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@@ -24,26 +24,27 @@ iswpunct \- test for punctuation or symbolic wide character
The \fBiswpunct\fP() function is the wide-character equivalent of the
\fBispunct\fP() function.
It tests whether \fIwc\fP is a wide character
-belonging to the wide character class "punct".
+belonging to the wide-character class "punct".
.PP
-The wide character class "punct" is a subclass of the wide character class
-"graph", and therefore also a subclass of the wide character class "print".
+The wide-character class "punct" is a subclass of the wide-character class
+"graph", and therefore also a subclass of the wide-character class "print".
.PP
-The wide character class "punct" is disjoint from the wide character class
+The wide-character class "punct" is disjoint from the wide-character class
"alnum" and therefore also disjoint from its subclasses "alpha", "upper",
"lower", "digit", "xdigit".
.PP
-Being a subclass of the wide character class "print",
-the wide character class
-"punct" is disjoint from the wide character class "cntrl".
+Being a subclass of the wide-character class "print",
+the wide-character class
+"punct" is disjoint from the wide-character class "cntrl".
.PP
-Being a subclass of the wide character class "graph",
-the wide character class
-"punct" is disjoint from the wide character class "space" and its subclass
+Being a subclass of the wide-character class "graph",
+the wide-character class
+"punct" is disjoint from the wide-character class "space" and its subclass
"blank".
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
-The \fBiswpunct\fP() function returns non-zero if \fIwc\fP is a wide character
-belonging to the wide character class "punct".
+The \fBiswpunct\fP() function returns non-zero
+if \fIwc\fP is a wide-character
+belonging to the wide-character class "punct".
Otherwise it returns zero.
.SH "CONFORMING TO"
C99.
@@ -55,5 +56,5 @@ The behaviour of \fBiswpunct\fP() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
current locale.
.PP
This function's name is a misnomer when dealing with Unicode characters,
-because the wide character class "punct" contains both punctuation characters
+because the wide-character class "punct" contains both punctuation characters
and symbol (math, currency, etc.) characters.