Q60045: Error in memchr() Definition

Article: Q60045
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | docerr | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 3-APR-1990

The following text shown on Page 418 of the "Microsoft C Optimizing
Compiler: Run-Time Library Reference" for Version 5.1 manual,
regarding the definition of the memchr() function, contains a
misleading statement that could be confusing for some customers:

     void *memchr(buf,c,count);
     void *buf;                      Pointer to buffer
     int c;                  |-----> Character to copy
     size_t count;           |       Number characters
                             |

Instead of "Character to copy," the definition of int c should read
"Character to search for." Memchr() searches for, but does not copy, a
character in a string.

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