Both POSIX and glibc use 'restrict' in stpcpy(), strcat(), strcpy(), strncat(), strncpy(), strtok(), strxfrm(). Let's use it here too. .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype stpcpy string/string.h:475: extern char *stpcpy (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src) __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strcat string/string.h:133: extern char *strcat (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src) __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strcpy string/string.h:125: extern char *strcpy (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src) __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strncat string/string.h:136: extern char *strncat (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strncpy string/string.h:128: extern char *strncpy (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((1, 2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strtok string/string.h:340: extern char *strtok (char *__restrict __s, const char *__restrict __delim) __THROW __nonnull ((2)); .../glibc$ grep_glibc_prototype strxfrm string/string.h:150: extern size_t strxfrm (char *__restrict __dest, const char *__restrict __src, size_t __n) __THROW __nonnull ((2)) __attr_access ((__write_only__, 1, 3)); .../glibc$ Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/string.3 | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/string.3 b/man3/string.3 index ab4cc3ce7..06da21c28 100644 --- a/man3/string.3 +++ b/man3/string.3 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ in the string .TP .B #include <string.h> .TP -.BI "char *stpcpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ); +.BI "char *stpcpy(char *restrict " dest ", const char *restrict " src ); Copy a string from .I src to @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ to returning a pointer to the end of the resulting string at .IR dest . .TP -.BI "char *strcat(char *" dest ", const char *" src ); +.BI "char *strcat(char *restrict " dest ", const char *restrict " src ); Append the string .I src to the string @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ with .I s2 using the current locale. .TP -.BI "char *strcpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ); +.BI "char *strcpy(char *restrict " dest ", const char *restrict " src ); Copy the string .I src to @@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ Randomly swap the characters in Return the length of the string .IR s . .TP -.BI "char *strncat(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n ); +.BI "char *strncat(char *restrict " dest ", const char *restrict " src \ +", size_t " n ); Append at most .I n bytes from the string @@ -147,7 +148,8 @@ bytes of the strings and .IR s2 . .TP -.BI "char *strncpy(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n ); +.BI "char *strncpy(char *restrict " dest ", const char *restrict " src \ +", size_t " n ); Copy at most .I n bytes from string @@ -188,19 +190,20 @@ in the string .IR haystack , returning a pointer to the found substring. .TP -.BI "char *strtok(char *" s ", const char *" delim ); +.BI "char *strtok(char *restrict " s ", const char *restrict " delim ); Extract tokens from the string .I s that are delimited by one of the bytes in .IR delim . .TP -.BI "size_t strxfrm(char *" dest ", const char *" src ", size_t " n ); +.BI "size_t strxfrm(char *restrict " dst ", const char *restrict " src \ +", size_t " n ); Transforms .I src to the current locale and copies the first .I n bytes to -.IR dest . +.IR dst . .SH DESCRIPTION The string functions perform operations on null-terminated strings. -- 2.30.1.721.g45526154a5