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 .

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