Re: [Vala] string.to_long vs long.parse

2016-02-11 Thread Al Thomas
- Original Message - > From: Andy Lees <andrewl...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, 11 February 2016, 4:58 > Subject: [Vala] string.to_long vs long.parse > > I note that string.to_long is deprecated, but that the replacement > long.parse has reduced functionality. U

[Vala] string.to_long vs long.parse

2016-02-10 Thread Andy Lees
Hello list, I note that string.to_long is deprecated, but that the replacement long.parse has reduced functionality. Using to_long, I can have hexadecimal, octal and binary number strings accepted, whilst long.parse doesn't allow for this. This does seem rather a backward step. Was there some