Re: parse hex numerals [PATCH]

["Todor Totev" <umbra.tenebris@...>]

Is there a chance a official support for hexadecimal numbers to be added  
for lua 5.1 release?
I'll be very happy because now I patch it and it'll be very nice for me to  
not
deviate from official sources.
regards,
Todor

On Thu, 09 Feb 2006 17:11:19 +0200, Roberto Ierusalimschy  
<roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

> What about this?
>
>    char *endptr;
>    *result = lua_str2number(s, &endptr);
>    if (endptr == s) return 0;  /* conversion failed */
> +  if (*endptr == 'x') *result = strtoul(s, &endptr, 16);
>    if (*endptr == '\0') return 1;  /* most common case */
>    while (isspace(cast(unsigned char, *endptr))) endptr++;
>    if (*endptr != '\0') return 0;  /* invalid trailing characters? */
>
> -- Roberto