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Subject: [Bug 42042] strchr(3) and memchr(3) should explain behaviour when
character 'c' is '\0'.
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:32:32 GMT
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--- Comment #6 from Michael Kerrisk 2012-04-23 20:32:31 ---
James,
Thanks for the detailed report, and sorry I've been slow to respond.
For strchr(3), I applied a variation of what you proposed:
--- a/man3/strchr.3
+++ b/man3/strchr.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
.\" 2006-05-19, Justin Pryzby
.\" Document strchrnul(3).
.\"
-.TH STRCHR 3 2010-09-20 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH STRCHR 3 2012-04-24 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
strchr, strrchr, strchrnul \- locate character in string
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ and
.BR strrchr ()
functions return a pointer to
the matched character or NULL if the character is not found.
+The terminating null byte is considered part of the string,
+so that if
+.I c
+is specified as \(aq\\0\(aq,
+these functions return a pointer to the terminator.
The
.BR strchrnul ()
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