Changeset 542e819 in mainline for uspace/lib/c/generic/str.c

Timestamp:

2012-08-12T09:03:30Z (12 years ago)

Author:

Martin Decky <martin@…>

Branches:

lfn, master, serial, ticket/834-toolchain-update, topic/msim-upgrade, topic/simplify-dev-export

Children:

b08e7970

Parents:

bd29f9c9 (diff), 371cb6c (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
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Message:

merge mainline changes

File:

• uspace/lib/c/generic/str.c (modified) (3 diffs)

uspace/lib/c/generic/str.c

@@ -431 +431 @@
  * and both strings consist of the same sequence of characters.
  *
- * A string is smaller than another string iff it is shorter or
- * has a character with lower value at the first position where
- * the strings differ.
+ * A string S1 is less than another string S2 if it has a character with
+ * lower value at the first character position where the strings differ.
+ * If the strings differ in length, the shorter one is treated as if
+ * padded by characters with a value of zero.
  *
  * @param s1 First string to compare.
  * @param s2 Second string to compare.
  *
- * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if first is smaller,
- *         1 if second smaller.
+ * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if the first is less than the second,
+ *         1 if the second is less than the first.
  *
  */
@@ -475 +476 @@
  * up to max_len characters.
  *
- * A string is smaller than another string iff it is shorter or
- * has a character with lower value at the first position where
- * the strings differ, considering only first max_len characters.
+ * A string S1 is less than another string S2 if it has a character with
+ * lower value at the first character position where the strings differ.
+ * If the strings differ in length, the shorter one is treated as if
+ * padded by characters with a value of zero. Only the first max_len
+ * characters are considered.
  *
  * @param s1      First string to compare.
@@ -483 +486 @@
  * @param max_len Maximum number of characters to consider.
  *
- * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if first is smaller,
- *         1 if second smaller.
+ * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if the first is less than the second,
+ *         1 if the second is less than the first.
  *
  */