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From: jfh@greenber.austin.ibm.com (John F Haugh II)
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Subject: Re: strtod() problem - bug in library?
Keywords: strtod() strtoul()
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Date: 25 Apr 91 16:49:44 GMT
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In article <1991Apr23.071505.16713@gibdo.engr.washington.edu> slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>	strtoul() also seems to be incorrect:
>	if integer can not be formed, addr before string is returned in pointer
>	and not string

I wasn't able to even find strtoul() on AIX 1.2, so I wasn't able to
test your assertion regarding strtoul().  I did, however, test it
against strtol() and found that it behaves incorrectly.  In particular,

	char *end;

	strtol ("  hi mom!", &end, 0);

declares that "  hi mom!" is a valid integer with value 0 by returning
'end' as a pointer to "hi mom!", which then fails.  I have requested
that strtol() be fixed.  If you can get more information concerning
strtoul(), please let me know.
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