MB_LEN_MAX3
Maximum multibyte length of a character across all locales
Usage
#include <limits.h>
Library
Standard C library (libc)
Overview
The MB_LEN_MAX macro is the maximum number of bytes needed to represent a single wide character, in any of the supported locales.
Return value
A constant integer greater than zero.
Notes
The entities MB_LEN_MAX and sizeof(wchar_t) are totally unrelated. In glibc, MB_LEN_MAX is typically 16 (6 in glibc versions earlier than 2.2), while sizeof(wchar_t) is 4.
Releases
14 releases since Debian 2.2 (Potato); the text changed 12 times.