From 100d1b33f088fd38f69129afff7f9c2a1e084a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:24 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/wctob.3 | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/wctob.3 (limited to 'man/man3/wctob.3') diff --git a/man/man3/wctob.3 b/man/man3/wctob.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b95ef37 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/wctob.3 @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.\" References consulted: +.\" GNU glibc-2 source code and manual +.\" Dinkumware C library reference http://www.dinkumware.com/ +.\" OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html +.\" ISO/IEC 9899:1999 +.\" +.TH wctob 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +wctob \- try to represent a wide character as a single byte +.SH LIBRARY +Standard C library +.RI ( libc ", " \-lc ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include +.P +.BI "int wctob(wint_t " c ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR wctob () +function tests whether +the multibyte representation of the +wide character +.IR c , +starting in the initial state, consists of a single +byte. +If so, it is returned as an +.IR "unsigned char" . +.P +Never use this function. +It cannot help you in writing internationalized +programs. +Internationalized programs must never distinguish single-byte and +multibyte characters. +.SH RETURN VALUE +The +.BR wctob () +function returns the single-byte representation of +.IR c , +if it exists, or +.B EOF +otherwise. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR wctob () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +C11, POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001, C99. +.SH NOTES +The behavior of +.BR wctob () +depends on the +.B LC_CTYPE +category of the +current locale. +.P +This function should never be used. +Internationalized programs must never +distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters. +Use either +.BR wctomb (3) +or the thread-safe +.BR wcrtomb (3) +instead. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR btowc (3), +.BR wcrtomb (3), +.BR wctomb (3) -- cgit v1.2.3