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@node wcsrtombs
@section @code{wcsrtombs}
@findex wcsrtombs

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wcsrtombs.html}

Gnulib module: wcsrtombs

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, HP-UX 11.00, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, mingw, Interix 3.5.
@item
This function may set the source pointer to NULL before NUL terminating the destination string on some platforms:
OSF/1 5.1.
@item
This function does not ignore the length argument if the destination argument is NULL on some platforms:
mingw.
@item
This function updates the source pointer also if the destination argument is NULL on some platforms:
HP-UX 11, OSF/1 5.1.
@end itemize

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