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From: Saroj Mahapatra <saroj@optonline.net>
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Subject: [9fans] no error checking in strtol and strtoul
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 10:00:21 +0000
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Hi,

Was the decision to leave out error checking (like ANSI C strtol and
strtoul do) deliberate? The first type of error (wrong syntax) is easy
to check (if ret value == 0 and rest == beginning of string), but not
handling overflow situation is unsatisfactory. I'd like to hear plan 9
implementators' comment on this.

Thanks,
Saroj Mahapatra