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stdlib/atof.3 Libc-763.13 Libc-262
--- Libc/Libc-763.13/stdlib/atof.3
+++ Libc/Libc-262/stdlib/atof.3
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 .\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
 .\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
+.\"    must display the following acknowledgement:
+.\"	This product includes software developed by the University of
+.\"	California, Berkeley and its contributors.
 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
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@@ -30,14 +34,13 @@
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
 .\"     @(#)atof.3	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
-.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/stdlib/atof.3,v 1.17 2007/01/09 00:28:09 imp 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
@@ -46,64 +49,44 @@
 .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
-and
-.Fn atof_l
-functions are thread-safe and async-cancel-safe.
+function is not thread-safe and also not async-cancel-safe.
 .Pp
 The
 .Fn atof
-and
-.Fn atof_l
-functions have been deprecated by
+function has been deprecated by
 .Fn strtod
-and
-.Fn strtod_l
 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