PROLOG

       This  manual  page  is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux implementation of
       this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux  manual  page  for  details  of
       Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME

       getwc — get a wide character from a stream

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwc(FILE *stream);

DESCRIPTION

       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the ISO C standard. Any
       conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is  unintentional.
       This volume of POSIX.1‐2017 defers to the ISO C standard.

       The  getwc() function shall be equivalent to fgetwc(), except that if it is implemented as
       a macro it may evaluate stream more  than  once,  so  the  argument  should  never  be  an
       expression with side-effects.

RETURN VALUE

       Refer to fgetwc().

ERRORS

       Refer to fgetwc().

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       Since  it  may  be implemented as a macro, getwc() may treat incorrectly a stream argument
       with side-effects. In particular, getwc(*f++)  does  not  necessarily  work  as  expected.
       Therefore, use of this function is not recommended; fgetwc() should be used instead.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       Section 2.5, Standard I/O Streams, fgetwc()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, <stdio.h>, <wchar.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable  Operating  System  Interface
       (POSIX),  The  Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by
       the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The  Open  Group.   In  the
       event  of  any  discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

       Any  typographical  or  formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have
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