Libc-1082.50.1.tar.gz

[apple/libc.git] / locale / FreeBSD / isprint.3

diff --git a/locale/FreeBSD/isprint.3 b/locale/FreeBSD/isprint.3
index ed2ce3d494202ff3adc7a72a849d68c3d01f453c..25ae0b5d422fbb96dc3a99444b8cca3118bbd0d1 100644 (file)
--- a/locale/FreeBSD/isprint.3
+++ b/locale/FreeBSD/isprint.3
@@ -13,10 +13,6 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
-.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
-.\"    This product includes software developed by the University of
-.\"    California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
 .\"    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 .\"    without specific prior written permission.
@@ -34,9 +30,9 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)isprint.3  8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3,v 1.18 2002/10/06 10:15:38 tjr Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/isprint.3,v 1.26 2009/11/13 09:07:33 roam Exp $
 .\"
-.Dd October 6, 2002
+.Dd July 17, 2005
 .Dt ISPRINT 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -51,19 +47,15 @@
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn isprint
-function tests for any printing character including space
+function tests for any printing character, including space
 .Pq Ql "\ " .
-For single C
-.Va char Ns s
-locales (see
-.Xr multibyte 3 )
-the value of the argument is
-representable as an
-.Li unsigned char
+The value of the argument must be representable as an
+.Vt "unsigned char"
 or the value of
 .Dv EOF .
+.Pp
 In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
-(with their numeric values shown in octal):
+(preceded by their numeric values, in octal):
 .Pp
 .Bl -column \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__ \&000_``0''__
 .It "\&040\ sp \t041\ ``!'' \t042\ ``""'' \t043\ ``#'' \t044\ ``$''"
@@ -92,20 +84,19 @@ The
 function returns zero if the character tests false and
 returns non-zero if the character tests true.
 .Sh COMPATIBILITY
-Although
-.Fn isprint
-accepts arguments outside of the range of the
-.Vt "unsigned char"
-type in locales with large character sets,
-this is a
+The
 .Bx 4.4
-extension and the
+extension of accepting arguments outside of the range of the
+.Vt "unsigned char"
+type in locales with large character sets is considered obsolete
+and may not be supported in future releases.
+The
 .Fn iswprint
-function should be used instead for maximum portability.
+function should be used instead.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr ctype 3 ,
+.Xr isalnum_l 3 ,
 .Xr iswprint 3 ,
-.Xr multibyte 3 ,
 .Xr ascii 7
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The