locale/FreeBSD/mblen.3.patch

   1 --- mblen.3.orig        Fri Mar 11 19:44:47 2005
   2 +++ mblen.3     Fri Mar 11 19:57:09 2005
   3 @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
   4  .Dt MBLEN 3
   5  .Os
   6  .Sh NAME
   7 -.Nm mblen
   8 +.Nm mblen ,
   9 +.Nm mblen_l
  10  .Nd get number of bytes in a character
  11  .Sh LIBRARY
  12  .Lb libc
  13 @@ -49,6 +50,9 @@
  14  .In stdlib.h
  15  .Ft int
  16  .Fn mblen "const char *mbchar" "size_t nbytes"
  17 +.In xlocale.h
  18 +.Ft int
  19 +.Fn mblen_l "const char *mbchar" "size_t nbytes" "locale_t loc"
  20  .Sh DESCRIPTION
  21  The
  22  .Fn mblen
  23 @@ -65,6 +69,14 @@
  24  pointer returns nonzero if the current locale requires shift states,
  25  zero otherwise;
  26  if shift states are required, the shift state is reset to the initial state.
  27 +.Pp
  28 +While the
  29 +.Fn mblen
  30 +function uses the current locale, the
  31 +.Fn mblen_l
  32 +function may be passed a locale directly. See
  33 +.Xr xlocale 3
  34 +for more information.
  35  .Sh RETURN VALUES
  36  If
  37  .Fa mbchar
  38 @@ -102,7 +114,8 @@
  39  .Sh SEE ALSO
  40  .Xr mbrlen 3 ,
  41  .Xr mbtowc 3 ,
  42 -.Xr multibyte 3
  43 +.Xr multibyte 3 ,
  44 +.Xr xlocale 3
  45  .Sh STANDARDS
  46  The
  47  .Fn mblen