From: Andy Heninger <andy.heninger@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 22:10:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: ICU-12960 ubrk_open, clarify that NULL is allowed for text in ubrk_open()
X-Git-Tag: release-60-rc~122
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8975d923fe290f88f130eb640d2096abe07015d7;p=icu

ICU-12960 ubrk_open, clarify that NULL is allowed for text in ubrk_open()

X-SVN-Rev: 40443
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diff --git a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ubrk.h b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ubrk.h
index 22a4b99cd6d..600328c49c6 100644
--- a/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ubrk.h
+++ b/icu4c/source/common/unicode/ubrk.h
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ typedef enum USentenceBreakTag {
  * @param locale The locale specifying the text-breaking conventions. Note that
  * locale keys such as "lb" and "ss" may be used to modify text break behavior,
  * see general discussion of BreakIterator C API.
- * @param text The text to be iterated over.
+ * @param text The text to be iterated over. May be null, in which case ubrk_setText() is
+ *        used to specify the text to be iterated.
  * @param textLength The number of characters in text, or -1 if null-terminated.
  * @param status A UErrorCode to receive any errors.
  * @return A UBreakIterator for the specified locale.