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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:44:05 -0700
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Subject: Re: [9fans] atol() bug
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from atof(2):

     BUGS
          Atoi, atol, and atoll accept octal and hexadecimal numbers
          in the style of C, contrary to the ANSI specification.


On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote:

> The atol() manpage says:
>
>           Atoi and atol recognize an optional string of tabs and
>           spaces, then an optional sign, then a string of decimal dig-
>           its.
>
> And yet atol(x) acts exactly like strol(x, nil, 0). This makes
> it unnecessarily incompatible with the unix version.  Ditto
> for atoll(). My preference would be to fix the code and not
> the man page.
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div style>from atof(2):</div><div style><br></div><div>=
=A0 =A0 =A0BUGS</div><div>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Atoi, atol, and atoll accept =
octal and hexadecimal numbers</div><div>=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 in the style of=
 C, contrary to the ANSI specification.</div>
</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon,=
 Mar 11, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Bakul Shah <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailt=
o:bakul@bitblocks.com" target=3D"_blank">bakul@bitblocks.com</a>&gt;</span>=
 wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The atol() manpage says:<br>
<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Atoi and atol recognize an optional string of tabs and<=
br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 spaces, then an optional sign, then a string of decimal=
 dig-<br>
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 its.<br>
<br>
And yet atol(x) acts exactly like strol(x, nil, 0). This makes<br>
it unnecessarily incompatible with the unix version. =A0Ditto<br>
for atoll(). My preference would be to fix the code and not<br>
the man page.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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