A few tweaks and cleanups

[wxWidgets.git] / include / wx / string.h

diff --git a/include/wx/string.h b/include/wx/string.h
index 998946f7dcd905eeccac59cd1db3ead7c0f37fda..51583c89a355333cd55a87df7654b7e1b8cf11b8 100644 (file)
--- a/include/wx/string.h
+++ b/include/wx/string.h
@@ -673,12 +673,15 @@ public:
     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
 
     // check if the string contents matches a mask containing '*' and '?'
   bool Matches(const wxChar *szMask) const;
 

-    // 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)

         // convert to a signed integer
         // convert to a signed integer

-    bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 0) const;
+    bool ToLong(long *val, int base = 10) const;

         // convert to an unsigned integer
         // convert to an unsigned integer

-    bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 0) const;
+    bool ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base = 10) const;

         // convert to a double
     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;
 
         // convert to a double
     bool ToDouble(double *val) const;