+2018-04-05 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
+
+ * manual/examples/mbstouwcs.c: New file.
+ * manual/charset.texi (Converting a Character): Include it.
+
2018-04-05 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
* include/dirent.h (dirfd): Add hidden proto.
checking, and sometimes leaks memory):
@smallexample
-wchar_t *
-mbstouwcs (const char *s)
-@{
- size_t len = strlen (s);
- wchar_t *result = malloc ((len + 1) * sizeof (wchar_t));
- wchar_t *wcp = result;
- wchar_t tmp[1];
- mbstate_t state;
- size_t nbytes;
-
- memset (&state, '\0', sizeof (state));
- while ((nbytes = mbrtowc (tmp, s, len, &state)) > 0)
- @{
- if (nbytes >= (size_t) -2)
- /* Invalid input string. */
- return NULL;
- *wcp++ = towupper (tmp[0]);
- len -= nbytes;
- s += nbytes;
- @}
- return result;
-@}
+@include mbstouwcs.c.texi
@end smallexample
The use of @code{mbrtowc} should be clear. A single wide character is
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+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+/* Do not include the above headers in the example.
+*/
+wchar_t *
+mbstouwcs (const char *s)
+{
+ size_t len = strlen (s);
+ wchar_t *result = malloc ((len + 1) * sizeof (wchar_t));
+ wchar_t *wcp = result;
+ wchar_t tmp[1];
+ mbstate_t state;
+ size_t nbytes;
+
+ memset (&state, '\0', sizeof (state));
+ while ((nbytes = mbrtowc (tmp, s, len, &state)) > 0)
+ {
+ if (nbytes >= (size_t) -2)
+ /* Invalid input string. */
+ return NULL;
+ *wcp++ = towupper (tmp[0]);
+ len -= nbytes;
+ s += nbytes;
+ }
+ return result;
+}