+2001-10-17 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+
+ * argv.c, asprintf.c, choose-temp.c, concat.c, cplus-dem.c,
+ ffs.c, fnmatch.txh, getruntime.c, make-temp-file.c,
+ mkstemps.c, pexecute.c, random.c, strsitnal.c, vasprintf.c:
+ Improve manual formatting.
+ * functions.texi: Regenerate.
+
2001-10-15 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
* Makefile.in (TEXIFILES): Add fnmatch.txh.
Duplicate an argument vector. Simply scans through @var{vector},
duplicating each argument until the terminating @code{NULL} is found.
-Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
+Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
@code{NULL} if there is insufficient memory to complete building the
argument vector.
system with the single function call @code{freeargv}, which takes the
returned result of @code{buildargv}, as it's argument.
-Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
+Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
@code{NULL} if @var{sp} is @code{NULL} or if there is insufficient
memory to complete building the argument vector.
/*
-@deftypefn Extension int asprintf (char **@var{resptr}, char *@var{format}, ...)
+@deftypefn Extension int asprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, ...)
Like @code{sprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer, you
pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size of
/*
-@deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base ()
+@deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base (void)
Return a prefix for temporary file names or @code{NULL} if unable to
find one. The current directory is chosen if all else fails so the
/*
-@deftypefn Extension char* concat (char *@var{s1}, char *@var{s2}, ..., @code{NULL})
+@deftypefn Extension char* concat (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, @dots{}, @code{NULL})
Concatenate zero or more of strings and return the result in freshly
-xmalloc'd memory. Returns @code{NULL} if insufficient memory is
+@code{xmalloc}ed memory. Returns @code{NULL} if insufficient memory is
available. The argument list is terminated by the first @code{NULL}
pointer encountered. Pointers to empty strings are ignored.
/*
-@deftypefn Extension char* reconcat (char *@var{optr}, char *@var{s1}, ..., @code{NULL})
+@deftypefn Extension char* reconcat (char *@var{optr}, const char *@var{s1}, @dots{}, @code{NULL})
Same as @code{concat}, except that if @var{optr} is not @code{NULL} it
is freed after the string is created. This is intended to be useful
/* char *cplus_demangle (const char *mangled, int options)
If MANGLED is a mangled function name produced by GNU C++, then
- a pointer to a malloced string giving a C++ representation
+ a pointer to a @code{malloc}ed string giving a C++ representation
of the name will be returned; otherwise NULL will be returned.
It is the caller's responsibility to free the string which
is returned.
@deftypefn Supplemental int ffs (int @var{valu})
-Find the first (least significant) bit set in @var{valu}. Bits are
+Find the first (least significant) bit set in @var{valu}. Bits are
numbered from right to left, starting with bit 1 (corresponding to the
value 1). If @var{valu} is zero, zero is returned.
zero or more characters, or a set of alternate characters in square
brackets, like @samp{[a-gt8]}, which match one character (@code{a}
through @code{g}, or @code{t}, or @code{8}, in this example) if that one
-character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e. match anything
+character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e., match anything
except what's in the set) by giving @code{^} or @code{!} as the first
character in the set. To include those characters in the set, list them
as anything other than the first character of the set. To include a
@code{flags} controls various aspects of the matching process, and is a
boolean OR of zero or more of the following values (defined in
-@code{<fnmatch.h>}:
+@code{<fnmatch.h>}):
@table @code
@end deftypefn
@c asprintf.c:33
-@deftypefn Extension int asprintf (char **@var{resptr}, char *@var{format}, ...)
+@deftypefn Extension int asprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, ...)
Like @code{sprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer, you
pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size of
system with the single function call @code{freeargv}, which takes the
returned result of @code{buildargv}, as it's argument.
-Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
+Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
@code{NULL} if @var{sp} is @code{NULL} or if there is insufficient
memory to complete building the argument vector.
@end deftypefn
@c choose-temp.c:42
-@deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base ()
+@deftypefn Extension char* choose_temp_base (void)
Return a prefix for temporary file names or @code{NULL} if unable to
find one. The current directory is chosen if all else fails so the
@end deftypefn
@c concat.c:24
-@deftypefn Extension char* concat (char *@var{s1}, char *@var{s2}, ..., @code{NULL})
+@deftypefn Extension char* concat (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, @dots{}, @code{NULL})
Concatenate zero or more of strings and return the result in freshly
-xmalloc'd memory. Returns @code{NULL} if insufficient memory is
+@code{xmalloc}ed memory. Returns @code{NULL} if insufficient memory is
available. The argument list is terminated by the first @code{NULL}
pointer encountered. Pointers to empty strings are ignored.
Duplicate an argument vector. Simply scans through @var{vector},
duplicating each argument until the terminating @code{NULL} is found.
-Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
+Returns a pointer to the argument vector if successful. Returns
@code{NULL} if there is insufficient memory to complete building the
argument vector.
@c ffs.c:3
@deftypefn Supplemental int ffs (int @var{valu})
-Find the first (least significant) bit set in @var{valu}. Bits are
+Find the first (least significant) bit set in @var{valu}. Bits are
numbered from right to left, starting with bit 1 (corresponding to the
value 1). If @var{valu} is zero, zero is returned.
zero or more characters, or a set of alternate characters in square
brackets, like @samp{[a-gt8]}, which match one character (@code{a}
through @code{g}, or @code{t}, or @code{8}, in this example) if that one
-character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e. match anything
+character is in the set. A set may be inverted (i.e., match anything
except what's in the set) by giving @code{^} or @code{!} as the first
character in the set. To include those characters in the set, list them
as anything other than the first character of the set. To include a
@code{flags} controls various aspects of the matching process, and is a
boolean OR of zero or more of the following values (defined in
-@code{<fnmatch.h>}:
+@code{<fnmatch.h>}):
@table @code
@end deftypefn
@c getruntime.c:78
-@deftypefn Replacement long get_run_time ()
+@deftypefn Replacement long get_run_time (void)
Returns the time used so far, in microseconds. If possible, this is
the time used by this process, else it is the elapsed time since the
Return a temporary file name (as a string) or @code{NULL} if unable to
create one. @var{suffix} is a suffix to append to the file name. The
-string is malloced, and the temporary file has been created.
+string is @code{malloc}ed, and the temporary file has been created.
@end deftypefn
@var{template} has the form:
@example
- <path>/ccXXXXXX<suffix>
+ @var{path}/ccXXXXXX@var{suffix}
@end example
-@var{suffix_len} tells us how long <suffix> is (it can be zero
-length). The last six characters of @var{template} before <suffix>
-must be @code{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
+@var{suffix_len} tells us how long @var{suffix} is (it can be zero
+length). The last six characters of @var{template} before @var{suffix}
+must be @samp{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
filename unique. Returns a file descriptor open on the file for
reading and writing.
@var{program} and @var{argv} are the arguments to
@code{execv}/@code{execvp}.
-@var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e. @code{argv[0]}).
+@var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e., @code{argv[0]}).
@var{temp_base} is the path name, sans suffix, of a temporary file to
use if needed. This is currently only needed for MS-DOS ports that
don't use @code{go32} (do any still exist?). Ports that don't need it
can pass @code{NULL}.
-(@var{flags} & @code{PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @code{$PATH} should be searched
-(??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag correctly). (@var{flags} &
-@code{PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the first process in chain.
-(@var{flags} & @code{PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the last process
+(@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @env{PATH} should be searched
+(??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag correctly). (@code{@var{flags} &
+PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the first process in chain.
+(@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the last process
in chain. The first/last flags could be simplified to only mark the
last of a chain of processes but that requires the caller to always
mark the last one (and not give up early if some error occurs).
@code{fork}/@code{exec} and on systems like WIN32 and OS/2 where we
use @code{spawn}. It is up to the caller to wait for the child.
-The result is the WEXITSTATUS on systems like MS-DOS where we
+The result is the @code{WEXITSTATUS} on systems like MS-DOS where we
@code{spawn} and wait for the child here.
Upon failure, @var{errmsg_fmt} and @var{errmsg_arg} are set to the
text of the error message with an optional argument (if not needed,
-@var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and -1 is returned.
+@var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and @minus{}1 is returned.
@code{errno} is available to the caller to use.
@end deftypefn
@end deftypefn
@c random.c:39
-@deftypefn Supplement {long int} random ()
+@deftypefn Supplement {long int} random (void)
@deftypefnx Supplement void srandom (unsigned int @var{seed})
@deftypefnx Supplement void* initstate (unsigned int @var{seed}, void *@var{arg_state}, unsigned long @var{n})
@deftypefnx Supplement void* setstate (void *@var{arg_state})
Random number functions. @code{random} returns a random number in the
-range @code{0..LONG_MAX}. @code{srandom} initializes the random
+range 0 to @code{LONG_MAX}. @code{srandom} initializes the random
number generator to some starting point determined by @var{seed}
(else, the values returned by @code{random} are always the same for each
-run of the program). @code{initstate} and @code{setstate} allow fine-grain
+run of the program). @code{initstate} and @code{setstate} allow fine-grained
control over the state of the random number generator.
@end deftypefn
@c concat.c:177
-@deftypefn Extension char* reconcat (char *@var{optr}, char *@var{s1}, ..., @code{NULL})
+@deftypefn Extension char* reconcat (char *@var{optr}, const char *@var{s1}, @dots{}, @code{NULL})
Same as @code{concat}, except that if @var{optr} is not @code{NULL} it
is freed after the string is created. This is intended to be useful
@end deftypefn
@c strsignal.c:353
-@deftypefn Extension int signo_max ()
+@deftypefn Extension int signo_max (void)
Returns the maximum signal value for which a corresponding symbolic
name or message is available. Note that in the case where we use the
@end deftypefn
@c vasprintf.c:48
-@deftypefn Extension int vasprintf (char **@var{resptr}, char *@var{format}, va_list @var{args})
+@deftypefn Extension int vasprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{args})
Like @code{vsprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer,
you pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size
/*
-@deftypefn Replacement long get_run_time ()
+@deftypefn Replacement long get_run_time (void)
Returns the time used so far, in microseconds. If possible, this is
the time used by this process, else it is the elapsed time since the
Return a temporary file name (as a string) or @code{NULL} if unable to
create one. @var{suffix} is a suffix to append to the file name. The
-string is malloced, and the temporary file has been created.
+string is @code{malloc}ed, and the temporary file has been created.
@end deftypefn
@var{template} has the form:
@example
- <path>/ccXXXXXX<suffix>
+ @var{path}/ccXXXXXX@var{suffix}
@end example
-@var{suffix_len} tells us how long <suffix> is (it can be zero
-length). The last six characters of @var{template} before <suffix>
-must be @code{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
+@var{suffix_len} tells us how long @var{suffix} is (it can be zero
+length). The last six characters of @var{template} before @var{suffix}
+must be @samp{XXXXXX}; they are replaced with a string that makes the
filename unique. Returns a file descriptor open on the file for
reading and writing.
@var{program} and @var{argv} are the arguments to
@code{execv}/@code{execvp}.
-@var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e. @code{argv[0]}).
+@var{this_pname} is name of the calling program (i.e., @code{argv[0]}).
@var{temp_base} is the path name, sans suffix, of a temporary file to
use if needed. This is currently only needed for MS-DOS ports that
don't use @code{go32} (do any still exist?). Ports that don't need it
can pass @code{NULL}.
-(@var{flags} & @code{PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @code{$PATH} should be searched
-(??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag correctly). (@var{flags} &
-@code{PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the first process in chain.
-(@var{flags} & @code{PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the last process
+(@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_SEARCH}) is non-zero if @env{PATH} should be searched
+(??? It's not clear that GCC passes this flag correctly). (@code{@var{flags} &
+PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the first process in chain.
+(@code{@var{flags} & PEXECUTE_FIRST}) is nonzero for the last process
in chain. The first/last flags could be simplified to only mark the
last of a chain of processes but that requires the caller to always
mark the last one (and not give up early if some error occurs).
@code{fork}/@code{exec} and on systems like WIN32 and OS/2 where we
use @code{spawn}. It is up to the caller to wait for the child.
-The result is the WEXITSTATUS on systems like MS-DOS where we
+The result is the @code{WEXITSTATUS} on systems like MS-DOS where we
@code{spawn} and wait for the child here.
Upon failure, @var{errmsg_fmt} and @var{errmsg_arg} are set to the
text of the error message with an optional argument (if not needed,
-@var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and -1 is returned.
+@var{errmsg_arg} is set to @code{NULL}), and @minus{}1 is returned.
@code{errno} is available to the caller to use.
@end deftypefn
/*
-@deftypefn Supplement {long int} random ()
+@deftypefn Supplement {long int} random (void)
@deftypefnx Supplement void srandom (unsigned int @var{seed})
@deftypefnx Supplement void* initstate (unsigned int @var{seed}, void *@var{arg_state}, unsigned long @var{n})
@deftypefnx Supplement void* setstate (void *@var{arg_state})
Random number functions. @code{random} returns a random number in the
-range @code{0..LONG_MAX}. @code{srandom} initializes the random
+range 0 to @code{LONG_MAX}. @code{srandom} initializes the random
number generator to some starting point determined by @var{seed}
(else, the values returned by @code{random} are always the same for each
-run of the program). @code{initstate} and @code{setstate} allow fine-grain
+run of the program). @code{initstate} and @code{setstate} allow fine-grained
control over the state of the random number generator.
@end deftypefn
/*
-@deftypefn Extension int signo_max ()
+@deftypefn Extension int signo_max (void)
Returns the maximum signal value for which a corresponding symbolic
name or message is available. Note that in the case where we use the
/*
-@deftypefn Extension int vasprintf (char **@var{resptr}, char *@var{format}, va_list @var{args})
+@deftypefn Extension int vasprintf (char **@var{resptr}, const char *@var{format}, va_list @var{args})
Like @code{vsprintf}, but instead of passing a pointer to a buffer,
you pass a pointer to a pointer. This function will compute the size
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