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getwc(3C)						   Standard C Library Functions 						 getwc(3C)

NAME
getwc - get wide character from a stream SYNOPSIS
#include <stdio.h> #include <wchar.h> wint_t getwc(FILE *stream); DESCRIPTION
The getwc() function is equivalent to fgetwc(3C), except that if it is implemented as a macro it may evaluate stream more than once, so the argument should never be an expression with side effects. RETURN VALUES
Refer to fgetwc(3C). ERRORS
Refer to fgetwc(3C). USAGE
This interface is provided to align with some current implementations and with possible future ISO standards. Because it may be implemented as a macro, getwc() may treat incorrectly a stream argument with side effects. In particular, getwc(*f++) may not work as expected. Therefore, use of this function is not recommended; fgetwc(3C) should be used instead. 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), attributes(5), standards(5) SunOS 5.11 24 Jul 2002 getwc(3C)

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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 5.10 24 Jul 2002 getwchar(3C)
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