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| author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-12 15:08:41 +0000 |
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| committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-10-12 15:08:41 +0000 |
| commit | d510dd202fb5c5c32490f50c12f24b1def374122 (patch) | |
| tree | a52b401aedc1c24f672e77572abab369635d808f /lib/libc | |
| parent | f2378ce74656e6e1c234a5f576380c252c5a4965 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-d510dd202fb5c5c32490f50c12f24b1def374122.zip FreeBSD-src-d510dd202fb5c5c32490f50c12f24b1def374122.tar.gz | |
Don't say "rightmost" when referring to the least significant bit.
PR: docs/94803
MFC after: 3 days
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/string/ffs.3 | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/ffs.3 b/lib/libc/string/ffs.3 index 7199bf5..8fc4b22 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/ffs.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/ffs.3 @@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ .\" @(#)ffs.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 4/19/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd January 13, 2004 +.Dd October 12, 2006 .Dt FFS 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ The .Fn ffs and .Fn ffsl -functions find the first bit set in +functions find the first bit set +(beginning with the least significant bit) +in .Fa value and return the index of that bit. .Pp @@ -72,8 +74,7 @@ functions find the last bit set in .Fa value and return the index of that bit. .Pp -Bits are numbered starting from 1, starting at the right-most -(least significant) bit. +Bits are numbered starting at 1 (the least significant bit). A return value of zero from any of these functions means that the argument was zero. .Sh SEE ALSO |
