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diff --git a/man3/fgetwc.3 b/man3/fgetwc.3 index 6b303368..1177420e 100644 --- a/man3/fgetwc.3 +++ b/man3/fgetwc.3 @@ -26,20 +26,20 @@ fgetwc, getwc \- read a wide character from a FILE stream .BI "wint_t getwc(FILE *" stream ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION -The \fBfgetwc\fP function is the wide-character equivalent of the \fBfgetc\fP +The \fBfgetwc\fP() function is the wide-character equivalent of the \fBfgetc\fP function. It reads a wide character from \fIstream\fP and returns it. If the end of stream is reached, or if \fIferror(stream)\fP becomes true, it returns WEOF. If a wide character conversion error occurs, it sets \fBerrno\fP to \fBEILSEQ\fP and returns WEOF. .PP -The \fBgetwc\fP function or macro functions identically to \fBfgetwc\fP. +The \fBgetwc\fP() function or macro functions identically to \fBfgetwc\fP(). It may be implemented as a macro, and may evaluate its argument more than once. There is no reason ever to use it. .PP For non-locking counterparts, see .BR unlocked_stdio (3). .SH "RETURN VALUE" -The \fBfgetwc\fP function returns the next wide-character from the stream, or +The \fBfgetwc\fP() function returns the next wide-character from the stream, or WEOF. .SH ERRORS Apart from the usual ones, there is @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ form a valid character. .SH "CONFORMING TO" ISO/ANSI C, UNIX98 .SH NOTES -The behaviour of \fBfgetwc\fP depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the +The behaviour of \fBfgetwc\fP() depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale. .PP In the absence of additional information passed to the fopen call, it is -reasonable to expect that \fBfgetwc\fP will actually read a multibyte sequence +reasonable to expect that \fBfgetwc\fP() will actually read a multibyte sequence from the stream and then convert it to a wide character. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fgetws (3), |