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From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
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Subject: Re: atoi <> itoa (?)
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 18:27:44 -0700
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Marcelo Cantos wrote:

> Hasn't it dawned on anyone in this discussion that itoa( ) *IS* ANSI C???

No, because it isn't.  itoa is never mentioned in ANSI/ISO 9899-1990.  It's a
commonly-provided function, and many compilers (such as old Turbo C) lead you
to believe that it's ANSI since they include it in the standard libraries, but
it's not.

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