atol.3.patch   [plain text]


--- atol.3.orig	2007-04-08 18:49:34.000000000 -0700
+++ atol.3	2007-04-08 19:21:38.000000000 -0700
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
 .Dt ATOL 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm atol , atoll
+.Nm atol , atoll ,
+.Nm atol_l , atoll_l
 .Nd convert
 .Tn ASCII
 string to
@@ -53,14 +54,19 @@
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In stdlib.h
 .Ft long
-.Fn atol "const char *nptr"
+.Fn atol "const char *str"
 .Ft "long long"
-.Fn atoll "const char *nptr"
+.Fn atoll "const char *str"
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft long
+.Fn atol_l "const char *str" "locale_t loc"
+.Ft "long long"
+.Fn atoll_l "const char *str" "locale_t loc"
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn atol
 function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
-.Fa nptr
+.Fa str
 to
 .Vt long
 integer
@@ -68,12 +74,12 @@
 .Pp
 It is equivalent to:
 .Pp
-.Dl "strtol(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);"
+.Dl "strtol(str, (char **)NULL, 10);"
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn atoll
 function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
-.Fa nptr
+.Fa str
 to
 .Vt "long long"
 integer
@@ -81,7 +87,19 @@
 .Pp
 It is equivalent to:
 .Pp
-.Dl "strtoll(nptr, (char **)NULL, 10);"
+.Dl "strtoll(str, (char **)NULL, 10);"
+.Pp
+While the
+.Fn atol
+and
+.Fn atoll
+functions use the current locale, the
+.Fn atol_l
+and
+.Fn atoll_l
+functions may be passed locales directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh ERRORS
 The functions
 .Fn atol
@@ -96,7 +114,8 @@
 .Xr atoi 3 ,
 .Xr strtod 3 ,
 .Xr strtol 3 ,
-.Xr strtoul 3
+.Xr strtoul 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn atol