atof.3.patch   [plain text]

--- atof.3.orig	Fri Mar 11 10:10:58 2005
+++ atof.3	Fri Mar 11 10:12:33 2005
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 .Dt ATOF 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm atof
+.Nm atof ,
+.Nm atof_l
 .Nd convert
 .Tn ASCII
 string to double
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@
 .In stdlib.h
 .Ft double
 .Fn atof "const char *nptr"
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft double
+.Fn atof_l "const char *nptr" "locale_t loc"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn atof
@@ -67,6 +71,14 @@
 The decimal point
 character is defined in the program's locale (category
 .Dv LC_NUMERIC ) .
+.Pp
+While the
+.Fn atof
+function uses the current locale, the
+.Fn atof_l
+function may be passed a locale directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
 The
 .Fn atof
@@ -88,7 +100,8 @@
 .Xr atol 3 ,
 .Xr strtod 3 ,
 .Xr strtol 3 ,
-.Xr strtoul 3
+.Xr strtoul 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn atof