.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)iscntrl.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3,v 1.15 2002/12/05 08:50:00 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/iscntrl.3,v 1.17 2004/08/21 07:37:08 tjr Exp $
.\"
-.Dd October 6, 2002
+.Dd August 21, 2004
.Dt ISCNTRL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
function returns zero if the character tests false and
returns non-zero if the character tests true.
.Sh COMPATIBILITY
-Although
-.Fn iscntrl
-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
-.Fn iwcntrl
-function should be used instead for maximum portability.
+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 iswcntrl
+function should be used instead.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctype 3 ,
.Xr iswcntrl 3 ,