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.\" Copyright (c) Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
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.\" OpenGroup's Single Unix specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
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.\" Modified, aeb, 990824
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.\"
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.TH MB_CUR_MAX 3 1999-07-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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MB_CUR_MAX \- maximum length of a multibyte character in the current locale
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <stdlib.h>
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.B MB_CUR_MAX
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macro defines an integer expression giving
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the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single
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wide character in the current locale.
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It is locale dependent and therefore not a compile-time constant.
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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An integer in the range [1,
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.BR MB_LEN_MAX ].
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The value 1 denotes traditional 8-bit encoded characters.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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C99, POSIX.1-2001.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR MB_LEN_MAX (3),
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.BR mblen (3),
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.BR mbstowcs (3),
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.BR mbtowc (3),
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.BR wcstombs (3),
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.BR wctomb (3)
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