utils/macros.h: Add <ctype.h> and `foocmp' helper macros.

[mLib] / utils / macros.3

diff --git a/utils/macros.3 b/utils/macros.3
index 98ab238..2d17fa6 100644 (file)
--- a/utils/macros.3
+++ b/utils/macros.3
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ macros \- useful macros
 .\" @STR
 .\" @GLUE
 .\" @STATIC_ASSERT
+.\" @ISALNUM
+.\" @ISALPHA
+.\" @ISASCII
+.\" @ISBLANK
+.\" @ISCNTRL
+.\" @ISDIGIT
+.\" @ISGRAPH
+.\" @ISLOWER
+.\" @ISPRINT
+.\" @ISPUNCT
+.\" @ISSPACE
+.\" @ISUPPER
+.\" @ISXDIGIT
+.\" @TOASCII
+.\" @TOLOWER
+.\" @TOUPPER
+.\" @MEMCMP
+.\" @STRCMP
+.\" @STRNCMP
 .\" @DISCARD
 .\" @IGNORE
 .\" @DEPRECATED
@@ -27,6 +46,27 @@ macros \- useful macros
 .BI "GLUE(" tokens\fR... ", " tokens\fR... ")"
 .BI "STATIC_ASSERT(" cond ", " msg ");"
 
+.BI "ISALNUM(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISALPHA(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISASCII(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISBLANK(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISCNTRL(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISDIGIT(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISGRAPH(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISLOWER(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISPRINT(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISPUNCT(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISSPACE(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISUPPER(int " ch ");"
+.BI "ISXDIGIT(int " ch ");"
+.BI "TOASCII(int " ch ");"
+.BI "TOLOWER(int " ch ");"
+.BI "TOUPPER(int " ch ");"
+
+.BI "MEMCMP(const void *" x ", " op ", const void *" y ", size_t " n ");"
+.BI "STRCMP(const char *" x ", " op ", const char *" y ");"
+.BI "STRNCMP(const char *" x ", " op ", const char *" y ", size_t " n ");"
+
 .BI "void DISCARD(" scalar ");"
 .BI "void IGNORE(" variable ");"
 
@@ -78,6 +118,40 @@ falls back to a somewhat ugly hack which currently ignores the
 .IR msg .
 .PP
 The
+.BR IS ...\&
+and
+.BR TO ...\&
+macros are wrappers around the corresponding standard
+.B <ctype.h>
+macros with the corresponding lowercase names.  They take care of
+forcing the character argument
+.I ch
+to
+.BR "unsigned char" :
+this conversion is necessary on platforms with signed
+.B char
+to avoid passing negative values into the standard macros.
+.PP
+The
+.BR MEMCMP ,
+.BR STRCMP ,
+and
+.B STRNCMP
+macros are wrappers around the standard
+.B <string.h>
+functions with the corresponding lowercase names.  They take an
+additional argument
+.I op
+which is a equality or ordering operator (e.g.,
+.B ==
+or
+.BR > )
+inserted between the two operands.  The standard functions return a
+false value if and only if the operands are equal, which is
+counterintuitive and leads to mistakes; requiring an explicit relational
+operator should reduce the number of such mistakes.
+.PP
+The
 .B DISCARD
 macro discards its argument, which must be of some scalar type.  This
 can be useful in muffling warnings about ignoring return codes in cases