code: def string_to_general_float(s: str) -> float:
      
      if 'D' in s.upper():  # Possible double precision number
          try:
              return string_to_double_precision_float(s)
          except ValueError:
              raise ValueError(
                  "The string '{0}' does not corresponds to a double precision number!".format(s))
      else:
          return float(s)
docs: Convert a string to corresponding single or double precision scientific number.
  
      :param s: a string could be '0.1', '1e-5', '1.0D-5', or any other validated number
      :return: a float or raise an error
  
      .. doctest::
  
          >>> string_to_general_float('1.0D-5')
          1e-05
          >>> string_to_general_float('1Dx')
          Traceback (most recent call last):
              ...
          ValueError: The string '1Dx' does not corresponds to a double precision number!
          >>> string_to_general_float('.8d234')
          8e+233
          >>> string_to_general_float('0.1')
          0.1