stringprep_locale_charset - API function

NAME  SYNOPSIS  ARGUMENTS  DESCRIPTION  Find out current locale charset. The function respect the CHARSETenvironment variable, but typically uses nl_langinfo(CODESET) when itis supported. It fall back on "ASCII" if CHARSET isn’t set andnl_langinfo isn’t supported or return anything.Note that this function return the application’s locale’s preferredcharset (or thread’s locale’s preferred charset, if your system supportthread−specific locales). It does not return what the system may beusing. Thus, if you receive data from external sources you cannot ingeneral use this function to guess what charset it is encoded in. Usestringprep_convert from the external representation into the charsetreturned by this function, to have data in the locale encoding.Return value: Return the character set used by the current locale. Itwill never return NULL, but use "ASCII" as a fallback.REPORTING BUGS  COPYRIGHT  SEE ALSO 

NAME

stringprep_locale_charset − API function

SYNOPSIS

#include <stringprep.h>

const char * stringprep_locale_charset( void);

ARGUMENTS

void

DESCRIPTION

Enumerated return codes of the TLD checking functions. The value 0 is guaranteed to always correspond to success.

Find out current locale charset. The function respect the CHARSETenvironment variable, but typically uses nl_langinfo(CODESET) when itis supported. It fall back on "ASCII" if CHARSET isn’t set andnl_langinfo isn’t supported or return anything.Note that this function return the application’s locale’s preferredcharset (or thread’s locale’s preferred charset, if your system supportthread−specific locales). It does not return what the system may beusing. Thus, if you receive data from external sources you cannot ingeneral use this function to guess what charset it is encoded in. Usestringprep_convert from the external representation into the charsetreturned by this function, to have data in the locale encoding.Return value: Return the character set used by the current locale. Itwill never return NULL, but use "ASCII" as a fallback.REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

General guidelines for reporting bugs: https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/
GNU Libidn home page: https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2002-2022 Simon Josefsson.
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for libidn is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and libidn programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info libidn

should give you access to the complete manual. As an alternative you may obtain the manual from:

https://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/manual/


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