Re: [PATCH] mbsrtowcs.3: add a note for conversion completion

Andriy Utkin
2023-11-14T09:47:42Z

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 10:21:27AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> mbstowcs(3) has the following:
>
> In order to avoid the case 2 above, the programmer should make
> sure n is greater than or equal to mbstowcs(NULL,src,0)+1.
>
> We could add that.

That might have enlightened me! I like the wording, and indeed, having
it phrased the same way for these similar functions would be helpful.

> BTW, maybe you want to use mbstowcs(3), which is simpler.

Indeed I should have chosen that.

> I think we could add something saying that mbsrtowcs(3) is a
> restartable version of mbstowcs(3).

It might have helped me, and probably will help others.

Thanks Alejandro!