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Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4 v2] mtd-utils: new strtoX helpers
From: Artem Bityutskiy <dedekind1@gmail.com>
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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
> -mike

May be

#ifndef PROGRAM_NAME
#define PROGRAM_NAME "undefined"
#endif

?

-- 
Best Regards,
Artem Bityutskiy (Битюцкий Артём)