Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 20:08:19 +0000 (UTC) From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@66h.42h.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: strtonum(3) in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.61L.0504122006560.4031@odem.66h.42h.de> In-Reply-To: <1113336183.27362.37.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1113336183.27362.37.camel@localhost.localdomain>
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Dixitur: >Based on the man page, I see the following deficiencies: >1) No support for bases other than 10 Not having base 16 (sedecimal) support really is why I am still using strtol(l) in my code... >2) No provision to return the end of the converted string >3) No simple way to distinguish errors from a valid zero. The OpenBSD people said (when I proposed to change #1) that they want an uncomplicated interface, and I think #3 is not necessary, and I can live without #2. Just my 0.02 EUR //mirabile
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