[PATCH 3/4 v2] mtd-utils: new strtoX helpers

[Artem Bityutskiy]

On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 15:37 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 15:31, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 14:59 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 06:54, Artem Bityutskiy wrote:
> >> > On Sat, 2010-09-25 at 02:06 -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >> >> Simply usage of converting strings to numbers by adding some wrappers
> >> >> around the standard strtoX functions.  These helpers support both hex
> >> >> and dec numbers transparently, and the caller need only provide a ptr
> >> >> to an error integer if they want to be notified of problems.
> >> >
> >> > Why do you need a separate file for this? common.h does not suit this?
> >>
> >> the expansion of PROGRAM_NAME causes build errors for programs that do
> >> not define it but include common.h
> >
> > May be
> >
> > #ifndef PROGRAM_NAME
> > #define PROGRAM_NAME "undefined"
> > #endif
> 
> if we're going to go that route, i'd rather just go through the few
> files not defining PROGRAM_NAME, add it, and then turn the comment in
> common.h about people defining it into an error

Sounds good as well.

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Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)