On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 03:42, Xavier Leroy wrote:

> - The int_of_string functions raise an exception on overflow.
> 
> Based on the comments posted so far on this list, and on a quick
> discussion with colleagues, I'm inclined toward the third approach
> (int_of_string fails in case of overflow).  Does anyone know of a use
> scenario where this new behavior of int_of_string would be a problem?

I cannot give a specific example, but I can paint a general
scenario: some data used with C is copied to ocaml (as text).

For example 0xFFFFFFFF is too large .. but in C it converts to -1
which is not too large :-)

Having given this example .. I have to say 'too bad', I think
your inclination is correct. [Whatever program extracted the
data from C should have handled this]



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