#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;

 }