Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: a...@kernel.org Package name : liba2i Version : 0.9 Upstream Contact: Alejandro Colomar <a...@kernel.org> URL : <https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/liba2i/liba2i.git> License : LGPL-3.0-or-later WITH LGPL-3.0-linking-exception Programming Lang: C Description : String-to-numeric library
Library to parse numbers from strings. It provides a better interface than strtol(3) et al. and strtoi(3bsd) et al. It is the result of fixing several bugs in calls to strtol(3) et al. in the shadow project. We came up with these better APIs. Not yet, but we plan to add it as a dependency to the shadow project. The functions provided by this library are currently implemented in the shadow project too. We plan to remove that implementation from the shadow project, and include them from this library when it's available. libc provides strtol(3) et al. Those functions require very complex error handling, which is prone to error. libbsd provides strtoi(3bsd) et al. Thos functions are an improvement over libc's strtol(3), but still are prone to some errors. The APIs provided by this library make the usage as simple and safe as possible. The upstream library is maintained by me, and is hosted at the <kernel.org> infrastructure. I could maintain the Debian package, but don't have much experience with Debian packaging, so I'd need some help at the begining, until I'm comfortable with it. In the begining, I'd need a co-maintainer that can help me learn by imitation. After a few weeks or months, I should be able to do most of the work (hopefully all of it). Have a lovely day! Alex
