X-Git-Url: http://erislabs.net/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fposix-functions%2Fmbrtowc.texi;h=19b91f03f38de2b150ce52121613f0fb0675b37b;hb=9f4d76b6042f8ed87009331f2ca0a5b7492027d5;hp=fe0e03997c79d34d38bbccfbead6697655e3124a;hpb=2b6c08c775ae4e80b52aa41058ea5939f778b44b;p=gnulib.git diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/mbrtowc.texi b/doc/posix-functions/mbrtowc.texi index fe0e03997..19b91f03f 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/mbrtowc.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/mbrtowc.texi @@ -2,20 +2,43 @@ @section @code{mbrtowc} @findex mbrtowc -POSIX specification: @url{http://www.opengroup.org/susv3xsh/mbrtowc.html} +POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/mbrtowc.html} -Gnulib module: --- +Gnulib module: mbrtowc Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +Minix 3.1.8, HP-UX 11.00, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, mingw, Interix 3.5. +@item +This function does not put the state into non-initial state when parsing an +incomplete multibyte character on some platforms: +AIX 5.1, OSF/1 5.1. +@item +This function does not produce correct results in the zh_CN.GB18030 locale on +some platforms: +Solaris 8. +@item +This function fails if the @code{pwc} argument is NULL on some platforms: +Solaris 7. +@item +This function does not ignore the @code{pwc} argument if the string argument is +NULL on some platforms: +OSF/1 5.1. +@item +This function returns the total number of bytes that make up the multibyte +character, not the number of bytes that were needed to complete the multibyte +character, on some platforms: +HP-UX 11.11, Solaris 11 2010-11, mingw, possibly MSVC 9. +@item +This function may not return 0 when parsing the NUL character on some platforms: +Solaris 9. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item -This function is missing on some platforms: -HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, mingw, Interix 3.5. -@item -On Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot +On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot accommodate all Unicode characters. @end itemize