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Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy?

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On 03/29/2014 07:50 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
> Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> writes:
>> On 3/29/2014 5:38 PM, Keith Thompson wrote:
...
>>> N1570 7.28.1:
>>>
>>>      These functions have a parameter, ps, of type pointer to mbstate_t
>>>      that points to an object that can completely describe the current
>>>      conversion state of the associated multibyte character sequence,
>>>      which the functions alter as necessary.
>>
>>      Yabbut...  I understand this to mean that the pointed-to
>> mbstate_t object is both an output *and* an input to the function.
>> What would be the point of having one call report the state, and
>> then having the next ignore state changes encountered by the first?
>>
>>      (Still, as I said before: "I am no expert.")
> 
> I don't see anything in the quoted text that implies that the functions
> read the value of the pointed-to mbstate_t object.

"... can completely describe the current conversion state ... the
functions alter as necessary."
To me that at least suggests that the mbstate_t object should start out
correctly describing the current conversion state at the time the
function is called, even though it doesn't explicitly say so.

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mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Werner Wenzel <werner.wenzel@netcologne.de> - 2014-03-29 13:16 +0100
  Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-03-29 09:08 -0400
    Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Werner Wenzel <werner.wenzel@netcologne.de> - 2014-03-29 15:09 +0100
      Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-03-29 10:27 -0400
    Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-29 14:38 -0700
      Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-03-29 17:44 -0400
        Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2014-03-29 16:50 -0700
          Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-31 10:54 -0400
  Re: mbrtoc32 in MinGW-w64 buggy? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2014-03-29 09:17 -0400

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