Re: [PATCH GSoC RFC v13 02/12] git-compat-util: add strtoul_ul() with error handling

From: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2026, 15:06 UTC
Message-ID: <CAN5EUNQy_sZx5-iVjr7YB_4kBPnEcDyVr_o_OhVD1Kff_Gjurw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20260619-ps-eric-work-rebase-v13-2-3d4c7315d2f8@gmail.com>

El vie, 19 jun 2026 a las 16:56, Pablo Sabater (<pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>) escribió:

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> From: Eric Ju <eric.peijian@gmail.com>
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> We already have strtoul_ui() and similar functions that provide proper
> error handling using strtoul from the standard library. However,
> there isn't currently a variant that returns an unsigned long.
>
> This variant is needed in a subsequent commit.
>
> This variant is needed in a subsequent commit to enable returning an
> unsigned long with proper error handling.
>
> Signed-off-by: Pablo Sabater <pabloosabaterr@gmail.com>

I should have removed the second paragraph which is duplicated, I quickly fixed the last paragraph but didn't realize it contained the same as above, sorry.

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