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NAME
 mbsinit — determines whether the state object is in the initial state
LIBRARY
 Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
 #include <wchar.h>
int
mbsinit(const mbstate_t *ps);
 
DESCRIPTION
 The 
mbsinit() determines whether the state object pointed to by 
ps is the initial conversion state, or not.
ps may be a null pointer. In this case, mbsinit() will always return non-zero.
 
RETURN VALUES
 mbsinit() returns:
- 
0
- 
The current state is not the initial state.
- 
non-zero
- 
The current state is the initial state or ps is a null pointer.
 
ERRORS
 No errors are defined.
STANDARDS
 The mbsinit() conforms to ISO/IEC 9899/AMD1:1995 (“ISO C90, Amendment 1”).