1MB_LEN_MAX(3)              Linux Programmer's Manual             MB_LEN_MAX(3)
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NAME

6       MB_LEN_MAX - maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <limits.h>
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DESCRIPTION

12       The MB_LEN_MAX macro is the maximum number of bytes needed to represent
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RETURN VALUE

16       A constant integer greater than zero.
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CONFORMING TO

19       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, C99.
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NOTES

22       The entities MB_LEN_MAX and sizeof(wchar_t) are totally unrelated.   In
23       glibc,  MB_LEN_MAX  is  typically  16 (6 in glibc versions earlier than
24       2.2), while sizeof(wchar_t) is 4.
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SEE ALSO

27       MB_CUR_MAX(3)
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