the rule that longest digit sequence not beginning with a zero is
greater only applies when both sequences being compared are
non-degenerate. this is spelled out explicitly in the man page, which
may be deemed authoritative for this nonstandard function: "If one or
both of these is empty, then return what strcmp(3) would have
returned..."
we were wrongly treating any sequence of digits not beginning with a
zero as greater than a non-digit in the other string.
else if (c!='0') z=0;
}
- if (l[dp]!='0' && r[dp]!='0') {
- /* If we're not looking at a digit sequence that began
- * with a zero, longest digit string is greater. */
+ if (l[dp]-'1'<9U && r[dp]-'1'<9U) {
+ /* If we're looking at non-degenerate digit sequences starting
+ * with nonzero digits, longest digit string is greater. */
for (j=i; isdigit(l[j]); j++)
if (!isdigit(r[j])) return 1;
if (isdigit(r[j])) return -1;