Public Comment Number PC-UK0116 ISO/IEC CD 9899 (SC22N2620) Public Comment =========================================== Date: 1998-02-25 Author: N.M Maclaren Author Affiliation: Self Postal Address: University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory, New Museums Site, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB3 3QG, United Kingdom E-mail Address: Telephone Number: +44 1223 334761 Fax Number: +44 1223 334679 Number of individual comments: 1 Comment 1. Category: Request for information/clarification Committee Draft subsection: 7.19.7.3, 7.19.7.4 Title: Ambiguity in restartable wide/multibyte conversion functions Detailed description: This is not entirely clear whether each function has its own internal mbstate_t object for the case when ps is a null pointer, or whether they share one. I think the former, but it should be clarified. Furthermore, it is extremely unclear whether and how the internal state can be reset to its initial state in a defined fashion, if it has become indeterminate or unknown.