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diff --git a/gnulib b/gnulib deleted file mode 160000 -Subproject 443bc5ffcf7429e557f4a371b0661abe98ddbc1 diff --git a/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/isascii.texi b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/isascii.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000..72312ea --- /dev/null +++ b/gnulib/doc/posix-functions/isascii.texi @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +@node isascii +@section @code{isascii} +@findex isascii + +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/isascii.html} + +Gnulib module: --- + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@end itemize + +Note: This function's behaviour depends on the locale, but requires special +handling for the multibyte characters that occur in strings in locales with +@code{MB_CUR_MAX > 1} (this includes all the common UTF-8 locales). +There are two alternative APIs: + +@table @code +@item c_isascii +This function operates in a locale independent way and returns true only for +ASCII characters. It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{c-ctype}. + +@item mb_isascii +This function operates in a locale dependent way, on multibyte characters. +It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{mbchar}. +@end table |