Subject: standards/4351: isascii(3) lies
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@puddle.plethora.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/17/1997 21:15:37
>Number: 4351
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: isascii(3) lies
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sat Oct 25 21:50:01 1997
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Peter Seebach
>Organization:
>Release: 1.2G
>Environment:
System: NetBSD puddle.plethora.net 1.2G NetBSD 1.2G (PUDDLE) #0: Mon Sep 15 22:01:04 PDT 1997 seebs@puddle.plethora.net:/mud/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/PUDDLE i386
>Description:
isascii(3) claims to conform to ANSI C, but, as ctype(3) notes, it
doesn't. ANSI says nothing about isascii.
>How-To-Repeat:
man isascii
>Fix:
Remove, or patch to refer to POSIX?
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: