MB_LEN_MAX(X)       Linux Programmer's Manual       MB_LEN_MAX(X)



NAME
       MB_LEN_MAX  -  maximum  multibyte  length  of  a character
       across all locales

SYNOPSIS
       #include <limits.h>

DESCRIPTION
       The MB_LEN_MAX macro is the upper bound for the number  of
       bytes  needed to represent a single wide character, across
       all locales.

RETURN VALUE
       A constant integer >= 1.

CONFORMING TO
       ANSI C, POSIX.1

NOTES
       The entities MB_LEN_MAX and  sizeof(wchar_t)  are  totally
       unrelated.  In  the  GNU  libc,  MB_LEN_MAX is typically 6
       while sizeof(wchar_t) is 4.

SEE ALSO
       MB_CUR_MAX(X)



Linux                       1999-07-04              MB_LEN_MAX(X)