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

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

[Peng Haitao]

The function iswalnum() is thread safe with exceptions.

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

diff --git a/man3/iswalnum.3 b/man3/iswalnum.3
index 89e98a2..aa7d069 100644
--- a/man3/iswalnum.3
+++ b/man3/iswalnum.3
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 .\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
 .\"   ISO/IEC 9899:1999
 .\"
-.TH ISWALNUM 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH ISWALNUM 3  2014-01-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 iswalnum \- test for alphanumeric wide character
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ if
 is a wide character
 belonging to the wide-character class "alnum".
 Otherwise it returns zero.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR iswalnum ()
+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 during its execution.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 C99.
 .SH NOTES
-- 
1.8.4.2

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

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Thanks, Haitao. Applied.

Cheers

Michael


On 01/28/2014 08:19 AM, Peng Haitao wrote:
> The function iswalnum() is thread safe with exceptions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
>  man3/iswalnum.3 | 10 +++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/iswalnum.3 b/man3/iswalnum.3
> index 89e98a2..aa7d069 100644
> --- a/man3/iswalnum.3
> +++ b/man3/iswalnum.3
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
>  .\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
>  .\"   ISO/IEC 9899:1999
>  .\"
> -.TH ISWALNUM 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
> +.TH ISWALNUM 3  2014-01-28 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
>  .SH NAME
>  iswalnum \- test for alphanumeric wide character
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ if
>  is a wide character
>  belonging to the wide-character class "alnum".
>  Otherwise it returns zero.
> +.SH ATTRIBUTES
> +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
> +The
> +.BR iswalnum ()
> +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 during its execution.
>  .SH CONFORMING TO
>  C99.
>  .SH NOTES
> 


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