clarified ToULong() behaviour with negative numbers

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@35465 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775

diff --git a/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex b/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
index 0a4ff10b73dba34131f6b3fb3abb4c32d86be811..c1bf614b3f8a885e331b52df9081972e0cec8409 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
+++ b/docs/latex/wx/wxstring.tex
@@ -1045,7 +1045,10 @@ familiar with C) results.
 Attempts to convert the string to an unsigned integer in base {\it base}.
 Returns {\tt true} on success in which case the number is stored in the
 location pointed to by {\it val} or {\tt false} if the string does not
 Attempts to convert the string to an unsigned integer in base {\it base}.
 Returns {\tt true} on success in which case the number is stored in the
 location pointed to by {\it val} or {\tt false} if the string does not

-represent a valid number in the given base.
+represent a valid number in the given base. Please notice that this function
+behaves in the same way as the standard \texttt{strtoul()} and so it simply
+converts negative numbers to unsigned representation instead of rejecting them
+(e.g. $-1$ is returned as \texttt{ULONG\_MAX}).

 
 See \helpref{wxString::ToLong}{wxstringtolong} for the more detailed
 description of the {\it base} parameter.
 
 See \helpref{wxString::ToLong}{wxstringtolong} for the more detailed
 description of the {\it base} parameter.