mbsrtowcs.3.patch   [plain text]


--- _SB/Libc/locale/FreeBSD/mbsrtowcs.3	2004-11-25 11:38:18.000000000 -0800
+++ _SB/Libc/locale/FreeBSD/mbsrtowcs.3.edit	2006-06-28 16:55:51.000000000 -0700
@@ -27,29 +27,55 @@
 .Dt MBSRTOWCS 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
+.Nm mbsnrtowcs ,
+.Nm mbsnrtowcs_l ,
 .Nm mbsrtowcs ,
-.Nm mbsnrtowcs
+.Nm mbsrtowcs_l
 .Nd "convert a character string to a wide-character string (restartable)"
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In wchar.h
 .Ft size_t
+.Fo mbsnrtowcs
+.Fa "wchar_t *restrict dst"
+.Fa "const char **restrict src"
+.Fa "size_t nms"
+.Fa "size_t len"
+.Fa "mbstate_t *restrict ps"
+.Fc
+.Ft size_t
 .Fo mbsrtowcs
-.Fa "wchar_t * restrict dst" "const char ** restrict src" "size_t len"
-.Fa "mbstate_t * restrict ps"
+.Fa "wchar_t *restrict dst"
+.Fa "const char **restrict src"
+.Fa "size_t len"
+.Fa "mbstate_t *restrict ps"
 .Fc
+.In wchar.h
+.In xlocale.h
 .Ft size_t
-.Fo mbsnrtowcs
-.Fa "wchar_t * restrict dst" "const char ** restrict src" "size_t nms"
-.Fa "size_t len" "mbstate_t * restrict ps"
+.Fo mbsrtowcs_l
+.Fa "wchar_t *restrict dst"
+.Fa "const char **restrict src"
+.Fa "size_t len"
+.Fa "mbstate_t *restrict ps"
+.Fa "locale_t loc"
+.Fc
+.Ft size_t
+.Fo mbsnrtowcs_l
+.Fa "wchar_t *restrict dst"
+.Fa "const char **restrict src"
+.Fa "size_t nms"
+.Fa "size_t len"
+.Fa "mbstate_t *restrict ps"
+.Fa "locale_t loc"
 .Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn mbsrtowcs
-function converts a sequence of multibyte characters pointed to indirectly by
-.Fa src
-into a sequence of corresponding wide characters and stores at most
+function converts a sequence of multibyte characters, pointed to indirectly by
+.Fa src ,
+into a sequence of corresponding wide characters. It stores at most
 .Fa len
 of them in the
 .Vt wchar_t
@@ -97,6 +123,18 @@
 .Fa nms
 bytes from the buffer pointed to by 
 .Fa src .
+.Pp
+While the
+.Fn mbsrtowcs
+and
+.Fn mbsnrtowcs
+functions use the current locale, the
+.Fn mbsrtowcs_l
+and
+.Fn mbsnrtowcs_l
+functions may be passed locales directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
 The
 .Fn mbsrtowcs
@@ -123,7 +161,8 @@
 .Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
 .Xr mbstowcs 3 ,
 .Xr multibyte 3 ,
-.Xr wcsrtombs 3
+.Xr wcsrtombs 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn mbsrtowcs