Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: I need to vent some steam Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:02:08 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 22 Message-ID: <871tl25d33.fsf@kst-u.example.com> References: <20150305170109.221d04fe@geostat.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="c77ff4d35e33d1c939d3461ebde8dd0d"; logging-data="16327"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19yHnNaqW0unfbQ4DyTwpXi" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:hvhQFPaANh2eTI7Hey8Q5nrfgyo= sha1:vSiIhDwY9xHLavTkgOWUZ1O/42U= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:57930 Les Cargill writes: [...] > I am thinking that in this case the suite of routines surrounding > atoi() and itoa() should be enough to get things done. That would be > my starting place, anyway. > > atoi() & itoa() proper are deprecated and there are > replacements for them. In what sense are they deprecated? itoa() is not defined by the C (or POSIX) standard, and does not appear to exist on my system. atoi() is defined by the C standard, which says nothing about it being deprecated or obsolescent. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"