MB_LEN_MAX(3)		   Linux Programmers Manual		MB_LEN_MAX(3)



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

SYNOPSIS
       #include 

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 greater than zero.

CONFORMING TO
       C99, POSIX.1-2001.

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

SEE ALSO
       MB_CUR_MAX(3)

COLOPHON
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Linux				  1999-07-04			 MB_LEN_MAX(3)