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| -rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | manual/string.texi | 9 |
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 38c8ed96db..6a9b16b02a 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2012-02-17 Fabrice Bauzac <fabrice.bauzac@wanadoo.fr> + + [BZ #6907] + * manual/string.texi (strchr): Change when strchrnul is + recommended. + 2012-02-17 Dwayne Grant McConnell <decimal@us.ibm.com> [BZ #174] diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index c25d34343c..59e07eaabf 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ Version 2.16 * The following bugs are resolved with this release: - 174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 9902, 10140, 10210, 11494, - 12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, 13533, - 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618 + 174, 350, 411, 3335, 4026, 4822, 5805, 6884, 6907, 9902, 10140, 10210, + 11494, 12047, 13525, 13526, 13527, 13528, 13529, 13530, 13531, 13532, + 13533, 13547, 13551, 13552, 13553, 13555, 13559, 13583, 13618 * ISO C11 support: diff --git a/manual/string.texi b/manual/string.texi index f7d4ebea1d..abfb0798b9 100644 --- a/manual/string.texi +++ b/manual/string.texi @@ -1647,9 +1647,12 @@ strchr ("hello, world", '?') The terminating null character is considered to be part of the string, so you can use this function get a pointer to the end of a string by -specifying a null character as the value of the @var{c} argument. It -would be better (but less portable) to use @code{strchrnul} in this -case, though. +specifying a null character as the value of the @var{c} argument. + +When @code{strchr} returns a null pointer, it does not let you know +the position of the terminating null character it has found. If you +need that information, it is better (but less portable) to use +@code{strchrnul} than to search for it a second time. @end deftypefun @comment wchar.h |