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| From | Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: better atoi |
| Date | 2017-02-11 18:53 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <1b4m005g4e.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <a8da9423-4e95-4ad5-be29-9499d341f331@googlegroups.com> <1b60kgirfs.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <871sv4y6mq.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <1bh9405pav.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <27863a1c-6398-6e42-08fc-ae5ee502b62d@verizon.net> |
"James R. Kuyper" <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
> On 02/11/2017 05:35 PM, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
>
> I'd recommend enclosing this part in
> if(errno==ERANGE)
> {
>
>> if (val == LONG_MAX)
>> fputs("value returned is LONG_MAX\n", stderr);
>> else if (val == LONG_MIN)
>> fputs("value returned is LONG_MIN\n", stderr);
> }
>
> If ERANGE has been set, LONG_MAX indicates that the value was too high
> to be representable, and LONG_MIN indicates that it was to low to be
> representable. However, if errno was not set to ERANGE, a return value
> of either LONG_MAX or LONG_MIN means only that the input string
> represented that value.
In a "real" program, you're right. This program is just trying to show
the returns as simply as possible (but still seems to be beyond fir's
ability to read code...).
--
"Erwin, have you seen the cat?" -- Mrs. Shrödinger
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