Re: strtoll discussion

From	James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: strtoll discussion
Date	2015-04-08 14:22 -0400
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On 04/08/2015 01:47 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> writes:
>> On 04/03/2015 06:48 PM, jacobnavia wrote:
>> ...
>>> I think it would be better if we would call that first quick and dirty 
>>> implementation
>>>
>>> AsciiToInteger
>>>
>>> to avoid confusions...
>>
>> If it's meant to be specific to ASCII, then you should use the correct
>> ASCII numeric encodings of the characters (for instance, 65 instead of
>> 'A'), so that it will perform a correct ASCII conversion even if
>> compiled on platform where 'A' != 65.
> 
> For a quick and dirty implementation, the point of which is to show how
> it can be *improved* (particularly by adding error checking), I'd say
> implicitly assuming that 'A' == 65 isn't much of a problem.  But it's
> not the way I'd do it.  In this case, there's simply no need to assume
> ASCII.  Just call it something like StringToInteger.  It will work even
> on an EBCDIC-based system operating on EBCDIC data.  There's no point
> in putting "Ascii" ...

Yes, that's really the point I was trying to make, but I worded it a way
that gave it a different emphasis.

> ... (or, better, "ASCII") into the name.

Also a good point.

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strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-03 14:28 +0200
  Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 14:46 +0100
  Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-03 11:08 -0700
  Re: strtoll discussion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-03 15:23 -0400
    Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 20:55 +0100
      Re: strtoll discussion glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-03 20:41 +0000
        Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-03 13:52 -0700
          Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 22:25 +0100
            Re: strtoll discussion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-04 00:17 +0100
              Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-03 16:27 -0700
            Re: strtoll discussion Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-04 02:07 +0100
              Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-04 03:44 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 12:13 +0100
    Re: strtoll discussion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-03 16:11 -0400
    Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-03 14:12 -0700
    Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-03 23:56 +0200
  Re: strtoll discussion Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-04 08:41 +1300
    Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-03 23:33 +0200
  Re: strtoll discussion James Lothian <james@firstnamelastname.freeserve.co.uk> - 2015-04-03 20:51 +0100
    Re: strtoll discussion asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-04-03 13:09 -0700
      Re: strtoll discussion asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-04-03 13:16 -0700
      Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 21:19 +0100
        Re: strtoll discussion asetofsymbols@gmail.com - 2015-04-03 13:28 -0700
          Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 22:29 +0100
          Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-03 23:33 +0200
      Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-03 23:34 +0200
        Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 22:42 +0100
          Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-03 15:08 -0700
          Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-04 00:13 +0200
            Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-03 23:44 +0100
              Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-04 00:48 +0200
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 00:03 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-04-03 19:31 -0400
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 00:37 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2015-04-04 10:29 -0400
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 15:54 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-04 08:07 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-04 16:28 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-04 08:57 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-04 17:03 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-04 09:44 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 18:05 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-04 23:32 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-05 11:00 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-05 13:18 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-04-05 17:37 -0400
                Re: strtoll discussion Malcolm McLean <malcolm.mclean5@btinternet.com> - 2015-04-05 15:00 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2015-04-05 22:17 -0500
                Re: strtoll discussion Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2015-04-04 18:54 -0400
                Re: strtoll discussion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-05 12:14 +0100
                Re: strtoll discussion glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-04 00:19 +0000
                Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-03 17:48 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-08 11:23 -0400
                Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-08 19:35 +0200
                Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-08 10:47 -0700
                Re: strtoll discussion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-08 14:22 -0400
  lltostr/ulltostr jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-04 13:56 +0200
    Re: lltostr/ulltostr Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 13:36 +0100
    Re: lltostr/ulltostr Barry Schwarz <schwarzb@dqel.com> - 2015-04-04 18:54 -0700
      Re: lltostr/ulltostr Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2015-04-05 14:29 +1200
    Re: lltostr/ulltostr Ralf Damaschke <rwspam@gmx.de> - 2015-04-05 16:58 +0000
      Re: lltostr/ulltostr jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-05 20:39 +0200
        Re: lltostr/ulltostr glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-05 20:19 +0000
      Re: lltostr/ulltostr Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-05 13:18 -0700
        Re: lltostr/ulltostr Ralf Damaschke <rwspam@gmx.de> - 2015-04-06 14:28 +0000
          Re: lltostr/ulltostr Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-06 08:40 -0700
  Re: strtoll discussion Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-04 13:04 -0700
    Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-04 22:52 +0200
      Re: strtoll discussion Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2015-04-04 22:14 +0100
      Re: strtoll discussion Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-04-05 00:24 +0100
      Re: strtoll discussion Geoff <geoff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-04-04 16:51 -0700
      Re: strtoll discussion jacobnavia <jacob@jacob.remcomp.fr> - 2015-04-05 23:32 +0200
        Re: strtoll discussion Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-16 09:21 -0700
      Re: strtoll discussion Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-17 02:21 -0700
    Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-04 15:36 -0700
      Re: strtoll discussion Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-16 09:19 -0700
        Re: strtoll discussion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-16 10:43 -0700
          Re: strtoll discussion Tim Rentsch <txr@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2015-04-17 07:59 -0700
  Re: strtoll discussion Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2015-04-07 11:46 +0200

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