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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
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+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#if USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: widechars.c,v 1.5 2013/03/02 18:55:51 tom Exp $")
+
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+/*
+ * MinGW has wide-character functions, but they do not work correctly.
+ */
+
+int
+_nc_mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+    int result;
+    int count;
+    int try;
+
+    if (s != 0 && n != 0) {
+	/*
+	 * MultiByteToWideChar() can decide to return more than one
+	 * wide-character.  We want only one.  Ignore any trailing null, both
+	 * in the initial count and in the conversion.
+	 */
+	count = 0;
+	for (try = 1; try <= (int) n; ++try) {
+	    count = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+					MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS,
+					s,
+					try,
+					pwc,
+					0);
+	    TR(TRACE_BITS, ("...try %d:%d", try, count));
+	    if (count > 0) {
+		break;
+	    }
+	}
+	if (count < 1 || count > 2) {
+	    result = -1;
+	} else {
+	    wchar_t actual[2];
+	    memset(&actual, 0, sizeof(actual));
+	    count = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8,
+					MB_ERR_INVALID_CHARS,
+					s,
+					try,
+					actual,
+					2);
+	    TR(TRACE_BITS, ("\twin32 ->%#x, %#x", actual[0], actual[1]));
+	    *pwc = actual[0];
+	    if (actual[1] != 0)
+		result = -1;
+	    else
+		result = try;
+	}
+    } else {
+	result = 0;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+int
+_nc_mblen(const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+    int result = -1;
+    int count;
+    wchar_t temp;
+
+    if (s != 0 && n != 0) {
+	count = _nc_mbtowc(&temp, s, n);
+	if (count == 1) {
+	    int check = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
+					    0,
+					    &temp,
+					    1,
+					    NULL,
+					    0,	/* compute length only */
+					    NULL,
+					    NULL);
+	    TR(TRACE_BITS, ("\tcheck ->%d\n", check));
+	    if (check > 0 && (size_t) check <= n) {
+		result = check;
+	    }
+	}
+    } else {
+	result = 0;
+    }
+
+    return result;
+}
+
+int __MINGW_NOTHROW
+_nc_wctomb(char *s, wchar_t wc)
+{
+    int result;
+    int check;
+
+    check = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
+				0,
+				&wc,
+				1,
+				NULL,
+				0,	/* compute length only */
+				NULL,
+				NULL);
+    if (check > 0) {
+	result = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8,
+				     0,
+				     &wc,
+				     1,
+				     s,
+				     check + 1,
+				     NULL,
+				     NULL);
+    } else {
+	result = -1;
+    }
+    return result;
+}
+
+#endif /* __MINGW32__ */
+
+#endif /* USE_WIDEC_SUPPORT */