mbrtowc(3) on FreeBSD
The text 1a1983bedfa0, as FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE, FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.5-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE, FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE shipped it.
convert a character to a wide-character code (restartable)