* Doc/libfuncs.tex: don't use $math$ in description of pow(x,y,z);
describe tuple()
* Doc/libposixfile.tex: use tableiii instead of tableii, so
partparse will work again (I know, chicken!)
* Doc/libthread.tex: Added get_ident(); updated text on module
availability
* Doc/myformat.perl: Added sub do_cmd_Cpp
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex
index c836615..4208c2d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
synchronization, simple locks (a.k.a. \dfn{mutexes} or \dfn{binary
semaphores}) are provided.
-The module is optional and supported on SGI and Sun Sparc systems only.
+The module is optional and supported on SGI IRIX 4.x and 5.x and Sun
+Solaris 2.x systems, as well as on systems that have a PTHREAD
+implementation (e.g. KSR).
It defines the following constant and functions:
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@
lock is initially unlocked.
\end{funcdesc}
+\begin{funcdesc}{get_ident}{}
+Return the `thread identifier' of the current thread. This is a
+nonzero integer. Its value has no direct meaning; it is intended as a
+magic cookie to be used e.g. to index a dictionary of thread-specific
+data. Thread identifiers may be recycled when a thread exits and
+another thread is created.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
Lock objects have the following methods:
\renewcommand{\indexsubitem}{(lock method)}