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sign bug in stream.C: itoa

#76
From: Doug Moore
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 03:16
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(previous posted inadvertantly to bug-g++)

The use of the itoa function in stream.C, as via dec(), places the minus
sign for negative numbers after the number, rather than before it.
The following patch fixes the problem.

Doug Moore (dougm@cs.rice.edu)


*** stream.C~	Mon Apr 13 21:08:54 1992
--- stream.C	Mon Apr 13 21:18:20 1992
***************
*** 44,51 ****
      if (needed < (2+neg) || ptr > EndBuffer)
  	return NULL;
      *--ptr = 0;
-     if (neg)
- 	*--ptr = '-';
      
      if (i == 0)
  	*--ptr = '0';
--- 44,49 ----
***************
*** 58,63 ****
--- 56,63 ----
  	    ch += '0';
  	*--ptr = ch;
      }
+     if (neg)
+ 	*--ptr = '-';
      if (size == 0)
  	return ptr;
      while (ptr > buf)
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Subject: sign bug in stream.C: itoa
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