template <typename Type>
Type scanType(std::string_view token)
{
        DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH(!token.empty(), ("token is not expected to be empty"));

        // Unlike sscanf, std::from_chars cannot parse "+".
        // Consume the plus symbol to accommodate custom ini files that have numbers prefixed with a plus.
        if (!token.empty() && token[0] == '+')
        {
                token.remove_prefix(1);
        }

        if constexpr (std::is_floating_point_v<Type>)
        {
                // GeneralsX @bugfix BenderAI 07/04/2026 Apple SDKs in our deployment target do not expose std::from_chars for floats.
                #if defined(__APPLE__)
                const std::string tokenString(token);
                char *end = nullptr;
                const double result = std::strtod(tokenString.c_str(), &end);

                if (end == tokenString.c_str())
                {
                        throw INI_INVALID_DATA;
                }

                return static_cast<Type>(result);
                #else
                Type result{};
                const auto [ptr, ec] = std::from_chars(token.data(), token.data() + token.size(), result);

                if (ec != std::errc{})
                {
                        throw INI_INVALID_DATA;
                }

                return result;
                #endif
        }

        // TheSuperHackers @info std::from_chars cannot parse "-1" as uint32 so the result needs to be int64 for integers.
	if (ec != std::errc{})
	{
		throw INI_INVALID_DATA;
	}

	return static_cast<Type>(result);
}