Document the need for a cast when passing a char to a ctype function.

MFC after:	2 weeks
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Dag-Erling Smørgrav 2009-09-03 10:06:37 +00:00
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commit 5b1237b600
22 changed files with 218 additions and 22 deletions

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.\" @(#)ctype.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt CTYPE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ They are available as macros, defined in the include file
.In ctype.h ,
or as true functions in the C library.
See the specific manual pages for more information.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to one of these functions is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr digittoint 3 ,
.Xr isalnum 3 ,

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.\" @(#)digittoint.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd April 6, 2001
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt DIGITTOINT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ The
function converts a numeric character to its corresponding integer value.
The character can be any decimal digit or hexadecimal digit.
With hexadecimal characters, the case of the values does not matter.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn digittoint
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn digittoint

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.\" @(#)isalnum.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISALNUM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -75,6 +75,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&164\ ``t'' \t165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x''"
.It "\&171\ ``y'' \t172\ ``z''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isalnum
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isalnum

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.\" @(#)isalpha.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISALPHA 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&164\ ``t'' \t165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x''"
.It "\&171\ ``y'' \t172\ ``z''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isalpha
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isalpha

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.\" @(#)isascii.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd October 6, 2002
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISASCII 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ function tests for an
.Tn ASCII
character, which is any character
between 0 and octal 0177 inclusive.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isascii
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ctype 3 ,
.Xr iswascii 3 ,

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.\" @(#)isblank.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISBLANK 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ The value of the argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isblank
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isblank

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.\" @(#)iscntrl.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISCNTRL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&031\ EM \t032\ SUB \t033\ ESC \t034\ FS \t035\ GS"
.It "\&036\ RS \t037\ US \t177\ DEL"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn iscntrl
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn iscntrl

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.\" @(#)isdigit.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd May 4, 2007
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISDIGIT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ The value of the argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isdigit
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isdigit

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.\" @(#)isgraph.3 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISGRAPH 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -80,6 +80,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x'' \t171\ ``y'' \t172\ ``z''"
.It "\&173\ ``{'' \t174\ ``|'' \t175\ ``}'' \t176\ ``~''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isgraph
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isgraph

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISIDEOGRAM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
The
.Fn isideogram
function tests for an ideographic character.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isideogram
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isideogram

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.\" @(#)islower.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISLOWER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x'' \t171\ ``y''"
.It "\&172\ ``z''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn islower
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn islower

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISPHONOGRAM 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
The
.Fn isphonogram
function tests for a phonographic character.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isphonogram
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isphonogram

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.\" @(#)isprint.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISPRINT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&165\ ``u'' \t166\ ``v'' \t167\ ``w'' \t170\ ``x'' \t171\ ``y''"
.It "\&172\ ``z'' \t173\ ``{'' \t174\ ``|'' \t175\ ``}'' \t176\ ``~''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isprint
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isprint

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.\" @(#)ispunct.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISPUNCT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&136\ ``^'' \t137\ ``_'' \t140\ ```'' \t173\ ``{'' \t174\ ``|''"
.It "\&175\ ``}'' \t176\ ``~''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn ispunct
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn ispunct

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.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISRUNE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -46,6 +46,15 @@ In the
.Tn ASCII
character set, this is equivalent to
.Fn isascii .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isrune
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isrune

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.\" @(#)isspace.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISSPACE 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ The value of the argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isspace
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isspace

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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
.\"
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd March 30, 2004
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISSPECIAL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -41,6 +41,15 @@
The
.Fn isspecial
function tests for a special character.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isspecial
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isspecial

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.\" @(#)isupper.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISUPPER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ In the ASCII character set, this includes the following characters
.It "\&125\ ``U'' \t126\ ``V'' \t127\ ``W'' \t130\ ``X'' \t131\ ``Y''"
.It "\&132\ ``Z''"
.El
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isupper
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isupper

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.\" @(#)isxdigit.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt ISXDIGIT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ The value of the argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn isxdigit
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn isxdigit

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.\" @(#)toascii.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt TOASCII 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -45,6 +45,15 @@ The
.Fn toascii
function strips all but the low 7 bits from a letter,
including parity or other marker bits.
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn toascii
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn toascii

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.\" @(#)tolower.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt TOLOWER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ The argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn tolower
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the argument is an upper-case letter, the
.Fn tolower

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.\" @(#)toupper.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
.Dd July 17, 2005
.Dd September 3, 2009
.Dt TOUPPER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ The argument must be representable as an
.Vt "unsigned char"
or the value of
.Dv EOF .
.Pp
.Em NOTE :
if the value passed to the
.Fn toupper
function is a
.Vt signed char ,
as is usually the case, it must be cast to an
.Vt unsigned char
to avoid sign-extension errors.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If the argument is a lower-case letter, the
.Fn toupper