Hello Alan,
On 02/03/2016 06:25 PM, Alan Aversa wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The 2015-08-08 strlen man-page is incorrect. Here's a diff:
>
> --- a/man3/strlen.3
> +++ b/man3/strlen.3
> @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ excluding the terminating null byte (\(aq\\0\(aq).
> .SH RETURN VALUE
> The
> .BR strlen ()
> -function returns the number of bytes in the string
> +function returns the number of *characters* in the string that
> precede the terminating null character
I went for a simpler change: s/bytes/characters/
> .IR s .
> .SH ATTRIBUTES
> For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
> @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ T{
> T} Thread safety MT-Safe
> .TE
> .SH CONFORMING TO
> -POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
> +POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C89, C99, C11, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
Fixed.
> .SH SEE ALSO
> .BR string (3),
> .BR strnlen (3),
>
> Page 392 (PDF p. 390, §7.24.6.3) of the C11 standard
> <http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1570.pdf> says:
>
> The *strlen* function returns the number of characters that precede
> the terminating null character.
Thanks for the report. Interesting, POSIX.1 still uses the term "bytes"
the spec.
Cheers,
Michael
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