Function createUTF8string

Engine/source/core/strings/unicode.cpp:271–290

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UTF8*  createUTF8string( const UTF16* unistring)
{
   PROFILE_SCOPE(createUTF8string);

   // allocate plenty of memory.
   U32 nCodeunits, len = dStrlen(unistring) * 3 + 1;
   FrameTemp<UTF8> buf(len);
      
   // perform conversion
   nCodeunits = convertUTF16toUTF8N( unistring, buf, len);
   
   // add 1 for the NULL terminator the converter promises it included.
   nCodeunits++;
   
   // allocate the return buffer, copy over, and return it.
   UTF8 *ret = new UTF8[nCodeunits];
   dMemcpy(ret, buf, nCodeunits * sizeof(UTF8));

   return ret;
}

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