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Subject: Re: mbstowcs(3) may not return -1
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On 21 June 2012 16:38, David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> While reading the manpage of mbstowcs I noticed an error in the RETURN
> VALUES :
>
> =A0 =A0 The mbstowcs() function returns the number of wide characters con=
verted,
> =A0 =A0 not counting any terminating null wide character, or -1 if an inv=
alid
> =A0 =A0 multibyte character was encountered.
>
> Since size_t is unsigned, it can't returns -1.

It returns (size_t)(-1).
I don't know how is it correct, but this conforms to C spec.

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