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On 08/16/2012 08:20 AM, Thomas Wolff wrote: >>> MB_CUR_MAX does not work because its value is 1 at this point >> So what about MB_LEN_MAX then? There's no problem using a multiplier, >> but a symbolic constant is always better than a numerical constant. > I've now used _MB_LEN_MAX from newlib.h, rather than MB_LEN_MAX from > limits.h (note the "_" distinction :) ), > because the latter, by its preceding comment, reserves the option to be > changed into a dynamic function in the future, which could then possibly > have the same problems as MB_CUR_MAX. POSIX requires MB_LEN_MAX to be a constant, only MB_CUR_MAX can be dynamic. We cannot change MB_LEN_MAX to be dynamic in the future. -- Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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