On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 at 20:55, Wander Lairson Costa <[email protected]> wrote:
> To address this, introduce a new strtoi() helper function that safely
> converts a string to an integer. This function validates the input and
> checks for overflows, returning a boolean to indicate success or failure.

Why not use sscanf() for this purpose instead of adding a new utility function?

Also, using a boolean to return success or failure does not conform to
POSIX standards and is confusing in Linux/POSIX code.

Costa


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