Update from Gnulib by running admin/merge-gnulib

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/stdlib.in.h b/lib/stdlib.in.h
index adbef69131b..14f45cc21e5 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib.in.h
+++ b/lib/stdlib.in.h
@@ -746,15 +746,20 @@ _GL_WARN_ON_USE (malloc, "malloc is not POSIX compliant everywhere - "
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/* Return maximum number of bytes of a multibyte character.  */
+/* Return maximum number of bytes in a multibyte character in the
+   current locale.  */
 #if @REPLACE_MB_CUR_MAX@
 # if !GNULIB_defined_MB_CUR_MAX
-_GL_STDLIB_INLINE int
+_GL_STDLIB_INLINE size_t
 gl_MB_CUR_MAX (void)
 {
+#  if 0 < @REPLACE_MB_CUR_MAX@
+  return @REPLACE_MB_CUR_MAX@;
+#  else
   /* Turn the value 3 to the value 4, as needed for the UTF-8 encoding.  */
   int gl_mb_cur_max = MB_CUR_MAX;
   return gl_mb_cur_max == 3 ? 4 : gl_mb_cur_max;
+#  endif
 }
 #  undef MB_CUR_MAX
 #  define MB_CUR_MAX gl_MB_CUR_MAX ()