Cross-Platform DDI Interface for Converting Strings to 64-bit Integers [PSARC/2008/740 FastTrack timeout 12/09/2008]

[Jordan Vaughan]

On 12/01/08 17:43, Darren Reed wrote:
> I'm somewhat uncomfortable with "long long" always implying 64bits,
> or with long implying only 32 bits...
> 
> I'd prefer to see the API explicitly make a point of being for
> 64bit values, either with "uint64_t *" as the final arg or it being
> called "ddi_strtou64"... but maybe the horse has already bolted
> on this one, given ddi_strtoul, and thus the best we can hope for
> is to be consistent with past "mistakes"?
> 
> Darren
> 

I think it makes sense to stick with the strtol/ll convention because it 
associates with the primitive ISO C types (as Garrett noted).  Maybe 
providing a separate set of interfaces (ddi_strtos32(), ddi_strtou64(), 
etc.) makes sense, but I think James is right in that it should be a 
separate project.

Jordan