locale/mbsinit.3

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  27 .Dd April 8, 2004
  28 .Dt MBSINIT 3
  29 .Os
  30 .Sh NAME
  31 .Nm mbsinit ,
  32 .Nm mbsinit_l
  33 .Nd "determine conversion object status"
  34 .Sh LIBRARY
  35 .Lb libc
  36 .Sh SYNOPSIS
  37 .In wchar.h
  38 .Ft int
  39 .Fn mbsinit "const mbstate_t *ps"
  40 .In wchar.h
  41 .In xlocale.h
  42 .Ft int
  43 .Fn mbsinit_l "const mbstate_t *ps" "locale_t loc"
  44 .Sh DESCRIPTION
  45 The
  46 .Fn mbsinit
  47 function determines whether the
  48 .Vt mbstate_t
  49 object pointed to by
  50 .Fa ps
  51 describes an initial conversion state.
  52 .Pp
  53 While the
  54 .Fn mbsinit
  55 function uses the current locale, the
  56 .Fn mbsinit_l
  57 function may be passed a locale directly. See
  58 .Xr xlocale 3
  59 for more information.
  60 .Sh RETURN VALUES
  61 The
  62 .Fn mbsinit
  63 function returns non-zero if
  64 .Fa ps
  65 is
  66 .Dv NULL
  67 or describes an initial conversion state;
  68 otherwise, it returns zero.
  69 .Sh SEE ALSO
  70 .Xr mbrlen 3 ,
  71 .Xr mbrtowc 3 ,
  72 .Xr mbsrtowcs 3 ,
  73 .Xr multibyte 3 ,
  74 .Xr wcrtomb 3 ,
  75 .Xr wcsrtombs 3 ,
  76 .Xr xlocale 3
  77 .Sh STANDARDS
  78 The
  79 .Fn mbsinit
  80 function conforms to
  81 .St -isoC-99 .