@node getwc
@section @code{getwc}
@findex getwc

POSIX specification:@* @url{http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getwc.html}

Gnulib module: ---

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, IRIX 5.3, Solaris 2.5.1, Cygwin 1.5.x, BeOS.
@item
On AIX and Windows platforms, @code{wchar_t} is a 16-bit type and therefore cannot
accommodate all Unicode characters.
@end itemize
