On 3/15/18 4:11 PM, Martijn Dekker wrote:
> Op 14-03-18 om 16:49 schreef Martijn Dekker:
> [...]
>> {
>> digits++;
>> result = (result * 8) + (*string++ - '0');
>> - if (result > 0777)
>> + if (result > 07777)
>> return -1;
>> }
>>
>> By the way, why does that function repeatedly check the bounds for every
>> digit?
>
> It just occurred to me that, given a huge number argument, this
> disallows the value to wrap around and return within the bounds.
The current code fails early.
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