Mark up NULL and -.

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wiz 2006-03-19 10:46:21 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: printf.3,v 1.41 2006/03/18 05:46:04 rumble Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: printf.3,v 1.42 2006/03/19 10:46:21 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1990, 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@ -129,14 +129,18 @@ This pointer should be passed to
.Xr free 3
to release the allocated storage when it is no longer needed.
If sufficient space cannot be allocated, these functions
will return -1 and set
will return \-1 and set
.Fa ret
to be a NULL pointer.
to be a
.Dv NULL
pointer.
Please note that these functions are not standardized, and not all
implementations can be assumed to set the
.Fa ret
argument to NULL on error.
It is more portable to check for a return value of -1 instead.
argument to
.Dv NULL
on error.
It is more portable to check for a return value of \-1 instead.
.Pp
.Fn snprintf
and
@ -156,7 +160,9 @@ If
.Fa size
is zero, nothing is written and
.Fa str
may be a NULL pointer.
may be a
.Dv NULL
pointer.
.Pp
.Fn sprintf
and