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4176 tolower(3c) refers to nonexistent _tolower(3c)
Reviewed by: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
Reviewed by: Josef Sipek <jeffpc@josefsipek.net>
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
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-.TH TOLOWER 3C "Jun 21, 2014"
+.TH TOLOWER 3C "Oct 4, 2015"
.SH NAME
tolower, tolower_l \- transliterate upper-case characters to lower-case
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
\fBint\fR \fBtolower_l\fR(\fBint\fR \fIc\fR, \fBlocale_t\fR \fIloc\fR);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
-The \fBtolower()\fR function has as a domain a type \fBint\fR, the value of
+The \fBtolower()\fR function has as a domain of type \fBint\fR, the value of
which is representable as an \fBunsigned char\fR or the value of \fBEOF\fR. If
the argument has any other value, the argument is returned unchanged. If the
argument of \fBtolower()\fR represents an upper-case letter, and there exists a
corresponding lower-case letter (as defined by character type information in
the locale category \fB\fR\fBLC_CTYPE\fR\fB), \fR the result is the
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@
unchanged.
.LP
The function \fBtolower_l()\fR behaves identically to \fBtolower()\fR, except
instead of operating in the current locale, it operates in the locale
specified by \fIloc\fR.
+.LP
+A macro form, \fB_tolower()\fR exists. It is defined for standards
+conformance, particularly with legacy standards. It was deprecated in
+POSIX 2008 (Issue 7), and its use is discouraged. The macro, on this
+system, is just an alias for \fBtolower()\fR.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.LP
On successful completion, \fBtolower()\fR returns the lower-case letter
corresponding to the argument passed. Otherwise, it returns the argument
unchanged.
@@ -57,7 +62,7 @@
MT-Level MT-Safe
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
.LP
-\fB_tolower\fR(3C), \fBnewlocale\fR(3C), \fBsetlocale\fR(3C),
+\fBnewlocale\fR(3C), \fBsetlocale\fR(3C),
\fBuselocale\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)