
 
         if(config->cipher_list)
           my_setopt_str(curl, CURLOPT_SSL_CIPHER_LIST, config->cipher_list);
diff --git a/src/tool_paramhlp.c b/src/tool_paramhlp.c
index d232450..86b8a1d 100644
--- a/src/tool_paramhlp.c
+++ b/src/tool_paramhlp.c
@@ -188,6 +188,48 @@ ParameterError str2unum(long *val, const char *str)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Parse the string and write the double in the given address. Return PARAM_OK
+ * on success, otherwise a parameter specific error enum.
+ *
+ * Since this function gets called with the 'nextarg' pointer from within the
+ * getparameter a lot, we must check it for NULL before accessing the str
+ * data.
+ */
+
+ParameterError str2double(double *val, const char *str)
+{
+  if(str) {
+    char *endptr;
+    double num = strtod(str, &endptr);
+    if((endptr != str) && (endptr == str + strlen(str))) {
+      *val = num;
+      return PARAM_OK;  /* Ok */
+    }
+  }
+  return PARAM_BAD_NUMERIC; /* badness */
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse the string and write the double in the given address. Return PARAM_OK
+ * on success, otherwise a parameter error enum. ONLY ACCEPTS POSITIVE NUMBERS!
+ *
+ * Since this function gets called with the 'nextarg' pointer from within the
+ * getparameter a lot, we must check it for NULL before accessing the str
+ * data.
+ */
+
+ParameterError str2udouble(double *val, const char *str)
+{
+  ParameterError result = str2double(val, str);
+  if(result != PARAM_OK)
+    return result;
+  if(*val < 0)
+    return PARAM_NEGATIVE_NUMERIC;
+
+  return PARAM_OK;
+}
+
+/*
  * Parse the string and modify the long in the given address. Return
  * non-zero on failure, zero on success.
  *
-- 
1.8.3.2
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