+ /*
+ * If mbrtowc() failed, then we have a character that isn't valid
+ * in the current encoding. Replace it with a '?'. We do that by
+ * setting the alstr variable to the value of the replacement string;
+ * altstr is used below when the bytes are copied into the output
+ * buffer.
+ */
+
+ if (char_len < 0) {
+ altstr = "?";
+ char_len = mbtowc(&wide_char, altstr, 1);
+ }
+