#include <stdlib.h>

 #include <stdio.h>

 #include <bl/bl.h>

 /*

  * Read a file into memory (which should be freed with mem_free when no

  * longer required). Returns NULL on error and outputs a suitable error

  * message to stderr.

  * DOS-style line endings and UTF-8 BOM are handled transparently even

  * on platforms which don't normally use these formats.

  */

 gboolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,

   size_t *length)

 {

     int i;

     unsigned char *raw;

     size_t raw_length;

     GString *string;

     GError *error=NULL;

     if (!g_file_get_contents(filename,(char *)&raw,&raw_length,&error))

     {

 	fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",filename,error->message);

 	g_error_free(error);

 	return FALSE;

     }

     string=g_string_new(NULL);

     i=0;

     if (raw_length>=3 && raw[0]==0xEF && raw[1]==0xBB && raw[2]==0xBF)

 	i+=3;			/* Skip BOM (U+FEFF) */

     for(;i<raw_length;i++)

 	if (raw[i]!='\r')

 	    g_string_append_c(string,raw[i]);

     g_free(raw);

     if (length)

 	*length=string->len;

     if (contents)

 	*contents=g_string_free(string,FALSE);

     else

 	g_string_free(string,TRUE);

     return TRUE;

 }