MB_LEN_MAX
Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 2022-10-09
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NAME
MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales
LIBRARY
Standard C library
(libc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <limits.h>
DESCRIPTION
The
MB_LEN_MAX
macro is the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single
wide character, in any of the supported locales.
RETURN VALUE
A constant integer greater than zero.
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
NOTES
The entities
MB_LEN_MAX
and
sizeof(wchar_t)
are totally unrelated.
In glibc,
MB_LEN_MAX
is typically 16
(6 in glibc versions earlier than 2.2), while
sizeof(wchar_t)
is 4.
SEE ALSO
MB_CUR_MAX(3)
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