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diff --git a/lib/libc/locale/wcrtomb.3 b/lib/libc/locale/wcrtomb.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc74174 --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libc/locale/wcrtomb.3 @@ -0,0 +1,123 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2002-2004 Tim J. Robbins +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd May 21, 2013 +.Dt WCRTOMB 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm wcrtomb , +.Nm c16rtomb , +.Nm c32rtomb +.Nd "convert a wide-character code to a character (restartable)" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libc +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In wchar.h +.Ft size_t +.Fn wcrtomb "char * restrict s" "wchar_t c" "mbstate_t * restrict ps" +.In uchar.h +.Ft size_t +.Fn c16rtomb "char * restrict s" "char16_t c" "mbstate_t * restrict ps" +.Ft size_t +.Fn c32rtomb "char * restrict s" "char32_t c" "mbstate_t * restrict ps" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn wcrtomb , +.Fn c16rtomb +and +.Fn c32rtomb +functions store a multibyte sequence representing the +wide character +.Fa c , +including any necessary shift sequences, to the +character array +.Fa s , +storing a maximum of +.Dv MB_CUR_MAX +bytes. +.Pp +If +.Fa s +is +.Dv NULL , +these functions behave as if +.Fa s +pointed to an internal buffer and +.Fa c +was a null wide character (L'\e0'). +.Pp +The +.Ft mbstate_t +argument, +.Fa ps , +is used to keep track of the shift state. +If it is +.Dv NULL , +these functions use an internal, static +.Vt mbstate_t +object, which is initialized to the initial conversion state +at program startup. +.Pp +As certain multibyte characters may only be represented by a series of +16-bit characters, the +.Fn c16rtomb +may need to invoked multiple times before a multibyte sequence is +returned. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +These functions return the length (in bytes) of the multibyte sequence +needed to represent +.Fa c , +or +.Po Vt size_t Pc Ns \-1 +if +.Fa c +is not a valid wide character code. +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn wcrtomb , +.Fn c16rtomb +and +.Fn c32rtomb +functions will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EILSEQ +An invalid wide character code was specified. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The conversion state is invalid. +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mbrtowc 3 , +.Xr multibyte 3 , +.Xr setlocale 3 , +.Xr wctomb 3 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Fn wcrtomb , +.Fn c16rtomb +and +.Fn c32rtomb +functions conform to +.St -isoC-2011 . |