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Re: White spaces in numbers: mpz_set_str
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Kevin Ryde |
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Re: White spaces in numbers: mpz_set_str |
Date: |
Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:35:46 +1000 |
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Gnus/5.090013 (Oort Gnus v0.13) Emacs/21.2 (i386-pc-linux-gnu) |
Gabor Szokoli <address@hidden> writes:
>
> I'd like to cast my vote on the mpz_set_str issue in favor of strict
> processing. A number padded and cut by whitespace characters should
> make this function fail.
>
> You could always provide both mechanisms under separate names for
> those who care, and make the default behave the way it's faster for
> those who don't.
We probably have to leave mpz_set_str alone, for upward compatibility.
We're contemplating adding a parsing function in the style of
"strtol", which would be a better building block.
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