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1--- atof.3.orig Fri Mar 11 10:10:58 2005
2+++ atof.3 Fri Mar 11 10:12:33 2005
3@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
4 .Dt ATOF 3
5 .Os
6 .Sh NAME
7-.Nm atof
8+.Nm atof ,
9+.Nm atof_l
10 .Nd convert
11 .Tn ASCII
12 string to double
13@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@
14 .In stdlib.h
15 .Ft double
16 .Fn atof "const char *nptr"
17+.In xlocale.h
18+.Ft double
19+.Fn atof_l "const char *nptr" "locale_t loc"
20 .Sh DESCRIPTION
21 The
22 .Fn atof
23@@ -67,6 +71,14 @@
24 The decimal point
25 character is defined in the program's locale (category
26 .Dv LC_NUMERIC ) .
27+.Pp
28+While the
29+.Fn atof
30+function uses the current locale, the
31+.Fn atof_l
32+function may be passed a locale directly. See
33+.Xr xlocale 3
34+for more information.
35 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
36 The
37 .Fn atof
38@@ -88,7 +100,8 @@
39 .Xr atol 3 ,
40 .Xr strtod 3 ,
41 .Xr strtol 3 ,
42-.Xr strtoul 3
43+.Xr strtoul 3 ,
44+.Xr xlocale 3
45 .Sh STANDARDS
46 The
47 .Fn atof