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+.\"   OpenGroup's Single UNIX specification http://www.UNIX-systems.org/online.html
 .\"   ISO/IEC 9899:1999
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-.TH WCTOB 3  1999-07-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH WCTOB 3 2017-09-15 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 wctob \- try to represent a wide character as a single byte
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 .B #include <wchar.h>
-.sp
+.PP
 .BI "int wctob(wint_t " c );
 .fi
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .BR wctob ()
 function tests whether
-the multi-byte representation of the
-wide character \fIc\fP, starting in the initial state, consists of a single
+the multibyte representation of the
+wide character
+.IR c ,
+starting in the initial state, consists of a single
 byte.
-If so, it is returned as an unsigned char.
+If so, it is returned as an
+.IR "unsigned char" .
 .PP
 Never use this function.
 It cannot help you in writing internationalized
 programs.
 Internationalized programs must never distinguish single-byte and
-multi-byte characters.
-.SH "RETURN VALUE"
+multibyte characters.
+.SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wctob ()
-function returns the single-byte representation of \fIc\fP,
-if it exists, of EOF otherwise.
-.SH "CONFORMING TO"
-C99.
+function returns the single-byte representation of
+.IR c ,
+if it exists, of
+.B EOF
+otherwise.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lb lb lb
+l l l.
+Interface      Attribute       Value
+T{
+.BR wctob ()
+T}     Thread safety   MT-Safe
+.TE
+.sp 1
+.SH CONFORMING TO
+POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
 .SH NOTES
 The behavior of
 .BR wctob ()
-depends on the LC_CTYPE category of the
+depends on the
+.B LC_CTYPE
+category of the
 current locale.
 .PP
 This function should never be used.
 Internationalized programs must never
-distinguish single-byte and multi-byte characters.
-Use the function
+distinguish single-byte and multibyte characters.
+Use either
 .BR wctomb (3)
+or the thread-safe
+.BR wcrtomb (3)
 instead.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.SH SEE ALSO
+.BR btowc (3),
+.BR wcrtomb (3),
 .BR wctomb (3)