Hello.

mbstowcs(3), wcrtomb(3) and wcstombs(3) use a bit awkward wording -
"the first at most", and repeat "array pointed to by blah" from the
previous sentence.

Perhaps something similar to this diff would make them easier to read?


Index: mbstowcs.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/mbstowcs.3,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -u -r1.5 mbstowcs.3
--- mbstowcs.3  5 Jun 2013 03:39:22 -0000       1.5
+++ mbstowcs.3  18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ converts a null-terminated multibyte cha
 to the corresponding wide-character string and stores it in the array
 pointed to by
 .Fa pwcs .
-This function may modify the first at most
+Up to
 .Fa n
-elements of the array pointed to by
+elements are stored in
 .Fa pwcs .
 Each character will be converted as if
 .Xr mbtowc 3
Index: wcrtomb.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/wcrtomb.3,v
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -p -u -r1.7 wcrtomb.3
--- wcrtomb.3   28 Aug 2013 16:24:07 -0000      1.7
+++ wcrtomb.3   18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ pointed to by
 unless
 .Fa s
 is a null pointer.
-This function will modify the first at most
+Up to
 .Dv MB_CUR_MAX
-bytes of the array pointed by
+bytes are stored in
 .Fa s .
 .Pp
 The behaviour of
Index: wcstombs.3
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libc/locale/wcstombs.3,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -u -r1.5 wcstombs.3
--- wcstombs.3  5 Jun 2013 03:39:22 -0000       1.5
+++ wcstombs.3  18 Mar 2015 19:05:39 -0000
@@ -45,9 +45,9 @@ converts the null-terminated wide-charac
 to the corresponding multibyte character string,
 and stores it in the array pointed to by
 .Fa s .
-This function may modify the first at most
+Up to
 .Fa n
-bytes of the array pointed to by
+bytes are stored in
 .Fa s .
 Each character will be converted as if
 .Xr wctomb 3

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