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@node wcswidth
@section @code{wcswidth}
@findex wcswidth

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wcswidth.html}

Gnulib module: wcswidth

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Windows and 32-bit AIX platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
accommodate all Unicode characters.
@end itemize