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15 .TH MB_CUR_MAX 3 1999-07-04 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
17 MB_CUR_MAX \- maximum length of a multibyte character in the current locale
20 .B #include <stdlib.h>
25 macro defines an integer expression giving
26 the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single
27 wide character in the current locale.
28 It is locale dependent and therefore not a compile-time constant.
30 An integer in the range [1,
32 The value 1 denotes traditional 8-bit encoded characters.