#include <stdlib.h>

#include <string.h>

#include <glib.h>

#include <bl/bl.h>

/*

 * Creates a new string length bytes long filled with fill_char.

 * The returned string should be freed when no longer needed.

 */

gchar *utf8_strnfill(gsize length,gunichar fill_char)

{

    int n,i;

    gchar *s;

    char utf8[6];

    n=g_unichar_to_utf8(fill_char,utf8);

    s=g_new(gchar,length*n+1);

    if (n==1)

	memset(s,utf8[0],length);

    else

	for(i=0;i<length;i++)

	    memcpy(s+i*n,utf8,n);

    s[length*n]='\0';

    return s;

}