#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;
}