2 files changed, 51 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/string.cpp b/src/util/string.cpp
index 1d9560608..b4908d62d 100644
--- a/src/util/string.cpp
+++ b/src/util/string.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <map>
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#include <windows.h>  // MultiByteToWideChar
+#endif
+
 static bool parseHexColorString(const std::string &value, video::SColor &color);
 static bool parseNamedColorString(const std::string &value, video::SColor &color);
 
@@ -58,51 +62,72 @@ int wctomb(char *s, wchar_t wc)
 
 int mbtowc(wchar_t *pwc, const char *s, size_t n)
 {
-	std::wstring intermediate = narrow_to_wide(s);
+	wchar_t *intermediate = narrow_to_wide(s);
 
 	if (intermediate.length() > 0) {
 		*pwc = intermediate[0];
 		return 1;
-	}
-	else {
+	} else {
 		return -1;
 	}
 }
+// You must free the returned string!
+const wchar_t *narrow_to_wide_c(const char *mbs)
+{
+	size_t mbl = strlen(mbs);
+	wchar_t wcs = new wchar_t[mbl + 1];
 
-std::wstring narrow_to_wide(const std::string& mbs) {
-	size_t wcl = mbs.size();
-
-	std::wstring retval = L"";
-
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < wcl; i++) {
-		if (((unsigned char) mbs[i] >31) &&
-		 ((unsigned char) mbs[i] < 127)) {
-
-			retval += wide_chars[(unsigned char) mbs[i] -32];
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < mbl; i++) {
+		if (((unsigned char) mbs[i] > 31) &&
+				((unsigned char) mbs[i] < 127)) {
+			wcs[i] = wide_chars[(unsigned char) mbs[i] - 32];
 		}
 		//handle newline
 		else if (mbs[i] == '\n') {
-			retval += L'\n';
+			wcs[i] = L'\n';
 		}
 	}
 
-	return retval;
+	return wcs;
 }
+
 #else
 
-std::wstring narrow_to_wide(const std::string& mbs)
+// You must free the returned string!
+const wchar_t *narrow_to_wide_c(const char *mbs)
 {
-	size_t wcl = mbs.size();
-	Buffer<wchar_t> wcs(wcl+1);
-	size_t l = mbstowcs(*wcs, mbs.c_str(), wcl);
-	if(l == (size_t)(-1))
-		return L"<invalid multibyte string>";
-	wcs[l] = 0;
-	return *wcs;
+	wchar_t *wcs = NULL;
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+	int wcl = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (LPCSTR) mbs, -1, NULL, 0);
+	if (!wcl)
+		return NULL;
+	wcs = new wchar_t[wcl];
+	MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, (LPCSTR) mbs, -1, (WCHAR *) wcs, wcl);
+#else
+	size_t wcl = mbstowcs(NULL, mbs, 0);
+	if (wcl == (size_t) -1)
+		return NULL;
+	wcs = new wchar_t[wcl + 1];
+	size_t l = mbstowcs(wcs, mbs, wcl);
+	assert(l != (size_t) -1); // Should never happen if the last call worked
+	wcs[l] = '\0';
+#endif
+
+	return wcs;
 }
 
 #endif
 
+std::wstring narrow_to_wide(const std::string& mbs)
+{
+	const wchar_t *wcs = narrow_to_wide_c(mbs.c_str());
+	if (!wcs)
+		return L"<invalid multibyte string>";
+	std::wstring wstr(wcs);
+	delete [] wcs;
+	return wstr;
+}
+
 #ifdef __ANDROID__
 std::string wide_to_narrow(const std::wstring& wcs) {
 	size_t mbl = wcs.size()*4;
diff --git a/src/util/string.h b/src/util/string.h
index 3ece2371d..388184ca4 100644
--- a/src/util/string.h
+++ b/src/util/string.h
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ struct FlagDesc {
 	u32 flag;
 };
 
+// You must free the returned string!
+const wchar_t *narrow_to_wide_c(const char *mbs);
+
 std::wstring narrow_to_wide(const std::string& mbs);
 std::string wide_to_narrow(const std::wstring& wcs);
 std::string translatePassword(std::string playername, std::wstring password);