Libc-391.2.10.tar.gz

[apple/libc.git] / stdio / FreeBSD / printf.3.patch

--- printf.3.orig	Fri Mar 11 17:08:43 2005
+++ printf.3	Fri Mar 11 17:04:50 2005
@@ -101,6 +101,12 @@
 dynamically allocate a new string with
 .Xr malloc 3 .
 .Pp
+Extended locale versions of these functions are documented in
+.Xr printf_l 3 .
+See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
+.Pp
 These functions write the output under the control of a
 .Fa format
 string that specifies how subsequent arguments
@@ -287,6 +293,20 @@
 .Xr localeconv 3 .
 .El
 .It
+An optional separator character (
+.Cm \ , | \;  | \ : | _
+) used for separating multiple values when printing an AltiVec vector,
+or other multi-value unit.
+.Pp
+NOTE: This is an AltiVec only extension onto the
+.Fn printf
+specification.
+Behaviour of these values for
+.Fn printf 
+is only defined for operating systems conforming to the 
+AltiVec Technology Programming Interface Manual.
+(At time of writing this includes only Mac OS X 10.2 and later.)
+.It
 An optional decimal digit string specifying a minimum field width.
 If the converted value has fewer characters than the field width, it will
 be padded with spaces on the left (or right, if the left-adjustment
@@ -379,6 +399,28 @@
 .It Sy Modifier Ta Cm c Ta Cm s
 .It Cm l No (ell) Ta Vt wint_t Ta Vt "wchar_t *"
 .El
+.Pp
+The AltiVec Technology Programming Interface Manual also defines five additional length modifiers
+which can be used (in place of the conventional length modifiers) for the printing of AltiVec vectors:
+.Bl -tag -compact
+.It Cm v
+Treat the argument as a vector value, unit length will be determined by the conversion
+specifier (default = 16 8-bit units for all integer conversions, 
+4 32-bit units for floating point conversions).
+.It Cm vh, hv
+Treat the argument as a vector of 8 16-bit units.
+.It Cm vl, lv
+Treat the argument as a vector of 4 32-bit units.
+.El
+.Pp
+NOTE: The vector length specifiers are AltiVec only extensions onto the
+.Fn printf
+specification.
+Behaviour of these values for
+.Fn printf 
+is only defined for operating systems conforming to the 
+AltiVec Technology Programming Interface Manual.
+(At time of writing this includes only Mac OS X 10.2 and later.)
 .It
 A character that specifies the type of conversion to be applied.
 .El
@@ -792,12 +834,8 @@
 .Xr fmtcheck 3 ,
 .Xr scanf 3 ,
 .Xr setlocale 3 ,
-.Xr wprintf 3
-.Rs
-.%T "The FreeBSD Security Architecture"
-.Re
-(See
-.Pa "/usr/share/doc/{to be determined}" . )
+.Xr wprintf 3 ,
+.Xr printf_l 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 Subject to the caveats noted in the
 .Sx BUGS