[PATCH] atof.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions

[PATCH] atof.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions

[Peng Haitao]

The function atof() is thread safe with exceptions.

Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
---
 man3/atof.3 | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man3/atof.3 b/man3/atof.3
index 1b19026..d900a27 100644
--- a/man3/atof.3
+++ b/man3/atof.3
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 .\"     386BSD man pages
 .\" Modified Mon Mar 29 22:39:24 1993, David Metcalfe
 .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:39:22 1993, Rik Faith (faith-+5Oa3zvhR2o3uPMLIKxrzw@public.gmane.org)
-.TH ATOF 3  2012-08-03 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ATOF 3  2013-10-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 atof \- convert a string to a double
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ except that
 does not detect errors.
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The converted value.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR atof ()
+function is thread-safe with exceptions.
+It can be safely used in multithreaded applications, as long as
+.BR setlocale (3)
+is not called to change the locale.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-- 
1.8.3.1

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Re: [PATCH] atof.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 08.10.2013 16:41, Peng Haitao wrote:
> The function atof() is thread safe with exceptions.

Applied.

Thanks,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man3/atof.3 | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/atof.3 b/man3/atof.3
> index 1b19026..d900a27 100644
> --- a/man3/atof.3
> +++ b/man3/atof.3
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  .\"     386BSD man pages
>  .\" Modified Mon Mar 29 22:39:24 1993, David Metcalfe
>  .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 21:39:22 1993, Rik Faith (faith-+5Oa3zvhR2o3uPMLIKxrzw@public.gmane.org)
> -.TH ATOF 3  2012-08-03 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
> +.TH ATOF 3  2013-10-08 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
>  .SH NAME
>  atof \- convert a string to a double
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ except that
>  does not detect errors.
>  .SH RETURN VALUE
>  The converted value.
> +.SH ATTRIBUTES
> +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
> +The
> +.BR atof ()
> +function is thread-safe with exceptions.
> +It can be safely used in multithreaded applications, as long as
> +.BR setlocale (3)
> +is not called to change the locale.
>  .SH CONFORMING TO
>  SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89, C99.
>  .SH SEE ALSO
> 


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