#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 are handled transparently even on platforms which
 * don't normally use this format.
 */
gboolean file_get_contents_text(const char *filename,char **contents,
  size_t *length)
{
    int i;
    char *raw;
    size_t raw_length;
    GString *string;
    GError *error=NULL;
    if (!g_file_get_contents(filename,&raw,&raw_length,&error))
    {
	fprintf(stderr,"%s: %s\n",filename,error->message);
	g_error_free(error);
	return FALSE;
    }
    string=g_string_new(NULL);
    for(i=0;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;
}