Method
GLibIConv
Declaration [src]
gsize
g_iconv (
GIConv converter,
gchar** inbuf,
gsize* inbytes_left,
gchar** outbuf,
gsize* outbytes_left
)
Description [src]
Same as the standard UNIX routine iconv(), but may be implemented via libiconv on UNIX flavors that lack a native implementation.
GLib provides g_convert() and g_locale_to_utf8() which are likely
more convenient than the raw iconv wrappers.
Note that the behaviour of iconv() for characters which are valid in the
input character set, but which have no representation in the output character
set, is implementation defined. This function may return success (with a
positive number of non-reversible conversions as replacement characters were
used), or it may return -1 and set an error such as EILSEQ, in such a situation.
This method is not directly available to language bindings.
Parameters
inbuf-
Type:
gchar**Bytes to convert.
The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. inbytes_left-
Type:
gsize*Inout parameter, bytes remaining to convert in
inbuf.The argument will be modified by the function. outbuf-
Type:
gchar**Converted output bytes.
The data is owned by the caller of the method. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. outbytes_left-
Type:
gsize*Inout parameter, bytes available to fill in
outbuf.The argument will be modified by the function.