Markus Hoenicka <markus.hoeni...@mhoenicka.de> wrote: > I guess I have incorrectly generalized > from FreeBSD that ato*() are wrappers around the corresponding > strto*() functions. If they are indeed separately implemented in other > OSes, [snip]
The ato* are indeed often implemented in terms of strto*. The problem is that the ato* signature just doesn't lend itself to error checks, so even if they wrap strto*, error information gets lost in the wrapper layer. Devin -- Money is a powerful aphrodisiac. But flowers work almost as well. - Robert Heinlein ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users