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:
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