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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x index a8651fde5d2e..66aae13cab1d 100644 --- a/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x +++ b/contrib/ncurses/man/curs_initscr.3x @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.7 1998/03/11 21:12:53 juergen Exp $ +.\" $Id: curs_initscr.3x,v 1.8 1999/09/18 23:52:30 tom Exp $ .TH curs_initscr 3X "" .SH NAME \fBinitscr\fR, \fBnewterm\fR, \fBendwin\fR, @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ Note that \fBinitscr\fR and \fBnewterm\fR may be macros. These functions are described in the XSI Curses standard, Issue 4. It specifies that portable applications must not call \fBinitscr\fR more than once. + +Old versions of curses, e.g., BSD 4.4, may have returned a null pointer +from \fBinitscr\fR when an error is detected, rather than exiting. +It is safe but redundant to check the return value of \fBinitscr\fR +in XSI Curses. .SH SEE ALSO \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBcurs_kernel\fR(3X), \fBcurs_refresh\fR(3X), \fBcurs_slk\fR(3X), \fBcurs_util\fR(3X) |