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| author | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-06 10:15:38 +0000 |
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| committer | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-10-06 10:15:38 +0000 |
| commit | b5f0d0d8f20813c2d455d7c7558ba9f1262f14df (patch) | |
| tree | 623a3f575bc53e37e40c586ebc8d724484f7ada3 /lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 | |
| parent | 586be0c8e408503046f9ec2876df528aa332c963 (diff) | |
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Add a note to the Compatiblity section suggesting that these functions
only be used for byte values. Add cross-references to the wide-char
counterparts.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/locale/isprint.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 index be2c773..825d06e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 +++ b/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" @(#)isprint.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd June 4, 1993 +.Dd October 6, 2002 .Dt ISPRINT 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -91,8 +91,20 @@ The .Fn isprint function returns zero if the character tests false and returns non-zero if the character tests true. +.Sh COMPATIBILITY +Although +.Fn isprint +accepts arguments outside of the range of the +.Vt "unsigned char" +type in locales with large character sets, +this is a +.Bx 4.4 +extension and the +.Fn iswprint +function should be used instead for maximum portability. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ctype 3 , +.Xr iswprint 3 , .Xr multibyte 3 , .Xr ascii 7 .Sh STANDARDS |
