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Refer to new POSIX:2008 standard.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:38:13 +0100
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@node fwide
@section @code{fwide}
@findex fwide

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

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 2.6, Cygwin, Interix 3.5, BeOS.
@item
On Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
accommodate all Unicode characters.
@item
@code{fwide} is not guaranteed to be able to change a file stream's mode
to a different mode than the current one.
@end itemize