freebsd-nq/lib/libc/locale/mbsinit.3
Tim J. Robbins e92a3d83fc Implement the ISO C90 Amd.1 restartable wide and multibyte character
manipulation functions mbrlen(), mbrtowc(), mbsinit(), mbsrtowcs(),
wcrtomb(), wcsrtombs().
2002-08-18 06:30:10 +00:00

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.Dd August 16, 2002
.Dt MBSINIT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mbsinit
.Nd "determine conversion object status"
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In wchar.h
.Ft int
.Fn mbsinit "const mbstate_t *ps"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn mbsinit
function determines whether the
.Ft mbstate_t
object pointed to by
.Fa ps
describes an initial conversion state.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
The
.Fn mbsinit
function returns non-zero if
.Fa ps
is
.Dv NULL
or describes an initial conversion state,
otherwise it returns zero.
.Sh STANDARDS
The
.Fn mbsinit
function conforms to
.St -isoC-99 .
.Sh BUGS
The current implementation does not support shift states;
.Fn mbsinit
always returns non-zero.