MB_LEN_MAX
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 1999-07-04
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NAME
MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales
SYNOPSIS
#include <limits.h>
DESCRIPTION
The
MB_LEN_MAX
macro is the upper bound for the number of bytes needed to represent a single
wide character, across all locales.
RETURN VALUE
A constant integer greater than zero.
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
The entities
MB_LEN_MAX
and
sizeof(wchar_t)
are totally unrelated.
In glibc,
MB_LEN_MAX
is typically 6 while
sizeof(wchar_t)
is 4.
SEE ALSO
MB_CUR_MAX(3)
COLOPHON
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