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 * @file u64.h
 * @brief Utilities to deal with U64s.
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#ifndef LL_U64_H
#define LL_U64_H

/**
 * @brief Forgivingly parse a null terminated character array.
 *
 * @param str The string to parse.
 * @return Returns the first U64 value found in the string or 0 on failure.
 */
U64 str_to_U64(const std::string& str);

/**
 * @brief Given a U64 value, return a printable representation.
 * @param value The U64 to turn into a printable character array.
 * @return Returns the result string.
 */
std::string U64_to_str(U64 value);

/**
 * @brief Given a U64 value, return a printable representation.
 *
 * The client of this function is expected to provide an allocated
 * buffer. The function then snprintf() into that buffer, so providing
 * NULL has undefined behavior. Providing a buffer which is too small
 * will truncate the printable value, so usually you want to declare
 * the buffer:
 *
 *  char result[U64_BUF];
 *  std::cout << "value: " << U64_to_str(value, result, U64_BUF);
 *
 * @param value The U64 to turn into a printable character array.
 * @param result The buffer to use
 * @param result_size The size of the buffer allocated. Use U64_BUF.
 * @return Returns the result pointer.
 */
char* U64_to_str(U64 value, char* result, S32 result_size);

/**
 * @brief Convert a U64 to the closest F64 value.
 */
F64 U64_to_F64(const U64 value);

/**
 * @brief Helper function to wrap strtoull() which is not available on windows.
 */
U64 llstrtou64(const char* str, char** end, S32 base);

#endif