gutf8: Document that out args from g_utf16_to_utf8() are non-negative

Despite their type, the values returned will always be ≥ 0. It’s
unfortunate they weren’t declared with an unsigned type, but we can’t
change that now without breaking API.

Spotted in !2294.

Signed-off-by: Philip Withnall <pwithnall@endlessos.org>
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Philip Withnall 2021-10-14 12:45:30 +01:00
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@ -987,9 +987,10 @@ g_ucs4_to_utf8 (const gunichar *str,
* words read, or %NULL. If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will
* be returned in case @str contains a trailing partial character. If
* an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.
* Its guaranteed to be non-negative.
* @items_written: (out) (optional): location to store number
* of bytes written, or %NULL. The value stored here does not include the
* trailing 0 byte.
* trailing 0 byte. Its guaranteed to be non-negative.
* @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
* errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
* %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.