17 Library introduction [library]

17.5 Method of description (Informative) [description]

17.5.2 Other conventions [conventions]

17.5.2.1 Type descriptions [type.descriptions]

17.5.2.1.4 Character sequences [character.seq]

17.5.2.1.4.2 Multibyte strings [multibyte.strings]

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A null-terminated multibyte string, or ntmbs, is an ntbs that constitutes a sequence of valid multibyte characters, beginning and ending in the initial shift state.172

2

A static ntmbs is an ntmbs with static storage duration.

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An ntbs that contains characters only from the basic execution character set is also an ntmbs. Each multibyte character then consists of a single byte.