* Parallelize description of failure mode of functions returning pointers with other recently edited ncurses man pages. * Favor "null pointer" over "NULL"; C23 now has `nullptr`. --- man/curs_pad.3x | 4 +--- man/curs_util.3x | 4 +--- man/curs_window.3x | 4 +--- man/ncurses.3x | 4 +--- 4 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/curs_pad.3x b/man/curs_pad.3x index 5dac55fe6..7a9a02461 100644 --- a/man/curs_pad.3x +++ b/man/curs_pad.3x @@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE .B OK upon successful completion. .PP -Functions that return pointers return -.I NULL -on error, +Functions that return pointers return a null pointer on failure, and set .I \%errno to diff --git a/man/curs_util.3x b/man/curs_util.3x index da69a234d..52a06cea0 100644 --- a/man/curs_util.3x +++ b/man/curs_util.3x @@ -340,9 +340,7 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE .B OK upon success. .PP -Functions that return pointers return -.I NULL -on error. +Functions that return pointers return a null pointer on failure. .PP In .IR \%ncurses "," diff --git a/man/curs_window.3x b/man/curs_window.3x index 8c9a7fbda..aa4b4b4e6 100644 --- a/man/curs_window.3x +++ b/man/curs_window.3x @@ -182,9 +182,7 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE .B OK upon success. .PP -Functions that return pointers return -.I NULL -on error. +Functions that return pointers return a null pointer on failure. .PP .I \%ncurses defines several error conditions. diff --git a/man/ncurses.3x b/man/ncurses.3x index 25a13674c..d35af8807 100644 --- a/man/ncurses.3x +++ b/man/ncurses.3x @@ -1107,9 +1107,7 @@ .SH RETURN VALUE .B ERR on failure; see \fB\%curs_variables\fP(3X). -Functions that return pointers return -.I NULL -on failure. +Functions that return pointers return a null pointer on failure. Typically, .I \%ncurses treats a null pointer passed as a function parameter as a failure. -- 2.30.2
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