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From: slh@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
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Subject: Re: strtod() problem - bug in library?
Keywords: strtod() strtoul()
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.161345.18026@gibdo.engr.washington.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 16:20:10 GMT
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In article <7036@awdprime.UUCP> jfh@greenber.austin.ibm.com (John F Haugh II) writes:
>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.
	The problem is exactly as I stated (AIX3.1, including I think 3005);
	if the anumber can't be formed, the addr just before the beginning
	of the string is returned, rather than the addr of the string.
	I don't remember if this happens only when the first char
	terminates the translation (which is what I suspect and makes sense)
	or if it always happens in this situation.
	I've already written a note in the little ibm bug database.