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author | Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> | 2014-02-01 02:46:54 -0200 |
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committer | Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> | 2014-02-01 02:46:54 -0200 |
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* manual/string.texi: Document MTASC-safety properties.
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diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi index e59f18c9ce..c98840e326 100644 --- a/manual/string.texi +++ b/manual/string.texi @@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ This function is declared in the header file @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t strlen (const char *@var{s}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strlen} function returns the length of the null-terminated string @var{s} in bytes. (In other words, it returns the offset of the terminating null character within the array.) @@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ The wide character equivalent is declared in @file{wchar.h}. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t wcslen (const wchar_t *@var{ws}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcslen} function is the wide character equivalent to @code{strlen}. The return value is the number of wide characters in the wide character string pointed to by @var{ws} (this is also the offset of @@ -300,6 +302,7 @@ This function was introduced in @w{Amendment 1} to @w{ISO C90}. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun size_t strnlen (const char *@var{s}, size_t @var{maxlen}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strnlen} function returns the length of the string @var{s} in bytes if this length is smaller than @var{maxlen} bytes. Otherwise it returns @var{maxlen}. Therefore this function is equivalent to @@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension and is declared in @file{string.h}. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun size_t wcsnlen (const wchar_t *@var{ws}, size_t @var{maxlen}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{wcsnlen} is the wide character equivalent to @code{strnlen}. The @var{maxlen} parameter specifies the maximum number of wide characters. @@ -367,6 +371,7 @@ Functions}). @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {void *} memcpy (void *restrict @var{to}, const void *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{memcpy} function copies @var{size} bytes from the object beginning at @var{from} into the object beginning at @var{to}. The behavior of this function is undefined if the two arrays @var{to} and @@ -388,6 +393,7 @@ memcpy (new, old, arraysize * sizeof (struct foo)); @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wmemcpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wmemcpy} function copies @var{size} wide characters from the object beginning at @var{wfrom} into the object beginning at @var{wto}. The behavior of this function is undefined if the two arrays @var{wto} and @@ -413,6 +419,7 @@ This function was introduced in @w{Amendment 1} to @w{ISO C90}. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void *} mempcpy (void *restrict @var{to}, const void *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{mempcpy} function is nearly identical to the @code{memcpy} function. It copies @var{size} bytes from the object beginning at @code{from} into the object pointed to by @var{to}. But instead of @@ -440,6 +447,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wmempcpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wmempcpy} function is nearly identical to the @code{wmemcpy} function. It copies @var{size} wide characters from the object beginning at @code{wfrom} into the object pointed to by @var{wto}. But @@ -468,6 +476,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {void *} memmove (void *@var{to}, const void *@var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{memmove} copies the @var{size} bytes at @var{from} into the @var{size} bytes at @var{to}, even if those two blocks of space overlap. In the case of overlap, @code{memmove} is careful to copy the @@ -480,6 +489,7 @@ The value returned by @code{memmove} is the value of @var{to}. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wmemmove (wchar_t *@var{wto}, const wchar_t *@var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{wmemmove} copies the @var{size} wide characters at @var{wfrom} into the @var{size} wide characters at @var{wto}, even if those two blocks of space overlap. In the case of overlap, @code{memmove} is @@ -507,6 +517,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment SVID @deftypefun {void *} memccpy (void *restrict @var{to}, const void *restrict @var{from}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function copies no more than @var{size} bytes from @var{from} to @var{to}, stopping if a byte matching @var{c} is found. The return value is a pointer into @var{to} one byte past where @var{c} was copied, @@ -517,6 +528,7 @@ or a null pointer if no byte matching @var{c} appeared in the first @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {void *} memset (void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function copies the value of @var{c} (converted to an @code{unsigned char}) into each of the first @var{size} bytes of the object beginning at @var{block}. It returns the value of @var{block}. @@ -525,6 +537,7 @@ object beginning at @var{block}. It returns the value of @var{block}. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wmemset (wchar_t *@var{block}, wchar_t @var{wc}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function copies the value of @var{wc} into each of the first @var{size} wide characters of the object beginning at @var{block}. It returns the value of @var{block}. @@ -533,6 +546,7 @@ returns the value of @var{block}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strcpy (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This copies characters from the string @var{from} (up to and including the terminating null character) into the string @var{to}. Like @code{memcpy}, this function has undefined results if the strings @@ -542,6 +556,7 @@ overlap. The return value is the value of @var{to}. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcscpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This copies wide characters from the string @var{wfrom} (up to and including the terminating null wide character) into the string @var{wto}. Like @code{wmemcpy}, this function has undefined results if @@ -551,6 +566,7 @@ the strings overlap. The return value is the value of @var{wto}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strncpy (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is similar to @code{strcpy} but always copies exactly @var{size} characters into @var{to}. @@ -576,6 +592,7 @@ waste a considerable amount of time copying null characters. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcsncpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is similar to @code{wcscpy} but always copies exactly @var{size} wide characters into @var{wto}. @@ -602,6 +619,7 @@ waste a considerable amount of time copying null wide characters. @comment string.h @comment SVID @deftypefun {char *} strdup (const char *@var{s}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} This function copies the null-terminated string @var{s} into a newly allocated string. The string is allocated using @code{malloc}; see @ref{Unconstrained Allocation}. If @code{malloc} cannot allocate space @@ -612,6 +630,7 @@ returns a pointer to the new string. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcsdup (const wchar_t *@var{ws}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} This function copies the null-terminated wide character string @var{ws} into a newly allocated string. The string is allocated using @code{malloc}; see @ref{Unconstrained Allocation}. If @code{malloc} @@ -625,6 +644,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} strndup (const char *@var{s}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} This function is similar to @code{strdup} but always copies at most @var{size} characters into the newly allocated string. @@ -642,6 +662,7 @@ terminates the destination string. @comment string.h @comment Unknown origin @deftypefun {char *} stpcpy (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{strcpy}, except that it returns a pointer to the end of the string @var{to} (that is, the address of the terminating null character @code{to + strlen (from)}) rather than the beginning. @@ -664,6 +685,7 @@ declared in @file{string.h}. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcpcpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{wcscpy}, except that it returns a pointer to the end of the string @var{wto} (that is, the address of the terminating null character @code{wto + strlen (wfrom)}) rather than the beginning. @@ -679,6 +701,7 @@ The behavior of @code{wcpcpy} is undefined if the strings overlap. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} stpncpy (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is similar to @code{stpcpy} but copies always exactly @var{size} characters into @var{to}. @@ -704,6 +727,7 @@ declared in @file{string.h}. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcpncpy (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is similar to @code{wcpcpy} but copies always exactly @var{wsize} characters into @var{wto}. @@ -731,6 +755,7 @@ Its behavior is undefined if the strings overlap. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefn {Macro} {char *} strdupa (const char *@var{s}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This macro is similar to @code{strdup} but allocates the new string using @code{alloca} instead of @code{malloc} (@pxref{Variable Size Automatic}). This means of course the returned string has the same @@ -757,6 +782,7 @@ This function is only available if GNU CC is used. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefn {Macro} {char *} strndupa (const char *@var{s}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is similar to @code{strndup} but like @code{strdupa} it allocates the new string using @code{alloca} @pxref{Variable Size Automatic}. The same advantages and limitations @@ -772,6 +798,7 @@ parameter list in a function call. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strcat (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strcat} function is similar to @code{strcpy}, except that the characters from @var{from} are concatenated or appended to the end of @var{to}, instead of overwriting it. That is, the first character from @@ -794,6 +821,7 @@ This function has undefined results if the strings overlap. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcscat (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcscat} function is similar to @code{wcscpy}, except that the characters from @var{wfrom} are concatenated or appended to the end of @var{wto}, instead of overwriting it. That is, the first character from @@ -942,6 +970,7 @@ is almost always unnecessary to use @code{strcat}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strncat (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{strcat} except that not more than @var{size} characters from @var{from} are appended to the end of @var{to}. A single null character is also always appended to @var{to}, so the total @@ -968,6 +997,7 @@ The behavior of @code{strncat} is undefined if the strings overlap. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcsncat (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *restrict @var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{wcscat} except that not more than @var{size} characters from @var{from} are appended to the end of @var{to}. A single null character is also always appended to @var{to}, so the total @@ -1012,6 +1042,7 @@ hello, wo @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun void bcopy (const void *@var{from}, void *@var{to}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is a partially obsolete alternative for @code{memmove}, derived from BSD. Note that it is not quite equivalent to @code{memmove}, because the arguments are not in the same order and there is no return value. @@ -1020,6 +1051,7 @@ arguments are not in the same order and there is no return value. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun void bzero (void *@var{block}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is a partially obsolete alternative for @code{memset}, derived from BSD. Note that it is not as general as @code{memset}, because the only value it can store is zero. @@ -1055,6 +1087,7 @@ All of these functions are declared in the header file @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int memcmp (const void *@var{a1}, const void *@var{a2}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The function @code{memcmp} compares the @var{size} bytes of memory beginning at @var{a1} against the @var{size} bytes of memory beginning at @var{a2}. The value returned has the same sign as the difference @@ -1068,6 +1101,7 @@ If the contents of the two blocks are equal, @code{memcmp} returns @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int wmemcmp (const wchar_t *@var{a1}, const wchar_t *@var{a2}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The function @code{wmemcmp} compares the @var{size} wide characters beginning at @var{a1} against the @var{size} wide characters beginning at @var{a2}. The value returned is smaller than or larger than zero @@ -1120,6 +1154,7 @@ you are better off writing a specialized comparison function to compare @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int strcmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strcmp} function compares the string @var{s1} against @var{s2}, returning a value that has the same sign as the difference between the first differing pair of characters (interpreted as @@ -1139,6 +1174,7 @@ strings are written in into account. To get that one has to use @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int wcscmp (const wchar_t *@var{ws1}, const wchar_t *@var{ws2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcscmp} function compares the wide character string @var{ws1} against @var{ws2}. The value returned is smaller than or larger than zero @@ -1159,6 +1195,11 @@ strings are written in into account. To get that one has to use @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun int strcasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Although this calls tolower multiple times, it's a macro, and +@c strcasecmp is optimized so that the locale pointer is read only once. +@c There are some asm implementations too, for which the single-read +@c from locale TLS pointers also applies. This function is like @code{strcmp}, except that differences in case are ignored. How uppercase and lowercase characters are related is determined by the currently selected locale. In the standard @code{"C"} @@ -1172,6 +1213,9 @@ regards these characters as parts of the alphabet they do match. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun int wcscasecmp (const wchar_t *@var{ws1}, const wchar_t *@var{ws2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Since towlower is not a macro, the locale object may be read multiple +@c times. This function is like @code{wcscmp}, except that differences in case are ignored. How uppercase and lowercase characters are related is determined by the currently selected locale. In the standard @code{"C"} @@ -1185,6 +1229,7 @@ regards these characters as parts of the alphabet they do match. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int strncmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is the similar to @code{strcmp}, except that no more than @var{size} characters are compared. In other words, if the two strings are the same in their first @var{size} characters, the @@ -1194,6 +1239,7 @@ return value is zero. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int wcsncmp (const wchar_t *@var{ws1}, const wchar_t *@var{ws2}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is the similar to @code{wcscmp}, except that no more than @var{size} wide characters are compared. In other words, if the two strings are the same in their first @var{size} wide characters, the @@ -1203,6 +1249,7 @@ return value is zero. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun int strncasecmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{strncmp}, except that differences in case are ignored. Like @code{strcasecmp}, it is locale dependent how uppercase and lowercase characters are related. @@ -1214,6 +1261,7 @@ uppercase and lowercase characters are related. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun int wcsncasecmp (const wchar_t *@var{ws1}, const wchar_t *@var{s2}, size_t @var{n}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function is like @code{wcsncmp}, except that differences in case are ignored. Like @code{wcscasecmp}, it is locale dependent how uppercase and lowercase characters are related. @@ -1247,6 +1295,8 @@ strncmp ("hello, world", "hello, stupid world!!!", 5) @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun int strverscmp (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Calls isdigit multiple times, locale may change in between. The @code{strverscmp} function compares the string @var{s1} against @var{s2}, considering them as holding indices/version numbers. The return value follows the same conventions as found in the @@ -1297,6 +1347,7 @@ because filenames frequently hold indices/version numbers. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun int bcmp (const void *@var{a1}, const void *@var{a2}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is an obsolete alias for @code{memcmp}, derived from BSD. @end deftypefun @@ -1343,6 +1394,9 @@ transformed strings with @code{strcmp} or @code{wcscmp}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int strcoll (const char *@var{s1}, const char *@var{s2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Calls strcoll_l with the current locale, which dereferences only the +@c LC_COLLATE data pointer. The @code{strcoll} function is similar to @code{strcmp} but uses the collating sequence of the current locale for collation (the @code{LC_COLLATE} locale). @@ -1351,6 +1405,8 @@ collating sequence of the current locale for collation (the @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun int wcscoll (const wchar_t *@var{ws1}, const wchar_t *@var{ws2}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Same as strcoll, but calling wcscoll_l. The @code{wcscoll} function is similar to @code{wcscmp} but uses the collating sequence of the current locale for collation (the @code{LC_COLLATE} locale). @@ -1391,6 +1447,7 @@ sort_strings (char **array, int nstrings) @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t strxfrm (char *restrict @var{to}, const char *restrict @var{from}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The function @code{strxfrm} transforms the string @var{from} using the collation transformation determined by the locale currently selected for collation, and stores the transformed string in the array @var{to}. Up @@ -1420,6 +1477,7 @@ what size the allocated array should be. It does not matter what @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t wcsxfrm (wchar_t *restrict @var{wto}, const wchar_t *@var{wfrom}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The function @code{wcsxfrm} transforms wide character string @var{wfrom} using the collation transformation determined by the locale currently selected for collation, and stores the transformed string in the array @@ -1579,6 +1637,7 @@ declared in the header file @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {void *} memchr (const void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function finds the first occurrence of the byte @var{c} (converted to an @code{unsigned char}) in the initial @var{size} bytes of the object beginning at @var{block}. The return value is a pointer to the @@ -1588,6 +1647,7 @@ located byte, or a null pointer if no match was found. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wmemchr (const wchar_t *@var{block}, wchar_t @var{wc}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function finds the first occurrence of the wide character @var{wc} in the initial @var{size} wide characters of the object beginning at @var{block}. The return value is a pointer to the located wide @@ -1597,6 +1657,7 @@ character, or a null pointer if no match was found. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void *} rawmemchr (const void *@var{block}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} Often the @code{memchr} function is used with the knowledge that the byte @var{c} is available in the memory block specified by the parameters. But this means that the @var{size} parameter is not really @@ -1627,6 +1688,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void *} memrchr (const void *@var{block}, int @var{c}, size_t @var{size}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The function @code{memrchr} is like @code{memchr}, except that it searches backwards from the end of the block defined by @var{block} and @var{size} (instead of forwards from the front). @@ -1637,6 +1699,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strchr (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strchr} function finds the first occurrence of the character @var{c} (converted to a @code{char}) in the null-terminated string beginning at @var{string}. The return value is a pointer to the located @@ -1663,6 +1726,7 @@ need that information, it is better (but less portable) to use @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcschr (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, int @var{wc}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcschr} function finds the first occurrence of the wide character @var{wc} in the null-terminated wide character string beginning at @var{wstring}. The return value is a pointer to the @@ -1678,6 +1742,7 @@ to use @code{wcschrnul} in this case, though. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} strchrnul (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{strchrnul} is the same as @code{strchr} except that if it does not find the character, it returns a pointer to string's terminating null character rather than a null pointer. @@ -1688,6 +1753,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment wchar.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcschrnul (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, wchar_t @var{wc}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{wcschrnul} is the same as @code{wcschr} except that if it does not find the wide character, it returns a pointer to wide character string's terminating null wide character rather than a null pointer. @@ -1723,6 +1789,7 @@ actually is faster. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strrchr (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The function @code{strrchr} is like @code{strchr}, except that it searches backwards from the end of the string @var{string} (instead of forwards from the front). @@ -1737,6 +1804,7 @@ strrchr ("hello, world", 'l') @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcsrchr (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, wchar_t @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The function @code{wcsrchr} is like @code{wcschr}, except that it searches backwards from the end of the string @var{wstring} (instead of forwards from the front). @@ -1745,6 +1813,7 @@ from the front). @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strstr (const char *@var{haystack}, const char *@var{needle}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is like @code{strchr}, except that it searches @var{haystack} for a substring @var{needle} rather than just a single character. It returns a pointer into the string @var{haystack} that is the first @@ -1763,6 +1832,7 @@ strstr ("hello, world", "wo") @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcsstr (const wchar_t *@var{haystack}, const wchar_t *@var{needle}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is like @code{wcschr}, except that it searches @var{haystack} for a substring @var{needle} rather than just a single wide character. It returns a pointer into the string @var{haystack} that is the first wide @@ -1773,6 +1843,7 @@ character of the substring, or a null pointer if no match was found. If @comment wchar.h @comment XPG @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcswcs (const wchar_t *@var{haystack}, const wchar_t *@var{needle}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{wcswcs} is a deprecated alias for @code{wcsstr}. This is the name originally used in the X/Open Portability Guide before the @w{Amendment 1} to @w{ISO C90} was published. @@ -1782,6 +1853,9 @@ name originally used in the X/Open Portability Guide before the @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} strcasestr (const char *@var{haystack}, const char *@var{needle}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{@mtslocale{}}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c There may be multiple calls of strncasecmp, each accessing the locale +@c object independently. This is like @code{strstr}, except that it ignores case in searching for the substring. Like @code{strcasecmp}, it is locale dependent how uppercase and lowercase characters are related. @@ -1800,6 +1874,7 @@ strcasestr ("hello, World", "wo") @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void *} memmem (const void *@var{haystack}, size_t @var{haystack-len},@*const void *@var{needle}, size_t @var{needle-len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is like @code{strstr}, but @var{needle} and @var{haystack} are byte arrays rather than null-terminated strings. @var{needle-len} is the length of @var{needle} and @var{haystack-len} is the length of @@ -1811,6 +1886,7 @@ This function is a GNU extension. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t strspn (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{skipset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strspn} (``string span'') function returns the length of the initial substring of @var{string} that consists entirely of characters that are members of the set specified by the string @var{skipset}. The order @@ -1831,6 +1907,7 @@ separately. The function is not locale-dependent. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t wcsspn (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, const wchar_t *@var{skipset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcsspn} (``wide character string span'') function returns the length of the initial substring of @var{wstring} that consists entirely of wide characters that are members of the set specified by the string @@ -1841,6 +1918,7 @@ important. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t strcspn (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{stopset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strcspn} (``string complement span'') function returns the length of the initial substring of @var{string} that consists entirely of characters that are @emph{not} members of the set specified by the string @var{stopset}. @@ -1862,6 +1940,7 @@ separately. The function is not locale-dependent. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun size_t wcscspn (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, const wchar_t *@var{stopset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcscspn} (``wide character string complement span'') function returns the length of the initial substring of @var{wstring} that consists entirely of wide characters that are @emph{not} members of the @@ -1873,6 +1952,7 @@ the set @var{stopset}.) @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strpbrk (const char *@var{string}, const char *@var{stopset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{strpbrk} (``string pointer break'') function is related to @code{strcspn}, except that it returns a pointer to the first character in @var{string} that is a member of the set @var{stopset} instead of the @@ -1897,6 +1977,7 @@ separately. The function is not locale-dependent. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcspbrk (const wchar_t *@var{wstring}, const wchar_t *@var{stopset}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{wcspbrk} (``wide character string pointer break'') function is related to @code{wcscspn}, except that it returns a pointer to the first wide character in @var{wstring} that is a member of the set @@ -1910,6 +1991,7 @@ returns a null pointer if no such character from @var{stopset} is found. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun {char *} index (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{index} is another name for @code{strchr}; they are exactly the same. New code should always use @code{strchr} since this name is defined in @w{ISO C} while @code{index} is a BSD invention which never was available @@ -1919,6 +2001,7 @@ on @w{System V} derived systems. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun {char *} rindex (const char *@var{string}, int @var{c}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{rindex} is another name for @code{strrchr}; they are exactly the same. New code should always use @code{strrchr} since this name is defined in @w{ISO C} while @code{rindex} is a BSD invention which never was available @@ -1940,6 +2023,7 @@ in the header file @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {char *} strtok (char *restrict @var{newstring}, const char *restrict @var{delimiters}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtasurace{:strtok}}@asunsafe{}@acsafe{}} A string can be split into tokens by making a series of calls to the function @code{strtok}. @@ -1979,6 +2063,7 @@ separately. The function is not locale-dependent. @comment wchar.h @comment ISO @deftypefun {wchar_t *} wcstok (wchar_t *@var{newstring}, const wchar_t *@var{delimiters}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} A string can be split into tokens by making a series of calls to the function @code{wcstok}. @@ -2075,6 +2160,7 @@ available for multibyte character strings. @comment string.h @comment POSIX @deftypefun {char *} strtok_r (char *@var{newstring}, const char *@var{delimiters}, char **@var{save_ptr}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} Just like @code{strtok}, this function splits the string into several tokens which can be accessed by successive calls to @code{strtok_r}. The difference is that the information about the next token is stored in @@ -2090,6 +2176,7 @@ which support multi-threading. @comment string.h @comment BSD @deftypefun {char *} strsep (char **@var{string_ptr}, const char *@var{delimiter}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This function has a similar functionality as @code{strtok_r} with the @var{newstring} argument replaced by the @var{save_ptr} argument. The initialization of the moving pointer has to be done by the user. @@ -2141,6 +2228,7 @@ token = strsep (&running, delimiters); /* token => NULL */ @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} basename (const char *@var{filename}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The GNU version of the @code{basename} function returns the last component of the path in @var{filename}. This function is the preferred usage, since it does not modify the argument, @var{filename}, and @@ -2176,6 +2264,7 @@ on different systems. @comment libgen.h @comment XPG @deftypefun {char *} basename (const char *@var{path}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} This is the standard XPG defined @code{basename}. It is similar in spirit to the GNU version, but may modify the @var{path} by removing trailing '/' characters. If the @var{path} is made up entirely of '/' @@ -2211,6 +2300,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[]) @comment libgen.h @comment XPG @deftypefun {char *} dirname (char *@var{path}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{dirname} function is the compliment to the XPG version of @code{basename}. It returns the parent directory of the file specified by @var{path}. If @var{path} is @code{NULL}, an empty string, or @@ -2233,6 +2323,8 @@ The prototype for this function is in @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} strfry (char *@var{string}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} +@c Calls initstate_r, time, getpid, strlen, and random_r. @code{strfry} creates a pseudorandom anagram of a string, replacing the input with the anagram in place. For each position in the string, @@ -2268,6 +2360,7 @@ This function is declared in @file{string.h}. @comment string.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void *} memfrob (void *@var{mem}, size_t @var{length}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} @code{memfrob} transforms (frobnicates) each byte of the data structure at @var{mem}, which is @var{length} bytes long, by bitwise exclusive @@ -2298,6 +2391,7 @@ this task. @comment stdlib.h @comment XPG @deftypefun {char *} l64a (long int @var{n}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtasurace{:l64a}}@asunsafe{}@acsafe{}} This function encodes a 32-bit input value using characters from the basic character set. It returns a pointer to a 7 character buffer which contains an encoded version of @var{n}. To encode a series of bytes the @@ -2373,6 +2467,7 @@ used. @comment stdlib.h @comment XPG @deftypefun {long int} a64l (const char *@var{string}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The parameter @var{string} should contain a string which was produced by a call to @code{l64a}. The function processes at least 6 characters of this string, and decodes the characters it finds according to the table @@ -2459,6 +2554,7 @@ These functions are declared in the standard include file @file{argz.h}. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_create (char *const @var{argv}[], char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The @code{argz_create} function converts the Unix-style argument vector @var{argv} (a vector of pointers to normal C strings, terminated by @code{(char *)0}; @pxref{Program Arguments}) into an argz vector with @@ -2468,6 +2564,7 @@ the same elements, which is returned in @var{argz} and @var{argz_len}. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_create_sep (const char *@var{string}, int @var{sep}, char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The @code{argz_create_sep} function converts the null-terminated string @var{string} into an argz vector (returned in @var{argz} and @var{argz_len}) by splitting it into elements at every occurrence of the @@ -2477,6 +2574,7 @@ character @var{sep}. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {size_t} argz_count (const char *@var{argz}, size_t @var{arg_len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} Returns the number of elements in the argz vector @var{argz} and @var{argz_len}. @end deftypefun @@ -2484,6 +2582,7 @@ Returns the number of elements in the argz vector @var{argz} and @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void} argz_extract (const char *@var{argz}, size_t @var{argz_len}, char **@var{argv}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{argz_extract} function converts the argz vector @var{argz} and @var{argz_len} into a Unix-style argument vector stored in @var{argv}, by putting pointers to every element in @var{argz} into successive @@ -2501,6 +2600,7 @@ still active. This function is useful for passing the elements in @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void} argz_stringify (char *@var{argz}, size_t @var{len}, int @var{sep}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{argz_stringify} converts @var{argz} into a normal string with the elements separated by the character @var{sep}, by replacing each @code{'\0'} inside @var{argz} (except the last one, which terminates the @@ -2511,6 +2611,8 @@ readable manner. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_add (char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}, const char *@var{str}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Calls strlen and argz_append. The @code{argz_add} function adds the string @var{str} to the end of the argz vector @code{*@var{argz}}, and updates @code{*@var{argz}} and @code{*@var{argz_len}} accordingly. @@ -2519,6 +2621,7 @@ argz vector @code{*@var{argz}}, and updates @code{*@var{argz}} and @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_add_sep (char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}, const char *@var{str}, int @var{delim}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The @code{argz_add_sep} function is similar to @code{argz_add}, but @var{str} is split into separate elements in the result at occurrences of the character @var{delim}. This is useful, for instance, for @@ -2529,6 +2632,7 @@ a value of @code{':'} for @var{delim}. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_append (char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}, const char *@var{buf}, size_t @var{buf_len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The @code{argz_append} function appends @var{buf_len} bytes starting at @var{buf} to the argz vector @code{*@var{argz}}, reallocating @code{*@var{argz}} to accommodate it, and adding @var{buf_len} to @@ -2538,6 +2642,8 @@ The @code{argz_append} function appends @var{buf_len} bytes starting at @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void} argz_delete (char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}, char *@var{entry}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Calls free if no argument is left. If @var{entry} points to the beginning of one of the elements in the argz vector @code{*@var{argz}}, the @code{argz_delete} function will remove this entry and reallocate @code{*@var{argz}}, modifying @@ -2549,6 +2655,8 @@ pointers into argz vectors such as @var{entry} will then become invalid. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} argz_insert (char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}, char *@var{before}, const char *@var{entry}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Calls argz_add or realloc and memmove. The @code{argz_insert} function inserts the string @var{entry} into the argz vector @code{*@var{argz}} at a point just before the existing element pointed to by @var{before}, reallocating @code{*@var{argz}} and @@ -2562,6 +2670,7 @@ is @code{0}, @var{entry} is added to the end instead (as if by @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} argz_next (const char *@var{argz}, size_t @var{argz_len}, const char *@var{entry}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{argz_next} function provides a convenient way of iterating over the elements in the argz vector @var{argz}. It returns a pointer to the next element in @var{argz} after the element @var{entry}, or @@ -2595,6 +2704,7 @@ invariant is maintained for argz vectors created by the functions here. @comment argz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun error_t argz_replace (@w{char **@var{argz}, size_t *@var{argz_len}}, @w{const char *@var{str}, const char *@var{with}}, @w{unsigned *@var{replace_count}}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} Replace any occurrences of the string @var{str} in @var{argz} with @var{with}, reallocating @var{argz} as necessary. If @var{replace_count} is non-zero, @code{*@var{replace_count}} will be @@ -2630,6 +2740,7 @@ These functions are declared in the standard include file @file{envz.h}. @comment envz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} envz_entry (const char *@var{envz}, size_t @var{envz_len}, const char *@var{name}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{envz_entry} function finds the entry in @var{envz} with the name @var{name}, and returns a pointer to the whole entry---that is, the argz element which begins with @var{name} followed by a @code{'='} character. If @@ -2639,6 +2750,7 @@ there is no entry with that name, @code{0} is returned. @comment envz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {char *} envz_get (const char *@var{envz}, size_t @var{envz_len}, const char *@var{name}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{envz_get} function finds the entry in @var{envz} with the name @var{name} (like @code{envz_entry}), and returns a pointer to the value portion of that entry (following the @code{'='}). If there is no entry with @@ -2648,6 +2760,9 @@ that name (or only a null entry), @code{0} is returned. @comment envz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} envz_add (char **@var{envz}, size_t *@var{envz_len}, const char *@var{name}, const char *@var{value}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} +@c Calls envz_remove, which calls enz_entry and argz_delete, and then +@c argz_add or equivalent code that reallocs and appends name=value. The @code{envz_add} function adds an entry to @code{*@var{envz}} (updating @code{*@var{envz}} and @code{*@var{envz_len}}) with the name @var{name}, and value @var{value}. If an entry with the same name @@ -2659,6 +2774,7 @@ already exists in @var{envz}, it is removed first. If @var{value} is @comment envz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {error_t} envz_merge (char **@var{envz}, size_t *@var{envz_len}, const char *@var{envz2}, size_t @var{envz2_len}, int @var{override}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@asunsafe{@ascuheap{}}@acunsafe{@acsmem{}}} The @code{envz_merge} function adds each entry in @var{envz2} to @var{envz}, as if with @code{envz_add}, updating @code{*@var{envz}} and @code{*@var{envz_len}}. If @var{override} is true, then values in @var{envz2} @@ -2672,6 +2788,10 @@ being added to @var{envz}, if @var{override} is false. @comment envz.h @comment GNU @deftypefun {void} envz_strip (char **@var{envz}, size_t *@var{envz_len}) +@safety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} The @code{envz_strip} function removes any null entries from @var{envz}, updating @code{*@var{envz}} and @code{*@var{envz_len}}. @end deftypefun + +@c FIXME this are undocumented: +@c strcasecmp_l @safety{@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} see strcasecmp |