16
Library introduction
[library]
16.3
Method of description
[description]
16.3.3
Other conventions
[conventions]
16.3.3.3
Type descriptions
[type.descriptions]
16.3.3.3.4
Character sequences
[character.seq]
16.3.3.3.4.3
Multibyte strings
[multibyte.strings]
1
#
A
multibyte character
is a sequence of one or more bytes representing the code unit sequence for an encoded character of the execution character set
.
2
#
A
null-terminated multibyte string
, or
ntmbs
, is an
ntbs
that constitutes a sequence of valid multibyte characters, beginning and ending in the initial shift state
.
143
3
#
A
static
ntmbs
is an
ntmbs
with static storage duration
.
143)
143)
An
ntbs
that contains characters only from the basic literal character set is also an
ntmbs
.
Each multibyte character then consists of a single byte
.