Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Mon Nov 7 21:51:42 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/stdlib: strtod.3
Log Message:
Fix phrasing about `out-of-band' and `sentinel value'.
Either an out-of-band channel, or an in-band sentinel value, could
indicate an error, but an out-of-band sentinel value is a silly
proposition.
Noted by uwe@.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.27 -r1.28 src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3
diff -u src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3:1.27 src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3:1.28
--- src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3:1.27 Fri Nov 4 20:06:09 2016
+++ src/lib/libc/stdlib/strtod.3 Mon Nov 7 21:51:42 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: strtod.3,v 1.27 2016/11/04 20:06:09 riastradh Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: strtod.3,v 1.28 2016/11/07 21:51:42 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ the closest subnormal value, or zero, is
is stored in
.Va errno .
.Sh EXAMPLES
-Since there is no out-of-band sentinel value to indicate an error,
-callers who wish to know whether there was overflow or underflow must
-set
+Since there is no out-of-band channel or sentinel value to indicate an
+error, callers who wish to know whether there was overflow or underflow
+must set
.Va errno
to zero before calling
.Fn strtod ,
