opensolaris man page for getwchar

getwchar(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 					      getwchar(3C)

NAME
       getwchar - get wide character from stdin stream

SYNOPSIS
       #include <wchar.h>

       wint_t getwchar(void)

DESCRIPTION
       The getwchar() function is equivalent to getwc(stdin).

RETURN VALUES
       Refer to fgetwc(3C).

ERRORS
       Refer to fgetwc(3C).

USAGE
       If  the	wint_t value returned by getwchar() is stored into a variable of type wchar_t and then compared against the wint_t macro WEOF, the
       comparison may never succeed because wchar_t is defined as unsigned.

ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE		     |ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       fgetwc(3C), getwc(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.11							    24 Jul 2002 						      getwchar(3C)