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NAME

       mbsinit — determine conversion object status

SYNOPSIS

       #include <wchar.h>

       int mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);

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.1‐2008 defers to the ISO C standard.

       If  ps  is  not  a null pointer, the mbsinit() function shall determine whether the object
       pointed to by ps describes an initial conversion state.

RETURN VALUE

       The mbsinit() function shall return non-zero if ps is a null pointer, or if the pointed-to
       object describes an initial conversion state; otherwise, it shall return zero.

       If  an  mbstate_t  object is altered by any of the functions described as ``restartable'',
       and is then used  with  a  different  character  sequence,  or  in  the  other  conversion
       direction,  or  with a different LC_CTYPE category setting than on earlier function calls,
       the behavior is undefined.

ERRORS

       No errors are defined.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       The mbstate_t object is used to describe the current conversion state  from  a  particular
       character  sequence  to  a  wide-character  sequence  (or vice versa) under the rules of a
       particular setting of the LC_CTYPE category of the current locale.

       The initial conversion state corresponds, for a conversion in  either  direction,  to  the
       beginning  of a new character sequence in the initial shift state. A zero valued mbstate_t
       object is at least one way  to  describe  an  initial  conversion  state.  A  zero  valued
       mbstate_t  object  can be used to initiate conversion involving any character sequence, in
       any LC_CTYPE category setting.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       mbrlen(), mbrtowc(), mbsrtowcs(), wcrtomb(), wcsrtombs()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, <wchar.h>

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