On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 03:32:40PM -0400, Andre Smagin wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> mbstowcs(3), wcrtomb(3) and wcstombs(3) use a bit awkward wording -
> "the first at most", and repeat "array pointed to by blah" from the
> previous sentence.
> 
> Perhaps something similar to this diff would make them easier to read?
> 

fixed, thanks.
jmc

> 
> Index: mbstowcs.3
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/mbstowcs.3,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -p -u -r1.5 mbstowcs.3
> --- mbstowcs.3        5 Jun 2013 03:39:22 -0000       1.5
> +++ mbstowcs.3        18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
> @@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ converts a null-terminated multibyte cha
>  to the corresponding wide-character string and stores it in the array
>  pointed to by
>  .Fa pwcs .
> -This function may modify the first at most
> +Up to
>  .Fa n
> -elements of the array pointed to by
> +elements are stored in
>  .Fa pwcs .
>  Each character will be converted as if
>  .Xr mbtowc 3
> Index: wcrtomb.3
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/wcrtomb.3,v
> retrieving revision 1.7
> diff -u -p -u -r1.7 wcrtomb.3
> --- wcrtomb.3 28 Aug 2013 16:24:07 -0000      1.7
> +++ wcrtomb.3 18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
> @@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ pointed to by
>  unless
>  .Fa s
>  is a null pointer.
> -This function will modify the first at most
> +Up to
>  .Dv MB_CUR_MAX
> -bytes of the array pointed by
> +bytes are stored in
>  .Fa s .
>  .Pp
>  The behaviour of
> Index: wcstombs.3
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/wcstombs.3,v
> retrieving revision 1.5
> diff -u -p -u -r1.5 wcstombs.3
> --- wcstombs.3        5 Jun 2013 03:39:22 -0000       1.5
> +++ wcstombs.3        18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
> @@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ converts the null-terminated wide-charac
>  to the corresponding multibyte character string,
>  and stores it in the array pointed to by
>  .Fa s .
> -This function may modify the first at most
> +Up to
>  .Fa n
> -bytes of the array pointed to by
> +bytes are stored in
>  .Fa s .
>  Each character will be converted as if
>  .Xr wctomb 3
> 

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