@node wctob
@section @code{wctob}
@findex wctob

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/wctob.html}

Gnulib module: wctob

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, HP-UX 11.00, mingw.
@item
This function clobbers caller-owned registers on some platforms:
Cygwin 1.7.5.
@item
This function does not work on some platforms:
Solaris 9.
@item
This function is missing a declaration on some platforms:
IRIX 6.5.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
accommodate all Unicode characters.
@end itemize
