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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst index c535012..4aaf3905 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/conversion.rst @@ -48,6 +48,42 @@ The return value (*rv*) for these functions should be interpreted as follows: The following functions provide locale-independent string to number conversions. +.. c:function:: unsigned long PyOS_strtoul(const char *str, char **ptr, int base) + + Convert the initial part of the string in ``str`` to an :c:expr:`unsigned + long` value according to the given ``base``, which must be between ``2`` and + ``36`` inclusive, or be the special value ``0``. + + Leading white space and case of characters are ignored. If ``base`` is zero + it looks for a leading ``0b``, ``0o`` or ``0x`` to tell which base. If + these are absent it defaults to ``10``. Base must be 0 or between 2 and 36 + (inclusive). If ``ptr`` is non-``NULL`` it will contain a pointer to the + end of the scan. + + If the converted value falls out of range of corresponding return type, + range error occurs (:c:data:`errno` is set to :c:macro:`!ERANGE`) and + :c:macro:`!ULONG_MAX` is returned. If no conversion can be performed, ``0`` + is returned. + + See also the Unix man page :manpage:`strtoul(3)`. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + + +.. c:function:: long PyOS_strtol(const char *str, char **ptr, int base) + + Convert the initial part of the string in ``str`` to an :c:expr:`long` value + according to the given ``base``, which must be between ``2`` and ``36`` + inclusive, or be the special value ``0``. + + Same as :c:func:`PyOS_strtoul`, but return a :c:expr:`long` value instead + and :c:macro:`LONG_MAX` on overflows. + + See also the Unix man page :manpage:`strtol(3)`. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + + .. c:function:: double PyOS_string_to_double(const char *s, char **endptr, PyObject *overflow_exception) Convert a string ``s`` to a :c:expr:`double`, raising a Python |