Changes in boot/generic/src/str.c [4efeab5:1772e6d] in mainline

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• boot/generic/src/str.c (modified) (1 diff)

boot/generic/src/str.c

@@ -357 +357 @@
  * and both strings consist of the same sequence of characters.
  *
- * A string is smaller than another string iff it is shorter or
- * has a character with lower value at the first position where
- * the strings differ.
+ * A string S1 is less than another string S2 if it has a character with
+ * lower value at the first character position where the strings differ.
+ * If the strings differ in length, the shorter one is treated as if
+ * padded by characters with a value of zero.
  *
  * @param s1 First string to compare.
  * @param s2 Second string to compare.
  *
- * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if first is smaller,
- *         1 if second smaller.
+ * @return 0 if the strings are equal, -1 if the first is less than the second,
+ *         1 if the second is less than the first.
  *
  */