Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ?

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ?
Date	2024-06-23 10:58 -0700
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Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> writes:

[range questions for strtol(), etc]

> I think there /is/ something problematic with the wording about the
> negation.  It happens "in the return type" but how can
> 9223372036854775808 be negated in the type long long int?  OK, the
> negated value can be /represented/ in the type long long int but that's
> not quite the same thing.  On the othee hand, for the unsigned return
> types, the negation "in the return type" is what produces ULONG_MAX for
> "-1" when the negated value, -1, can't be /represented/ in the return
> type.  It's a case where, over the years, I've just got used to what's
> happening.

I understand what these functions do, but their specification in the
C standard is a little off.  To my way of thinking the impact is
minimal, but the specified behavior is either unequivocally wrong or
there are some cases that give rise to undefined behavior.

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  Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-20 14:46 +0000
    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-20 14:37 -0700
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    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2024-06-20 23:35 +0000
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    Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-21 18:28 +0300
      Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-21 18:53 +0300
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-06-21 16:14 +0000
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            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 06:44 +0000
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        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-21 18:15 +0100
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                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-06-24 02:31 +0000
                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-23 20:12 -0700
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                Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-24 13:19 +0300
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            Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-23 11:47 +0300
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2024-06-22 21:18 +0300
      Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-21 18:02 +0100
        Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2024-06-21 10:38 -0700
          Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ? Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 06:43 +0000
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