[PATCH] Reset converter state after second wchar_t output (Bug 25734)

Andreas Schwab schwab@suse.de
Mon Mar 30 12:11:56 GMT 2020


On Mär 27 2020, Carlos O'Donell wrote:

> An input BIG5-HKSCS character may be converted into at most 2 whcar_t
> characters.

Could someone please file an interpretation request for POSIX, what
should happen in that two wchar_t case?  I think a case could be made
that mbrtowc should return -1/EILSEQ, but that also has implications for
mbsrtowcs, since that is defined in terms of repeated application of
mbrtowc.

Andreas.

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