- // conversion to numbers: all functions return TRUE only if the whole string
- // is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer provided
+ // conversion to numbers: all functions return TRUE only if the whole
+ // string is a number and put the value of this number into the pointer
+ // provided, the base is the numeric base in which the conversion should be
+ // done and must be comprised between 2 and 36 or be 0 in which case the
+ // standard C rules apply (leading '0' => octal, "0x" => hex)