[PATCH v2] man/man3/wc{,r}tomb.3: Rewording to MB_CUR_MAX

Kang-Che Sung explorer09@gmail.com
Sun Mar 16 18:32:13 GMT 2025


Add the missing length requirement about MB_CUR_MAX to wcrtomb(3).

Change the wording on the MB_CUR_MAX requirement in wctomb(3). If
programmers know the wide character to convert beforehand, they are
allowed to use a buffer smaller than MB_CUR_MAX bytes, as long as it
"fits" the sequence.

Signed-off-by: Kang-Che Sung <explorer09@gmail.com>
---
 man/man3/wcrtomb.3 | 8 ++++++++
 man/man3/wctomb.3  | 8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man/man3/wcrtomb.3 b/man/man3/wcrtomb.3
index 967a1a0f6..162d97df8 100644
--- a/man/man3/wcrtomb.3
+++ b/man/man3/wcrtomb.3
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ is NULL, a static anonymous
 state known only to the
 .BR wcrtomb ()
 function is used instead.
+.P
+At most
+.B MB_CUR_MAX
+bytes will be written at
+.IR s .
+The programmer must ensure that there is enough room to store the
+multibyte sequence at
+.IR s .
 .SH RETURN VALUE
 The
 .BR wcrtomb ()
diff --git a/man/man3/wctomb.3 b/man/man3/wctomb.3
index fce54cb4b..643e2e677 100644
--- a/man/man3/wctomb.3
+++ b/man/man3/wctomb.3
@@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ that is, the number of
 bytes written at
 .IR s .
 .P
-The programmer must ensure that there is
-room for at least
+At most
 .B MB_CUR_MAX
-bytes at
+bytes will be written at
+.IR s .
+The programmer must ensure that there is enough room to store the
+multibyte sequence at
 .IR s .
 .P
 If
-- 
2.49.0


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