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New module 'wctype'. * modules/wctype: Change to represent the wctype() substitute. * lib/wctype.in.h (wctype): New declaration. * lib/wctype.c: New file. * lib/wctype-impl.h: New file. * m4/wctype.m4: New file. * m4/wctype_h.m4 (gl_WCTYPE_H): Test whether wctype is declared. (gl_WCTYPE_H_DEFAULTS): Initialize GNULIB_WCTYPE. * modules/wctype-h (Makefile.am): Substitute GNULIB_WCTYPE. * tests/test-wctype-h-c++.cc: Test the declaration of wctype. * doc/posix-functions/wctype.texi: Mention the new module and the HP-UX 11.00 problem.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:45:40 +0100
parents bb0ceefd22dc
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@node wctype
@section @code{wctype}
@findex wctype

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

Gnulib module: wctype

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1.
@item
This function is declared in @code{<wchar.h>}, not in @code{<wctype.h>}, on
some platforms:
HP-UX 11.00.
@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