strcoll.3.patch   [plain text]

--- _SB/Libc/string/FreeBSD/strcoll.3	2003-05-20 15:23:54.000000000 -0700
+++ _SB/Libc/string/FreeBSD/strcoll.3.edit	2006-06-28 16:55:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -40,14 +40,26 @@
 .Dt STRCOLL 3
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
-.Nm strcoll
-.Nd compare strings according to current collation
+.Nm strcoll ,
+.Nm strcoll_l
+.Nd compare strings, according to current collation
 .Sh LIBRARY
 .Lb libc
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .In string.h
 .Ft int
-.Fn strcoll "const char *s1" "const char *s2"
+.Fo strcoll
+.Fa "const char *s1"
+.Fa "const char *s2"
+.Fc
+.In string.h
+.In xlocale.h
+.Ft int
+.Fo strcoll_l
+.Fa "const char *s1"
+.Fa "const char *s2"
+.Fa "locale_t loc"
+.Fc
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The
 .Fn strcoll
@@ -55,19 +67,29 @@
 lexicographically compares the null-terminated strings
 .Fa s1
 and
-.Fa s2
-according to the current locale collation if any, otherwise call
-.Fa strcmp ,
+.Fa s2 ,
+according to the current locale collation, if any.
+Otherwise, it calls
+.Fa strcmp
 and returns an integer greater than, equal to, or less than 0,
 according as
 .Fa s1
 is greater than, equal to, or less than
 .Fa s2 .
+.Pp
+Although the
+.Fn strcoll
+function uses the current locale, the
+.Fn strcoll_l
+function may be passed a locale directly. See
+.Xr xlocale 3
+for more information.
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr setlocale 3 ,
 .Xr strcmp 3 ,
 .Xr strxfrm 3 ,
-.Xr wcscoll 3
+.Xr wcscoll 3 ,
+.Xr xlocale 3
 .Sh STANDARDS
 The
 .Fn strcoll