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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/string/strerror.3 | 18 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 index 3e75cb1..eeb9f1e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 +++ b/lib/libc/string/strerror.3 @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ .\" @(#)strerror.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/9/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd November 26, 2001 +.Dd October 22, 2002 .Dt STRERROR 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -150,6 +150,14 @@ should be used instead. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr intro 2 , .Xr psignal 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn perror , +.Fn strerror +and +.Fn strerror_r +functions conform to +.St -p1003.1-2001 . .Sh HISTORY The .Fn strerror @@ -169,6 +177,14 @@ For unknown error numbers, the function will return its result in a static buffer which may be overwritten by subsequent calls. .Pp +The +.Fn perror +function is implemented in terms of +.Fn strerror , +hence it uses the same static buffer. +This behaviour is forbidden by +.St -isoC-99 . +.Pp Programs that use the deprecated .Va sys_errlist variable often fail to compile because they declare it |
