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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>
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@
int toupper_l(int c, locale_t loc);
DESCRIPTION
- The toupper() function has as a domain a type int, the value of which
+ The toupper() function has as a domain of type int, the value of which
is representable as an unsigned char or the value of EOF. If the
argument has any other value, the argument is returned unchanged. If
the argument of toupper() represents a lower-case letter, and there
exists a corresponding upper-case letter (as defined by character type
information in the locale category LC_CTYPE), the result is the
@@ -25,10 +25,15 @@
The function toupper_l() behaves identically to toupper(), except
instead of operating in the current locale, it operates in the locale
specified by loc.
+ A macro form, _toupper() 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 toupper().
+
RETURN VALUES
On successful completion, toupper() returns the upper-case letter
corresponding to the argument passed.
ERRORS
@@ -46,11 +51,11 @@
+--------------------+-----------------+
|MT-Level | MT-Safe |
+--------------------+-----------------+
SEE ALSO
- _toupper(3C), newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C),
- attributes(5), standards(5)
+ newlocale(3C), setlocale(3C), uselocale(3C), attributes(5),
+ standards(5)
- June 21, 2014 TOUPPER(3C)
+ October 4, 2015 TOUPPER(3C)