NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

       MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

       #include <limits.h>

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

       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    [Toc]    [Back]

       A constant integer >= 1.

CONFORMING TO    [Toc]    [Back]

       ANSI C, POSIX.1

NOTES    [Toc]    [Back]

       The  entities  MB_LEN_MAX and sizeof(wchar_t) are totally unrelated. In
       the GNU libc, MB_LEN_MAX is typically 6 while sizeof(wchar_t) is 4.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

       MB_CUR_MAX(3)



Linux				  1999-07-04			 MB_LEN_MAX(3)