Both POSIX and glibc use 'restrict' in regcomp(), regexec(), regerror(). Let's use it here too. .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype regcomp posix/regex.h:644: extern int regcomp (regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg, const char *_Restrict_ __pattern, int __cflags); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype regexec posix/regex.h:648: extern int regexec (const regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg, const char *_Restrict_ __String, size_t __nmatch, regmatch_t __pmatch[_Restrict_arr_], int __eflags); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype regerror posix/regex.h:653: extern size_t regerror (int __errcode, const regex_t *_Restrict_ __preg, char *_Restrict_ __errbuf, size_t __errbuf_size); .../glibc$ Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/regex.3 | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3 index 79af42ff4..12e43b3f9 100644 --- a/man3/regex.3 +++ b/man3/regex.3 @@ -34,13 +34,15 @@ regcomp, regexec, regerror, regfree \- POSIX regex functions .nf .B #include <regex.h> .PP -.BI "int regcomp(regex_t *" preg ", const char *" regex ", int " cflags ); -.BI "int regexec(const regex_t *" preg ", const char *" string \ -", size_t " nmatch , -.BI " regmatch_t " pmatch[] ", int " eflags ); +.BI "int regcomp(regex_t *restrict " preg ", const char *restrict " regex , +.BI " int " cflags ); +.BI "int regexec(const regex_t *restrict " preg \ +", const char *restrict " string , +.BI " size_t " nmatch ", regmatch_t " pmatch "[restrict]\ +, int " eflags ); .PP -.BI "size_t regerror(int " errcode ", const regex_t *" preg ", char *" errbuf , -.BI " size_t " errbuf_size ); +.BI "size_t regerror(int " errcode ", const regex_t *restrict " preg , +.BI " char *restrict " errbuf ", size_t " errbuf_size ); .BI "void regfree(regex_t *" preg ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -- 2.30.1