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

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

[Peng Haitao]

The function wcwidth() is thread safe with exceptions.

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

diff --git a/man3/wcwidth.3 b/man3/wcwidth.3
index 87bfca9..b689eed 100644
--- a/man3/wcwidth.3
+++ b/man3/wcwidth.3
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 .\"   Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/
 .\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
 .\"
-.TH WCWIDTH 3  2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCWIDTH 3  2013-11-04 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 wcwidth \- determine columns needed for a wide character
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ The
 function returns the number of
 column positions for
 .IR c .
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR wcwidth ()
+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
 POSIX.1-2001.
 
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Re: [PATCH] wcwidth.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread safe with exceptions

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 11/04/13 18:15, Peng Haitao wrote:
> The function wcwidth() is thread safe with exceptions.

Thanks, Peng Haitao. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man3/wcwidth.3 | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/wcwidth.3 b/man3/wcwidth.3
> index 87bfca9..b689eed 100644
> --- a/man3/wcwidth.3
> +++ b/man3/wcwidth.3
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>  .\"   Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/
>  .\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
>  .\"
> -.TH WCWIDTH 3  2011-09-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
> +.TH WCWIDTH 3  2013-11-04 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
>  .SH NAME
>  wcwidth \- determine columns needed for a wide character
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ The
>  function returns the number of
>  column positions for
>  .IR c .
> +.SH ATTRIBUTES
> +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
> +The
> +.BR wcwidth ()
> +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
>  POSIX.1-2001.
>  
> 


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