Index: Modules/stropmodule.c
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/python/dist/src/Modules/stropmodule.c,v
retrieving revision 2.48
diff -c -r2.48 stropmodule.c
*** stropmodule.c	1998/05/22 00:53:47	2.48
--- stropmodule.c	1998/07/25 04:23:01
***************
*** 696,713 ****
  
  	while (*s && isspace(Py_CHARMASK(*s)))
  		s++;
- 	if (s[0] == '\0') {
- 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "empty string for atoi()");
- 		return NULL;
- 	}
  	errno = 0;
  	if (base == 0 && s[0] == '0')
  		x = (long) PyOS_strtoul(s, &end, base);
  	else
  		x = PyOS_strtol(s, &end, base);
  	while (*end && isspace(Py_CHARMASK(*end)))
  		end++;
  	if (*end != '\0') {
  		sprintf(buffer, "invalid literal for atoi(): %.200s", s);
  		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, buffer);
  		return NULL;
--- 696,712 ----
  
  	while (*s && isspace(Py_CHARMASK(*s)))
  		s++;
  	errno = 0;
  	if (base == 0 && s[0] == '0')
  		x = (long) PyOS_strtoul(s, &end, base);
  	else
  		x = PyOS_strtol(s, &end, base);
+ 	if (end == s || !isxdigit(end[-1]))
+ 		goto bad;
  	while (*end && isspace(Py_CHARMASK(*end)))
  		end++;
  	if (*end != '\0') {
+   bad:
  		sprintf(buffer, "invalid literal for atoi(): %.200s", s);
  		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, buffer);
  		return NULL;