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author | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-04-11 05:19:19 +0000 |
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committer | tjr <tjr@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-04-11 05:19:19 +0000 |
commit | e768e0d54f96ff401447c2949c417f61eb6e7301 (patch) | |
tree | 019635e2f6e93eaca9a57977373e8ac2291bde1d /lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 | |
parent | 39f40945124d3ae32ea38fcf4f156602b4e007b9 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-e768e0d54f96ff401447c2949c417f61eb6e7301.zip FreeBSD-src-e768e0d54f96ff401447c2949c417f61eb6e7301.tar.gz |
Document the meaning of the zero return value.
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 b/lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 index fbc0ceb..850e055 100644 --- a/lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 +++ b/lib/libc/locale/mbtowc.3 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ .\" From FreeBSD: src/lib/libc/locale/multibyte.3,v 1.22 2003/11/08 03:23:11 tjr Exp .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 7, 2004 +.Dd April 11, 2004 .Dt MBTOWC 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ Otherwise, if .Fa mbchar is not a null pointer, .Fn mbtowc -returns +either returns 0 if +.Fa mbchar +represents the null wide character, or returns the number of bytes processed in .Fa mbchar , -or \-1 if no multibyte character +or returns \-1 if no multibyte character could be recognized or converted. In this case, .Fn mbtowc Ns No 's |