@node isblank
@subsection @code{isblank}
@findex isblank

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/functions/isblank.html}

Gnulib module: isblank
@mindex isblank

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Solaris 9, mingw, MSVC 9.
@item
This function cannot be called from plain inline or extern inline functions
on some platforms:
macOS 10.8.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@end itemize

Note: This function's behaviour depends on the locale, but does not support
the multibyte characters that occur in strings in locales with
@code{MB_CUR_MAX > 1} (this includes all the common UTF-8 locales).
There are five alternative APIs:

@table @code
@item c_isblank
@mindex c-ctype
This function operates in a locale independent way and returns true only for
ASCII characters.  It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{c-ctype}.

@item iswblank
@mindex wctype
This function operates in a locale dependent way, on wide characters.  In
order to use it, you first have to convert from multibyte to wide characters,
using the @code{mbrtowc} function.  It is provided by the Gnulib module
@samp{wctype}.

@item c32isblank
@mindex c32isblank
This function operates in a locale dependent way, on 32-bit wide characters.
In order to use it, you first have to convert from multibyte to 32-bit wide
characters, using the @code{mbrtoc32} function.  It is provided by the
Gnulib module @samp{c32isblank}.

@item mb_isblank
@mindex mbchar
This function operates in a locale dependent way, on multibyte characters.
It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{mbchar}.

@item uc_is_blank
@mindex unictype/ctype-blank
This function operates in a locale independent way, on Unicode characters.
It is provided by the Gnulib module @samp{unictype/ctype-blank}.
@end table
