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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2009-03-15 08:01:48 +1300 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2009-03-15 08:07:55 +1300 |
| commit | 4b9e7a888187198196ecce4952a46ddee6fb123d (patch) | |
| tree | 18d0d1a42f617fb79c4284101a094c41e65e4645 | |
| parent | e3a9cc137452cd891066b870e24c30cc52e8e951 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-4b9e7a888187198196ecce4952a46ddee6fb123d.tar.gz | |
toascii.3: Note why POSIX.1-2008 marks this function obsolete
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/toascii.3 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/toascii.3 b/man3/toascii.3 index 33238bad55..f117e3cf95 100644 --- a/man3/toascii.3 +++ b/man3/toascii.3 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" .\" Added BUGS section, aeb, 950919 .\" -.TH TOASCII 3 2008-08-06 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH TOASCII 3 2009-03-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME toascii \- convert character to ASCII .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ The value returned is that of the converted character. SVr4, BSD, POSIX.1-2001. POSIX.1-2008 marks .BR toascii () -as obsolete. +as obsolete, +noting that it cannot be use portably in a localized application. .SH BUGS Many people will be unhappy if you use this function. This function will convert accented letters into random characters. |