Re: CVS commit: src/common/lib/libc/stdlib

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20151113111144.GA13379%britannica.bec.de@localhost>,
Joerg Sonnenberger  <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 12:23:51PM -0500, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> Module Name:	src
>> Committed By:	christos
>> Date:		Thu Nov 12 17:23:51 UTC 2015
>> 
>> Modified Files:
>> 	src/common/lib/libc/stdlib: _strtol.h _strtoul.h
>> 
>> Log Message:
>> Recognize 0[bB] as binary (base 2)
>
>Based on what authority? This is a ISO C function and that doesn't allow
>binary input. I am quite concerned about changing a function used that
>often, especially as it can break a lot of existing code.

I don't think it will since it will only affect conversions with 0[bB],
and the OS/X code is doing the same, but I will revert it until others
catch up.

christos