setlocale.3: tweak C/POSIX locale portability description
PATCH 1/1 setlocale.3: tweak C/POSIX locale portability description
Hi Michael,
as discussed earlier, the current description might be a little bit too stringent, let's avoid the issue by describing the portability aspect on a slightly higher level.
References:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap06.html
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/setlocale.html
--- man3/setlocale.3 | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
man3/setlocale.3 +2 -4
@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ The locale .B """C""" or .B """POSIX""" -is a portable locale; its -.B LC_CTYPE -part corresponds to the 7-bit ASCII -character set. +is a portable locale; +it exists on all conforming systems. .PP A locale name is typically of the form .IR language "[_" territory "][." codeset "][@" modifier "],"
Thanks,
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Quoted 11 lines · Marko Myllynen
Hi Michael,
as discussed earlier, the current description might be a little bit too stringent, let's avoid the issue by describing the portability aspect on a slightly higher level.
References:
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap06.html
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/setlocale.html
Thanks, Marko. Applied.
Cheers,
Michael
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--- man3/setlocale.3 | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)man3/setlocale.3 +2
-4@@ -117,10 +117,8 @@ The locale .B """C""" or .B """POSIX""" -is a portable locale; its -.B LC_CTYPE -part corresponds to the 7-bit ASCII -character set. +is a portable locale; +it exists on all conforming systems. .PP A locale name is typically of the form .IR language "[_" territory "][." codeset "][@" modifier "],"Thanks,
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Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html