Hash :
82e60758
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Date :
2011-02-22T14:01:29
New module 'mbtowc'. * lib/stdlib.in.h (mbtowc): New declaration. * lib/mbtowc.c: New file. * lib/mbtowc-impl.h: New file, from libutf8 with modifications * m4/mbtowc.m4: New file. * m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_MBTOWC, REPLACE_MBTOWC. * modules/stdlib (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_MBTOWC, REPLACE_MBTOWC. * modules/mbtowc: New file. * tests/test-stdlib-c++.cc: Test signature of mbtowc. * doc/posix-functions/mbtowc.texi: Mention the new module. * modules/btowc (Depends-on): Add mbtowc.
@node mbtowc
@section @code{mbtowc}
@findex mbtowc
POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mbtowc.html}
Gnulib module: mbtowc
Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
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Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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@item
This function accumulates hidden state on some platforms:
glibc 2.8 (see @url{http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=9674}).
@item
On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
accommodate all Unicode characters.
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