-/* Evil global variable */
-static vlc_bool_t native_utf8;
-
-
-/*****************************************************************************
- * FromLocale: converts a locale string to UTF-8
- *****************************************************************************/
-/* FIXME FIXME: it really has to be made quicker */
-char *FromLocale( const char *locale )
-{
- char *psz_charset;
-
- if( locale == NULL )
- return NULL;
-
- native_utf8 = vlc_current_charset( &psz_charset );
- if( !native_utf8 )
- {
- char *iptr = (char *)locale, *output, *optr;
- size_t inb, outb;
-
- /* cannot fail (unless vlc_current_charset sucks) */
- vlc_iconv_t hd = vlc_iconv_open( "UTF-8", psz_charset );
- free( psz_charset );
-
- /*
- * We are not allowed to modify the locale pointer, even if we cast it to
- * non-const.
- */
- inb = strlen( locale );
- outb = inb * 6 + 1;
-
- /* FIXME: I'm not sure about the value for the multiplication
- * (for western people, multiplication by 3 (Latin9) is sufficient) */
- optr = output = calloc( outb , 1);
- while( vlc_iconv( hd, &iptr, &inb, &optr, &outb ) == (size_t)-1 )
- *iptr = '?'; /* should not happen, and yes, it sucks */
-
- vlc_iconv_close( hd );
- return realloc( output, strlen( output ) + 1 );
- }
- free( psz_charset );
- return (char *)locale;
-}
-
-/*****************************************************************************
- * ToLocale: converts an UTF-8 string to locale
- *****************************************************************************/
-/* FIXME FIXME: it really has to be made quicker */
-char *ToLocale( const char *utf8 )
-{
- char *psz_charset;
-
- if( utf8 == NULL )
- return NULL;
-
- native_utf8 = vlc_current_charset( &psz_charset );
- if( !native_utf8 )
- {
- char *iptr = (char *)utf8, *output, *optr;
- size_t inb, outb;
-
- /* cannot fail (unless vlc_current_charset sucks) */
- vlc_iconv_t hd = vlc_iconv_open( psz_charset, "UTF-8" );
- free( psz_charset );
-
- /*
- * We are not allowed to modify the locale pointer, even if we cast it to
- * non-const.
- */
- inb = strlen( utf8 );
- /* FIXME: I'm not sure about the value for the multiplication
- * (for western people, multiplication is not needed) */
- outb = inb * 2 + 1;
-
- optr = output = calloc( outb, 1 );
- while( vlc_iconv( hd, &iptr, &inb, &optr, &outb ) == (size_t)-1 )
- *iptr = '?'; /* should not happen, and yes, it sucks */
-
- vlc_iconv_close( hd );
- return realloc( output, strlen( output ) + 1 );
- }
- free( psz_charset );
- return (char *)utf8;
-}
-
-void LocaleFree( const char *str )
-{
- if( ( str != NULL ) && ( !native_utf8 ) )
- free( (char *)str );
-}
-