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doc: Update regarding MSVC 9. * doc/gnulib-intro.texi (Target Platforms): Classify MSVC as "rarely tested". * doc/posix-functions/*.texi: Update with info about MSVC 9. * doc/posix-headers/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/pastposix-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-functions/*.texi: Likewise. * doc/glibc-headers/*.texi: Likewise.
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1 @node iconv_open
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2 @section @code{iconv_open}
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3 @findex iconv_open
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5 POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/iconv_open.html}
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7 Gnulib module: iconv, iconv_open, iconv_open-utf
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9 Portability problems fixed by either Gnulib module @code{iconv} or @code{iconv_open}:
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10 @itemize
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12 GNU libiconv is not found if installed in @file{$PREFIX/lib}.
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14 No converter from EUC-JP to UTF-8 is provided on some platforms:
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15 HP-UX 11.
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16 @end itemize
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18 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{iconv_open}:
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21 This function recognizes only non-standard aliases for many encodings (not
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22 the IANA registered encoding names) on many platforms:
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23 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2010-11.
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26 Portability problems fixed by Gnulib module @code{iconv_open-utf}:
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29 This function does not support the encodings UTF-16BE, UTF-16LE, UTF-32BE,
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30 UTF-32LE on many platforms:
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31 AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 8.
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34 Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
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37 This function is missing on some platforms:
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38 MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, IRIX 5.3, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS,
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39 when GNU libiconv is not installed.
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41 For some encodings A and B, this function cannot convert directly from A to B,
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47 The set of supported encodings and conversions is system dependent.
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48 @end itemize