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.
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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