string to number code in C++ template

 

template<class IntType>
    bool AtoI(WCHAR *sz, IntType *out) {
  int i = 0;
  bool sign = false;
  if (sz[i] == '-') {
    ++i;
    sign = true;
  }

  int base = 10;
  if(sz[i] == '0' && tolower(sz[i+1]) == 'x') {
    i += 2;
    base = 16;
  } else if (sz[i] == '0' && sz[i+1] != '/0') {
    ++i;
    base = 8;
  }

  IntType res = 0;
  int chars = 0;
  while (sz[i] != '/0') {
    WCHAR c = tolower(sz[i++]);
    if (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
      c = c - '0';
    else if (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f')
      c = c - 'a' + 10;
    else
      return false;
    if (c >= base)
      return false;
    IntType res_sav = res;
    res *= (IntType)base;
    if (res / (IntType)base != res_sav) {
      // Overflow!
      return false;
    }
    res_sav = res;
    res += (IntType)c;
    if (res < res_sav) {
      // Overflow!
      return false;
    }
    ++chars;
  }
  if (chars == 0)
    return false;
  *out = sign ? -res : res;
  return true;
}