• Andrej Mitrovic (10/10) Mar 11 2012 Does anyone else think this should be fixed?
• bearophile (4/5) Mar 11 2012 I agree.
• Andrej Mitrovic (1/1) Mar 11 2012 Thanks for the input. http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7692

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

Does anyone else think this should be fixed?

import std.conv;

void main()
{
    string s1 = "ff";
    string s2 = "0xff";

    assert(parse!uint(s1, 16) == 0xff);  // ok
    assert(parse!uint(s2, 16) == 0xff);  // fail, it's 0
}

I think parse should pop the first two characters if the string starts with 0x.

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Andrej Mitrovic:

 I think parse should pop the first two characters if the string starts with 0x.

I agree.

Bye,
bearophile

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

Thanks for the input. http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=7692