XNLSutf8tocode

Purpose

Get the corresponding code point of a UTF-8 sequence.

Synopsis

int XNLSutf8tocode(const char **src, const char *srcend);

Arguments

src	Reference to a pointer at the beginning of the sequence
srcend	Pointer to the character after the end of the buffer

Return value

Unicode code point or -1 if the sequence is not valid or incomplete

Further information

The argument src is updated such that it points to the byte following the decoded sequence after the function returns.