man mconv_buffer_converter () - Create a code converter bound to a buffer.

NAME

mconv_buffer_converter - Create a code converter bound to a buffer.

SYNOPSIS

MConverter* mconv_buffer_converter (MSymbol name, unsigned char * buf, int n)

DESCRIPTION

The mconv_buffer_converter() function creates a pointer to a code converter for coding system name. The code converter is bound to buffer area of n bytes pointed to by buf. Subsequent decodings and encodings are done to/from this buffer area.

name

can be Mni. In this case, a coding system associated with the current locale (LC_CTYPE) is used.

RETURN VALUE

If the operation was successful, mconv_buffer_converter() returns the created code converter. Otherwise it returns NULL and assigns an error code to the external variable merror_code.

ERRORS

MERROR_SYMBOL, MERROR_CODING

See Also:.RS 4

mconv_stream_converter()