uwidth_max (3alleg4)

#include <allegro.h>

int uwidth_max(int type);

Low level helper function for working with Unicode text data. Returns the largest number of bytes that one character can occupy in the given encoding format. Pass U_CURRENT to represent the current format. Example:

   char *temp_buffer = malloc(256 * uwidth_max(U_UTF8));

uwidth(3alleg4), ucwidth(3alleg4)