+
+char *utf16_to_utf8(const void *s, size_t length) {
+ char *r;
+ const uint8_t *f;
+ uint8_t *t;
+
+ r = new(char, (length*3+1)/2 + 1);
+ if (!r)
+ return NULL;
+
+ t = (uint8_t*) r;
+
+ for (f = s; f < (const uint8_t*) s + length; f += 2) {
+ uint16_t c;
+
+ c = (f[1] << 8) | f[0];
+
+ if (c == 0) {
+ *t = 0;
+ return r;
+ } else if (c < 0x80) {
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) c;
+ } else if (c < 0x800) {
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) (0xc0 | (c >> 6));
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) (0x80 | (c & 0x3f));
+ } else {
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) (0xe0 | (c >> 12));
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) (0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3f));
+ *(t++) = (uint8_t) (0x80 | (c & 0x3f));
+ }
+ }
+
+ *t = 0;
+
+ return r;
+}