+/*
+ * mono_ldstr_utf8:
+ *
+ * Same as mono_ldstr, but return a NULL terminated utf8 string instead
+ * of an object.
+ */
+char*
+mono_ldstr_utf8 (MonoImage *image, guint32 idx, MonoError *error)
+{
+ const char *str;
+ size_t len2;
+ long written = 0;
+ char *as;
+ GError *gerror = NULL;
+
+ mono_error_init (error);
+
+ if (!mono_verifier_verify_string_signature (image, idx, NULL))
+ return NULL; /*FIXME we should probably be raising an exception here*/
+ str = mono_metadata_user_string (image, idx);
+
+ len2 = mono_metadata_decode_blob_size (str, &str);
+ len2 >>= 1;
+
+ as = g_utf16_to_utf8 ((guint16*)str, len2, NULL, &written, &gerror);
+ if (gerror) {
+ mono_error_set_argument (error, "string", "%s", gerror->message);
+ g_error_free (gerror);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ /* g_utf16_to_utf8 may not be able to complete the convertion (e.g. NULL values were found, #335488) */
+ if (len2 > written) {
+ /* allocate the total length and copy the part of the string that has been converted */
+ char *as2 = (char *)g_malloc0 (len2);
+ memcpy (as2, as, written);
+ g_free (as);
+ as = as2;
+ }
+
+ return as;
+}
+