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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: The difference between strtol() and strtoul() ?
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 20:12:24 -0700
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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
> On 2024-06-24, Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> wrote:
>> If the negation, which is a positive value, cannot be represented in the
>> type, that implies it is out of range. The required behavior for a
>> positive out-of-range value is to return LLONG_MAX and set errno to
>> ERANGE.
>
> Errr, what am I saying! The negation, which is a negative value,
> cannot be represented in the type, so the required behavior is to
> return LLONG_MIN and set errno to negative.

You mean "and set errno to ERANGE".

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Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */