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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-25 04:33:46 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-25 04:33:46 +0000
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tree287fd141913ade8f9c225503ae2424ea8448ebbb /share/man/man3/bitstring.3
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diff --git a/share/man/man3/bitstring.3 b/share/man/man3/bitstring.3
index 696c1a25339..ccd2db6d100 100644
--- a/share/man/man3/bitstring.3
+++ b/share/man/man3/bitstring.3
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@
.Fd #include <bitstring.h>
.Ft bitstr_t *
.Fn bit_alloc "int nbits"
-.Fn bit_decl "bit_str name" "int nbits"
.Fn bit_clear "bit_str name" "int bit"
+.Fn bit_decl "bit_str name" "int nbits"
.Fn bit_ffc "bit_str name" "int nbits" "int *value"
.Fn bit_ffs "bit_str name" "int nbits" "int *value"
.Fn bit_nclear "bit_str name" "int start" "int stop"
@@ -66,46 +66,46 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
These macros operate on strings of bits.
.Pp
-The macro
+The
.Fn bit_alloc
-returns a pointer of type
-.Dq Fa "bitstr_t *"
+macro returns a pointer of type
+.Fa "bitstr_t *"
to sufficient space to store
.Fa nbits
bits, or
.Dv NULL
if no space is available.
.Pp
-The macro
+The
.Fn bit_decl
-allocates sufficient space to store
+macro allocates sufficient space to store
.Fa nbits
bits on the stack.
.Pp
-The macro
+The
.Fn bitstr_size
-returns the number of elements of type
+macro returns the number of elements of type
.Fa bitstr_t
necessary to store
.Fa nbits
bits.
This is useful for copying bit strings.
.Pp
-The macros
+The
.Fn bit_clear
and
.Fn bit_set
-clear or set the zero-based numbered bit
+macros clear or set the zero-based numbered bit
.Fa bit ,
in the bit string
.Ar name .
.Pp
The
-.Fn bit_nset
-and
.Fn bit_nclear
+and
+.Fn bit_nset
macros
-set or clear the zero-based numbered bits from
+clear or set the zero-based numbered bits from
.Fa start
to
.Fa stop
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ If no bits are set, the location referenced by
.Fa value
is set to \-1.
.Pp
-The macro
+The
.Fn bit_ffc
-stores in the location referenced by
+macro stores in the location referenced by
.Fa value
the zero-based number of the first bit not set in the array of
.Fa nbits
@@ -177,7 +177,5 @@ make_lpr_available()
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr malloc 3
.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Nm bitstring
-functions first appeared in
+The bit-string functions first appeared in
.Bx 4.4 .