Subject: standards/21179: False statement in manual page for isascii(3)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/14/2003 13:39:49
>Number: 21179
>Category: standards
>Synopsis: False statement in manual page for isascii(3)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: standards-manager
>State: open
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Apr 14 04:41:00 PDT 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Christian Biere
>Release: NetBSD 1.6Q
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
From the manual page for isascii(3):
> CAVEATS
> The argument to isascii() must be EOF or representable as an
> unsigned char; otherwise, the result is undefined."
That's wrong. It's defined for all integer values.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 3 isascii
>Fix:
Remove or replace the CAVEATS section.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: