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--- Libc/Libc-583/stdlib/atof.3
+++ Libc/Libc-262/stdlib/atof.3
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)atof.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/atof.3,v 1.16 2002/12/18 13:33:03 ru Exp $
+.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/atof.3,v 1.12 2001/09/26 20:10:10 asmodai Exp $
.\"
.Dd June 4, 1993
.Dt ATOF 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
-.Nm atof ,
-.Nm atof_l
+.Nm atof
.Nd convert
.Tn ASCII
string to double
@@ -50,35 +49,24 @@
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In stdlib.h
.Ft double
-.Fn atof "const char *str"
-.In xlocale.h
-.Ft double
-.Fn atof_l "const char *str" "locale_t loc"
+.Fn atof "const char *nptr"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn atof
function converts the initial portion of the string pointed to by
-.Fa str
+.Ar nptr
to
-.Vt double
+.Ar double
representation.
.Pp
It is equivalent to:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
-strtod(str, (char **)NULL);
+strtod(nptr, (char **)NULL);
.Ed
.Pp
The decimal point
character is defined in the program's locale (category
.Dv LC_NUMERIC ) .
-.Pp
-While the
-.Fn atof
-function uses the current locale, the
-.Fn atof_l
-function may be passed a locale directly. See
-.Xr xlocale 3
-for more information.
.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
The
.Fn atof
@@ -90,18 +78,15 @@
.Fn strtod
and should not be used in new code.
.Sh ERRORS
-The function
+The
.Fn atof
-need not affect the value of
-.Va errno
-on an error.
+function does not detect errors.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr atoi 3 ,
.Xr atol 3 ,
.Xr strtod 3 ,
.Xr strtol 3 ,
-.Xr strtoul 3 ,
-.Xr xlocale 3
+.Xr strtoul 3
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn atof