MB_LEN_MAXSection: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)Updated: 1999-07-04 |
NAME
MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all localesSYNOPSIS
#include <limits.h>
DESCRIPTION
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
A constant integer >= 1.CONFORMING TO
ANSI C, POSIX.1NOTES
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
MB_CUR_MAX(3)