Re: [RFC Outreachy] Leftoverbits, which involve replacing atoi with strtol or strtol_i or equivalent.

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Oct 12, 2024, 15:56 UTC
Message-ID: <ZwqcHDzaR2U2JNu0@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <CAPSxiM9FoGBhsnBE4E0Fvq-x_HvyFGGkkhaLNoRdVkvE6CpaZw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Usman,

On Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 11:21:13AM +0000, Usman Akinyemi wrote:

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> Hello,
>
> I was looking at some #leftoverbits which I can work on and I came
> across this conversation.
> https://public-inbox.org/git/CAC4O8c-nuOTS=a0sVp1603KaM2bZjs+yNZzdAaa5CGTNGFE7hQ@mail.gmail.com/
>
> I followed the conversation and came accross
> three instances where I think atoi can be
> converted to strtol or strtol_i or parse_timestamp().
> These are the three files which I think the atoi can be
> replaced with.

This seems like a good #leftoverbits to use as an Outreachy contribution. From a brief skim, it looks like this is going in the right direction.

But to get help from the rest of the list, please submit this change as a patch or patch series, following the instructions in:

  - Documentation/MyFirstContribution.txt, and
  - Documentation/SubmittingPatches

Thanks, Taylor