The wcsnrtombs function is like the wcsrtombs function, except that
the number of wide characters to be converted, starting at *src, is
limited to nwc.
If dest is not a NULL pointer, the wcsnrtombs function converts
at most nwc wide characters from
the wide-character string *src to a multibyte string starting at
dest. At most len bytes are written to dest. The shift state
*ps is updated. The conversion is effectively performed by repeatedly
calling wcrtomb(dest,*src,ps), as long as this call succeeds,
and then incrementing dest by the number of bytes written and *src
by one. The conversion can stop for three reasons:
1. A wide character has been encountered that can not be represented as a
multibyte sequence (according to the current locale). In this case *src
is left pointing to the invalid wide character, (size_t)(-1) is returned,
and errno is set to EILSEQ.
2. nwc wide characters have been converted without encountering a L'\\0',
or the length limit forces a stop. In this case *src is left pointing
to the next wide character to be converted, and the number of bytes written
to dest is returned.
3. The wide-character string has been completely converted, including the
terminating L'\\0' (which has the side effect of bringing back *ps
to the initial state). In this case *src is set to NULL, and the number
of bytes written to dest, excluding the terminating '\\0' byte, is
returned.
If dest is NULL, len is ignored, and the conversion proceeds as
above, except that the converted bytes are not written out to memory, and that
no destination length limit exists.
In both of the above cases, if ps is a NULL pointer, a static anonymous
state only known to the wcsnrtombs function is used instead.
The programmer must ensure that there is room for at least len bytes
at dest.