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author | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2003-07-18 22:15:45 (GMT) |
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committer | dkf <donal.k.fellows@manchester.ac.uk> | 2003-07-18 22:15:45 (GMT) |
commit | 7265d5487c6af7a62eb6a02dbb439f996b49e826 (patch) | |
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Tightened up Tcl_Utf{Next,Prev} docs. [Bug 769895]
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Utf.3,v 1.13.2.1 2003/07/18 16:56:24 dgp Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: Utf.3,v 1.13.2.2 2003/07/18 22:15:45 dkf Exp $ '\" .so man.macros .TH Utf 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures" @@ -224,11 +224,14 @@ considered part of the UTF-8 string. Given \fIsrc\fR, a pointer to some location in a UTF-8 string, \fBTcl_UtfNext\fR returns a pointer to the next UTF-8 character in the string. The caller must not ask for the next character after the last -character in the string. +character in the string if the string is not terminated by a null +character. .PP -Given \fIsrc\fR, a pointer to some location in a UTF-8 string, -\fBTcl_UtfPrev\fR returns a pointer to the previous UTF-8 character in the -string. This function will not back up to a position before \fIstart\fR, +Given \fIsrc\fR, a pointer to some location in a UTF-8 string (or to a +null byte immediately following such a string), \fBTcl_UtfPrev\fR +returns a pointer to the closest preceding byte that starts a UTF-8 +character. +This function will not back up to a position before \fIstart\fR, the start of the UTF-8 string. If \fIsrc\fR was already at \fIstart\fR, the return value will be \fIstart\fR. .PP |