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doc: Mention reason for replacement on glibc/Linux systems. * doc/posix-functions/dprintf.texi: Mention the problem with special 'long double' values. * doc/posix-functions/fprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/printf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/snprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/sprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/vdprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/vfprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/vprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/vsnprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/vsprintf.texi: Likewise. * doc/posix-functions/fcntl.texi: Add glibc/Linux to the list of platforms with F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC problems. * doc/posix-functions/glob.texi: Mention which platforms are affected by the problem with symbolic links. * doc/posix-functions/linkat.texi: Mention the problem with AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW on Linux.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:43:29 +0200
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@node wcswidth
@section @code{wcswidth}
@findex wcswidth

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

Gnulib module: wcswidth

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1, mingw, MSVC 9, BeOS.
@item
This function handles combining characters in UTF-8 locales incorrectly on some
platforms:
MacOS X 10.3.
@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