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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/convto.h b/include/convto.h
index 3332580ed..2f808d1fb 100644
--- a/include/convto.h
+++ b/include/convto.h
@@ -99,3 +99,19 @@ template<typename TOut> inline TOut ConvToNum(const std::string& in)
return 0;
return ret;
}
+
+template<> inline char ConvToNum<char>(const std::string& in)
+{
+ // We specialise ConvToNum for char to avoid istringstream treating
+ // the input as a character literal.
+ uint16_t num = ConvToNum<uint16_t>(in);
+ return num <= UINT8_MAX ? num : 0;
+}
+
+template<> inline unsigned char ConvToNum<unsigned char>(const std::string& in)
+{
+ // We specialise ConvToNum for unsigned char to avoid istringstream
+ // treating the input as a character literal.
+ int16_t num = ConvToNum<int16_t>(in);
+ return num >= INT8_MIN && num <= INT8_MAX ? num : 0;
+}