Re: [PATCH] Fix %x parsing in vsscanf()

[Linus Torvalds]

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> 
> Another option is to put the check in simple_strtoul() and
> simple_strtoull() if that is preferred. I like this better b/c
> we only have the check once.

I'd much rather fix strtoul[l](). In fact, strtoul[l]()  _already_ accepts
the "0x" prefix - but it only does so if the "base" parameter is 0.

Fixing strtoul[l] should fix vsscanf() automatically, no? So I don't see 
the "have the check only once" argument.

		Linus

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