Replace "ISO 639" with "BCP 47"

`hb_language_from_string` accepts not only ISO 639 but also BCP 47. Not
all ISO 639 codes are valid BCP 47 tags but the function does not accept
overlong language subtags anyway.

diff --git a/src/hb-buffer.cc b/src/hb-buffer.cc
index 2d75d72..1d3b602 100644 (file)
--- a/src/hb-buffer.cc
+++ b/src/hb-buffer.cc
@@ -996,7 +996,7 @@ hb_buffer_get_script (hb_buffer_t *buffer)
  * are orthogonal to the scripts, and though they are related, they are
  * different concepts and should not be confused with each other.
  *
- * Use hb_language_from_string() to convert from ISO 639 language codes to
+ * Use hb_language_from_string() to convert from BCP 47 language tags to
  * #hb_language_t.
  *
  * Since: 0.9.2

diff --git a/src/hb-common.cc b/src/hb-common.cc
index eda41dd..4940e7f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/hb-common.cc
+++ b/src/hb-common.cc
@@ -325,14 +325,14 @@ retry:
 /**
  * hb_language_from_string:
  * @str: (array length=len) (element-type uint8_t): a string representing
- *       ISO 639 language code
+ *       a BCP 47 language tag
  * @len: length of the @str, or -1 if it is %NULL-terminated.
  *
- * Converts @str representing an ISO 639 language code to the corresponding
+ * Converts @str representing a BCP 47 language tag to the corresponding
  * #hb_language_t.
  *
  * Return value: (transfer none):
- * The #hb_language_t corresponding to the ISO 639 language code.
+ * The #hb_language_t corresponding to the BCP 47 language tag.
  *
  * Since: 0.9.2
  **/