/* Quelle: http://blog.fefe.de/?mon=201403 */

size_t scan_ushort(const char* src,unsigned short* dest) {
  if (sizeof(unsigned short) == sizeof(unsigned int)) {
    /* a good optimizing compiler should remove the else clause when not
     * needed */
    return scan_uint(src,(unsigned int*)dest);
  } else {
    register const char *tmp=src;
    register unsigned short int l=0;
    register unsigned char c;
    while ((c=*tmp-'0')<10) {
      unsigned short int n;
      /* division is very slow on most architectures */
      n=l<<3; if ((n>>3)!=l) break;
      if (n+(l<<1) < n) break;
      n+=l<<1;
      if (n+c < n) break;
      l=n+c;
      ++tmp;
    }
    if (tmp-src) *dest=l;
    return tmp-src;
  }
}