[PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem,strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Alex,

At 2026-08-01T00:21:34+0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> > Date: 2026-07-31 22:10:13+0000
> > From: Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com>
> > man-pages should document the world of C APIs as it is, in a way
> > that has broad community agreement; it should follow, not lead, on
> > any changes.
> > 
> > When an API has been in <string.h> since 1989, that means
> > documenting <string.h> as the main location for that API - not some
> > other location one person thinks is better and that most of the
> > community has never heard of.
> 
> FWIW, the APIs have been in <memory.h> since 1986 in 4.3BSD, and in
> System V they go back further to 1983.

I meant to respond earlier with this research tidbit, but I've been busy
with preparing groff 1.25.0.rc2 and Mark Harris stepped in with much the
same info.  Thanks, Mark!

https://github.com/ryanwoodsmall/oldsysv/blob/master/sysv-pdp11_tape/usr/include/memory.h

Regards,
Branden
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