Hi наб! On 4/20/23 17:35, наб wrote: > Behold: > regerror() is passed the error code, errcode, the pattern buffer, > preg, a pointer to a character string buffer, errbuf, and the size > of the string buffer, errbuf_size. > > Absolute soup. This reads to me like an ill-conceived copy from a very Single space after period is evil. I'd like to point you to this rant o'mine where I give more details, to not repeat myself too much: <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/9c5c5744-dde0-b333-09e0-ba9d92aa96b1@xxxxxxxxx/T/#mb4eb99c9bccb59c6df82c1f6945766c878d85f07> I've cleaned up those crimes before applying, and then applied this patch. :) Cheers, Alex > early standard version. It looks fine in source form but is horrific to > read as running text. > > Instead, replace all of these with just the descriptions of what they do > with their arguments. What the arguments are is very clearly noted in > big bold in the prototypes. > > Signed-off-by: Ahelenia Ziemiańska <nabijaczleweli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man3/regex.3 | 22 +++++++--------------- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/man3/regex.3 b/man3/regex.3 > index 129c42412..2f6ee816f 100644 > --- a/man3/regex.3 > +++ b/man3/regex.3 > @@ -38,21 +38,13 @@ .SS Compilation > .BR regexec () > searches. > .PP > -.BR regcomp () > -is supplied with > -.IR preg , > -a pointer to a pattern buffer storage area; > -.IR regex , > -a pointer to the null-terminated string and > -.IR cflags , > -flags used to determine the type of compilation. > -.PP > -All regular expression searching must be done via a compiled pattern > -buffer, thus > -.BR regexec () > -must always be supplied with the address of a > -.BR regcomp ()-initialized > -pattern buffer. > +On success, the pattern buffer at > +.I *preg > +is initialized. > +.I regex > +is a null-terminated string. > +The locale must be the same when running > +.BR regexec (). > .PP > .I cflags > is the -- <http://www.alejandro-colomar.es/> GPG key fingerprint: A9348594CE31283A826FBDD8D57633D441E25BB5
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