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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2005,2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
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+
+/*
+**	Support functions for wide/narrow conversion.
+*/
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: charable.c,v 1.5 2008/07/05 20:51:41 tom Exp $")
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(bool) _nc_is_charable(wchar_t ch)
+{
+    bool result;
+#if HAVE_WCTOB
+    result = (wctob((wint_t) ch) == (int) ch);
+#else
+    result = (_nc_to_char(ch) >= 0);
+#endif
+    return result;
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_to_char(wint_t ch)
+{
+    int result;
+#if HAVE_WCTOB
+    result = wctob(ch);
+#elif HAVE_WCTOMB
+    char temp[MB_LEN_MAX];
+    result = wctomb(temp, ch);
+    if (strlen(temp) == 1)
+	result = UChar(temp[0]);
+    else
+	result = -1;
+#endif
+    return result;
+}
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(wint_t) _nc_to_widechar(int ch)
+{
+    wint_t result;
+#if HAVE_BTOWC
+    result = btowc(ch);
+#elif HAVE_MBTOWC
+    wchar_t convert;
+    char temp[2];
+    temp[0] = ch;
+    temp[1] = '\0';
+    if (mbtowc(&convert, temp, 1) >= 0)
+	result = convert;
+    else
+	result = WEOF;
+#endif
+    return result;
+}