scanf.3.patch   [plain text]


--- scanf.3.orig	2007-04-08 18:49:37.000000000 -0700
+++ scanf.3	2007-04-08 20:14:03.000000000 -0700
@@ -40,35 +40,55 @@
 .Dt SCANF 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm scanf ,
 .Nm fscanf ,
+.Nm scanf ,
 .Nm sscanf ,
+.Nm vfscanf ,
 .Nm vscanf ,
-.Nm vsscanf ,
-.Nm vfscanf
+.Nm vsscanf
 .Nd input format conversion
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In stdio.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn scanf "const char * restrict format" ...
+.Fo fscanf
+.Fa "FILE *restrict stream"
+.Fa "const char *restrict format" ...
+.Fc
 .Ft int
-.Fn fscanf "FILE * restrict stream" "const char * restrict format" ...
+.Fo scanf
+.Fa "const char *restrict format" ...
+.Fc
 .Ft int
-.Fn sscanf "const char * restrict str" "const char * restrict format" ...
+.Fo sscanf
+.Fa "const char *restrict s"
+.Fa "const char *restrict format" ...
+.Fc
 .In stdarg.h
+.In stdio.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn vscanf "const char * restrict format" "va_list ap"
+.Fo vfscanf
+.Fa "FILE *restrict stream"
+.Fa "const char *restrict format"
+.Fa "va_list arg"
+.Fc
 .Ft int
-.Fn vsscanf "const char * restrict str" "const char * restrict format" "va_list ap"
+.Fo vscanf
+.Fa "const char *restrict format"
+.Fa "va_list arg"
+.Fc
 .Ft int
-.Fn vfscanf "FILE * restrict stream" "const char * restrict format" "va_list ap"
+.Fo vsscanf
+.Fa "const char *restrict s"
+.Fa "const char *restrict format"
+.Fa "va_list arg"
+.Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn scanf
 family of functions scans input according to a
-.Fa format
+.Fa format ,
 as described below.
 This format may contain
 .Em conversion specifiers ;
@@ -87,7 +107,8 @@
 and
 .Fn sscanf
 reads its input from the character string pointed to by
-.Fa str .
+.Fa s .
+.Pp
 The
 .Fn vfscanf
 function
@@ -108,7 +129,8 @@
 .Fn vprintf
 and
 .Fn vsprintf
-functions respectively.
+functions, respectively.
+.Pp
 Each successive
 .Em pointer
 argument must correspond properly with
@@ -132,10 +154,16 @@
 when an input character does not match such a format character.
 Scanning also stops
 when an input conversion cannot be made (see below).
+.Pp
+Extended locale versions of these functions are documented in
+.Xr scanf_l 3 .
+See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh CONVERSIONS
 Following the
 .Cm %
-character introducing a conversion
+character introducing a conversion,
 there may be a number of
 .Em flag
 characters, as follows:
@@ -440,13 +468,10 @@
 causes an immediate return of
 .Dv EOF .
 .Sh RETURN VALUES
-These
-functions
-return
-the number of input items assigned, which can be fewer than provided
-for, or even zero, in the event of a matching failure.
-Zero
-indicates that, while there was input available,
+These functions return the number of input items assigned.
+This can be fewer than provided for, or even zero,
+in the event of a matching failure.
+Zero indicates that, although there was input available,
 no conversions were assigned;
 typically this is due to an invalid input character,
 such as an alphabetic character for a
@@ -463,6 +488,7 @@
 .Xr getc 3 ,
 .Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
 .Xr printf 3 ,
+.Xr scanf_l 3 ,
 .Xr strtod 3 ,
 .Xr strtol 3 ,
 .Xr strtoul 3 ,
@@ -473,7 +499,7 @@
 .Fn scanf ,
 .Fn sscanf ,
 .Fn vfscanf ,
-.Fn vscanf
+.Fn vscanf ,
 and
 .Fn vsscanf
 conform to