Re: LYNX-DEV How do I clear errno?

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> I know this is not really 100% Lynx relevant ... but, how on earth does 
> one clear errno after say a failed strtol () .. clearerr is to be 
> associated with a file pointer? 
generally one doesn't set errno (since it should only be tested after
a failure, e.g., a -1 return).  Also, some odd implementations (such
as VAX C) didn't allow you to do this, since it may be a macro that
evaluates to a function call (non-standard, but predating the standard).
  
>       Thanks  
>  
>               Jonathan  


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