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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-02 14:20:42 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2016-10-07 09:13:58 +0200 |
| commit | fdcc06eeb12fcc6288e97c016a50d1a0e728d899 (patch) | |
| tree | 36a5938b34434ca13507f3f93e03d000f8a84ad7 | |
| parent | 49d2adfabdaac8ef8031ca5660879739c4f35074 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-fdcc06eeb12fcc6288e97c016a50d1a0e728d899.tar.gz | |
wcstombs.3: wcsrtombs() does not provide thread-safe interface to same functionality
As noted in the Debian bug:
In "man wcstombs" the words
The function wcsrtombs(3) provides a thread safe interface to
the same functionality.
should be changed to
The function wcsrtombs(3) provides a better interface to
the same functionality.
Because
1) wcsrtombs is not thread safe if "ps" is NULL (see "ATTRIBUTES"
in "man wcsrtombs")
2) wcstombs *is* thread safe (see "ATTRIBUTES" in "man wcstombs")
3) "man mbstowcs" says "The function mbsrtowcs(3) provides a
better interface to the same functionality." in the same
NOTES section.
See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741360
Reported-by: Igor Liferenko <igor.liferenko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | man3/wcstombs.3 | 3 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/wcstombs.3 b/man3/wcstombs.3 index c7872506eb..1f189be550 100644 --- a/man3/wcstombs.3 +++ b/man3/wcstombs.3 @@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ current locale. .PP The function .BR wcsrtombs (3) -provides a thread safe interface to -the same functionality. +provides a better interface to the same functionality. .SH SEE ALSO .BR mblen (3), .BR mbstowcs (3), |