This function is missing on some platforms:
IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, BeOS.
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+This function is not declared (without @code{-D_GNU_SOURCE}) on some platforms:
+glibc 2.8.
+@item
This function handles combining characters in UTF-8 locales incorrectly on some
platforms:
MacOS X 10.3.