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diff --git a/glib/gutf8.c b/glib/gutf8.c
index 4f7d486..579c017 100644
--- a/glib/gutf8.c
+++ b/glib/gutf8.c
@@ -14,12 +14,10 @@
  * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-#include <config.h>
+#include "config.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_CODESET
@@ -27,9 +25,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <string.h>
 
-#include "glib.h"
-#include "galias.h"
-
 #ifdef G_PLATFORM_WIN32
 #include <stdio.h>
 #define STRICT
@@ -37,8 +32,12 @@
 #undef STRICT
 #endif
 
-#include "libcharset/libcharset.h"
-
+#include "gconvert.h"
+#include "ghash.h"
+#include "gstrfuncs.h"
+#include "gtestutils.h"
+#include "gtypes.h"
+#include "gthread.h"
 #include "glibintl.h"
 
 #define UTF8_COMPUTE(Char, Mask, Len)					      \
@@ -95,14 +94,22 @@
       (Result) <<= 6;							      \
       (Result) |= ((Chars)[(Count)] & 0x3f);				      \
     }
-
+    
+/*
+ * Check whether a Unicode (5.2) char is in a valid range.
+ *
+ * The first check comes from the Unicode guarantee to never encode
+ * a point above 0x0010ffff, since UTF-16 couldn't represent it.
+ * 
+ * The second check covers surrogate pairs (category Cs).
+ *
+ * @param Char the character
+ */
 #define UNICODE_VALID(Char)                   \
     ((Char) < 0x110000 &&                     \
-     (((Char) & 0xFFFFF800) != 0xD800) &&     \
-     ((Char) < 0xFDD0 || (Char) > 0xFDEF) &&  \
-     ((Char) & 0xFFFE) != 0xFFFE)
-   
-     
+     (((Char) & 0xFFFFF800) != 0xD800))
+
+    
 static const gchar utf8_skip_data[256] = {
   1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
   1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
@@ -123,14 +130,14 @@ const gchar * const g_utf8_skip = utf8_skip_data;
  * 
  * Given a position @p with a UTF-8 encoded string @str, find the start
  * of the previous UTF-8 character starting before @p. Returns %NULL if no
- * UTF-8 characters are present in @p before @str.
+ * UTF-8 characters are present in @str before @p.
  *
  * @p does not have to be at the beginning of a UTF-8 character. No check
  * is made to see if the character found is actually valid other than
  * it starts with an appropriate byte.
  *
- * Return value: a pointer to the found character or %NULL.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to the found character or %NULL.
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_find_prev_char (const char *str,
 		       const char *p)
@@ -146,9 +153,8 @@ g_utf8_find_prev_char (const char *str,
 /**
  * g_utf8_find_next_char:
  * @p: a pointer to a position within a UTF-8 encoded string
- * @end: a pointer to the end of the string, or %NULL to indicate
- *        that the string is nul-terminated, in which case
- *        the returned value will be 
+ * @end: a pointer to the byte following the end of the string,
+ *     or %NULL to indicate that the string is nul-terminated
  *
  * Finds the start of the next UTF-8 character in the string after @p.
  *
@@ -156,8 +162,8 @@ g_utf8_find_prev_char (const char *str,
  * is made to see if the character found is actually valid other than
  * it starts with an appropriate byte.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to the found character or %NULL
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to the found character or %NULL
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_find_next_char (const gchar *p,
 		       const gchar *end)
@@ -185,8 +191,8 @@ g_utf8_find_next_char (const gchar *p,
  * it starts with an appropriate byte. If @p might be the first
  * character of the string, you must use g_utf8_find_prev_char() instead.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to the found character.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to the found character
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_prev_char (const gchar *p)
 {
@@ -197,19 +203,22 @@ g_utf8_prev_char (const gchar *p)
 	return (gchar *)p;
     }
 }
-
+ 
 /**
  * g_utf8_strlen:
- * @p: pointer to the start of a UTF-8 encoded string.
+ * @p: pointer to the start of a UTF-8 encoded string
  * @max: the maximum number of bytes to examine. If @max
  *       is less than 0, then the string is assumed to be
- *       nul-terminated. If @max is 0, @p will not be examined and 
- *       may be %NULL.
- * 
- * Returns the length of the string in characters.
+ *       nul-terminated. If @max is 0, @p will not be examined and
+ *       may be %NULL. If @max is greater than 0, up to @max
+ *       bytes are examined
  *
- * Return value: the length of the string in characters
- **/
+ * Computes the length of the string in characters, not including
+ * the terminating nul character. If the @max'th byte falls in the
+ * middle of a character, the last (partial) character is not counted.
+ *
+ * Returns: the length of the string in characters
+ */
 glong
 g_utf8_strlen (const gchar *p,
                gssize       max)
@@ -230,19 +239,19 @@ g_utf8_strlen (const gchar *p,
     {
       if (max == 0 || !*p)
         return 0;
-      
-      p = g_utf8_next_char (p);          
+
+      p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
 
       while (p - start < max && *p)
         {
           ++len;
-          p = g_utf8_next_char (p);          
+          p = g_utf8_next_char (p);
         }
 
       /* only do the last len increment if we got a complete
        * char (don't count partial chars)
        */
-      if (p - start == max)
+      if (p - start <= max)
         ++len;
     }
 
@@ -250,17 +259,49 @@ g_utf8_strlen (const gchar *p,
 }
 
 /**
+ * g_utf8_substring:
+ * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
+ * @start_pos: a character offset within @str
+ * @end_pos: another character offset within @str
+ *
+ * Copies a substring out of a UTF-8 encoded string.
+ * The substring will contain @end_pos - @start_pos characters.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly allocated copy of the requested
+ *     substring. Free with g_free() when no longer needed.
+ *
+ * Since: 2.30
+ */
+gchar *
+g_utf8_substring (const gchar *str,
+                  glong        start_pos,
+                  glong        end_pos)
+{
+  gchar *start, *end, *out;
+
+  start = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (str, start_pos);
+  end = g_utf8_offset_to_pointer (start, end_pos - start_pos);
+
+  out = g_malloc (end - start + 1);
+  memcpy (out, start, end - start);
+  out[end - start] = 0;
+
+  return out;
+}
+
+/**
  * g_utf8_get_char:
  * @p: a pointer to Unicode character encoded as UTF-8
  * 
  * Converts a sequence of bytes encoded as UTF-8 to a Unicode character.
- * If @p does not point to a valid UTF-8 encoded character, results are
- * undefined. If you are not sure that the bytes are complete
+ *
+ * If @p does not point to a valid UTF-8 encoded character, results
+ * are undefined. If you are not sure that the bytes are complete
  * valid Unicode characters, you should use g_utf8_get_char_validated()
  * instead.
  * 
- * Return value: the resulting character
- **/
+ * Returns: the resulting character
+ */
 gunichar
 g_utf8_get_char (const gchar *p)
 {
@@ -280,18 +321,26 @@ g_utf8_get_char (const gchar *p)
  * g_utf8_offset_to_pointer:
  * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
  * @offset: a character offset within @str
- * 
+ *
  * Converts from an integer character offset to a pointer to a position
  * within the string.
- * 
+ *
  * Since 2.10, this function allows to pass a negative @offset to
- * step backwards.
- * 
- * Return value: the resulting pointer
- **/
+ * step backwards. It is usually worth stepping backwards from the end
+ * instead of forwards if @offset is in the last fourth of the string,
+ * since moving forward is about 3 times faster than moving backward.
+ *
+ * Note that this function doesn't abort when reaching the end of @str.
+ * Therefore you should be sure that @offset is within string boundaries
+ * before calling that function. Call g_utf8_strlen() when unsure.
+ * This limitation exists as this function is called frequently during
+ * text rendering and therefore has to be as fast as possible.
+ *
+ * Returns: the resulting pointer
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_offset_to_pointer  (const gchar *str,
-			   glong        offset)    
+			   glong        offset)
 {
   const gchar *s = str;
 
@@ -331,8 +380,8 @@ g_utf8_offset_to_pointer  (const gchar *str,
  * Since 2.10, this function allows @pos to be before @str, and returns
  * a negative offset in this case.
  * 
- * Return value: the resulting character offset
- **/
+ * Returns: the resulting character offset
+ */
 glong    
 g_utf8_pointer_to_offset (const gchar *str,
 			  const gchar *pos)
@@ -359,14 +408,13 @@ g_utf8_pointer_to_offset (const gchar *str,
  * @src: UTF-8 encoded string
  * @n: character count
  * 
- * Like the standard C strncpy() function, but 
- * copies a given number of characters instead of a given number of 
- * bytes. The @src string must be valid UTF-8 encoded text. 
- * (Use g_utf8_validate() on all text before trying to use UTF-8 
- * utility functions with it.)
+ * Like the standard C strncpy() function, but copies a given number
+ * of characters instead of a given number of bytes. The @src string
+ * must be valid UTF-8 encoded text. (Use g_utf8_validate() on all
+ * text before trying to use UTF-8 utility functions with it.)
  * 
- * Return value: @dest
- **/
+ * Returns: @dest
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_strncpy (gchar       *dest,
 		const gchar *src,
@@ -383,171 +431,6 @@ g_utf8_strncpy (gchar       *dest,
   return dest;
 }
 
-G_LOCK_DEFINE_STATIC (aliases);
-
-static GHashTable *
-get_alias_hash (void)
-{
-  static GHashTable *alias_hash = NULL;
-  const char *aliases;
-
-  G_LOCK (aliases);
-
-  if (!alias_hash)
-    {
-      alias_hash = g_hash_table_new (g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
-      
-      aliases = _g_locale_get_charset_aliases ();
-      while (*aliases != '\0')
-	{
-	  const char *canonical;
-	  const char *alias;
-	  const char **alias_array;
-	  int count = 0;
-	  
-	  alias = aliases;
-	  aliases += strlen (aliases) + 1;
-	  canonical = aliases;
-	  aliases += strlen (aliases) + 1;
-	  
-	  alias_array = g_hash_table_lookup (alias_hash, canonical);
-	  if (alias_array)
-	    {
-	      while (alias_array[count])
-		count++;
-	    }
-	  
-	  alias_array = g_renew (const char *, alias_array, count + 2);
-	  alias_array[count] = alias;
-	  alias_array[count + 1] = NULL;
-	  
-	  g_hash_table_insert (alias_hash, (char *)canonical, alias_array);
-	}
-    }
-
-  G_UNLOCK (aliases);
-
-  return alias_hash;
-}
-
-/* As an abuse of the alias table, the following routines gets
- * the charsets that are aliases for the canonical name.
- */
-const char **
-_g_charset_get_aliases (const char *canonical_name)
-{
-  GHashTable *alias_hash = get_alias_hash ();
-
-  return g_hash_table_lookup (alias_hash, canonical_name);
-}
-
-static gboolean
-g_utf8_get_charset_internal (const char  *raw_data,
-			     const char **a)
-{
-  const char *charset = getenv("CHARSET");
-
-  if (charset && *charset)
-    {
-      *a = charset;
-
-      if (charset && strstr (charset, "UTF-8"))
-	return TRUE;
-      else
-	return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  /* The libcharset code tries to be thread-safe without
-   * a lock, but has a memory leak and a missing memory
-   * barrier, so we lock for it
-   */
-  G_LOCK (aliases);
-  charset = _g_locale_charset_unalias (raw_data);
-  G_UNLOCK (aliases);
-  
-  if (charset && *charset)
-    {
-      *a = charset;
-      
-      if (charset && strstr (charset, "UTF-8"))
-	return TRUE;
-      else
-	return FALSE;
-    }
-
-  /* Assume this for compatibility at present.  */
-  *a = "US-ASCII";
-  
-  return FALSE;
-}
-
-typedef struct _GCharsetCache GCharsetCache;
-
-struct _GCharsetCache {
-  gboolean is_utf8;
-  gchar *raw;
-  gchar *charset;
-};
-
-static void
-charset_cache_free (gpointer data)
-{
-  GCharsetCache *cache = data;
-  g_free (cache->raw);
-  g_free (cache->charset);
-  g_free (cache);
-}
-
-/**
- * g_get_charset:
- * @charset: return location for character set name
- * 
- * Obtains the character set for the current locale; you might use
- * this character set as an argument to g_convert(), to convert from
- * the current locale's encoding to some other encoding. (Frequently
- * g_locale_to_utf8() and g_locale_from_utf8() are nice shortcuts,
- * though.)
- *
- * The return value is %TRUE if the locale's encoding is UTF-8, in that
- * case you can perhaps avoid calling g_convert().
- *
- * The string returned in @charset is not allocated, and should not be
- * freed.
- * 
- * Return value: %TRUE if the returned charset is UTF-8
- **/
-gboolean
-g_get_charset (G_CONST_RETURN char **charset) 
-{
-  static GStaticPrivate cache_private = G_STATIC_PRIVATE_INIT;
-  GCharsetCache *cache = g_static_private_get (&cache_private);
-  const gchar *raw;
-
-  if (!cache)
-    {
-      cache = g_new0 (GCharsetCache, 1);
-      g_static_private_set (&cache_private, cache, charset_cache_free);
-    }
-
-  raw = _g_locale_charset_raw ();
-  
-  if (!(cache->raw && strcmp (cache->raw, raw) == 0))
-    {
-      const gchar *new_charset;
-	    
-      g_free (cache->raw);
-      g_free (cache->charset);
-      cache->raw = g_strdup (raw);
-      cache->is_utf8 = g_utf8_get_charset_internal (raw, &new_charset);
-      cache->charset = g_strdup (new_charset);
-    }
-
-  if (charset)
-    *charset = cache->charset;
-  
-  return cache->is_utf8;
-}
-
 /* unicode_strchr */
 
 /**
@@ -559,8 +442,8 @@ g_get_charset (G_CONST_RETURN char **charset)
  * 
  * Converts a single character to UTF-8.
  * 
- * Return value: number of bytes written
- **/
+ * Returns: number of bytes written
+ */
 int
 g_unichar_to_utf8 (gunichar c,
 		   gchar   *outbuf)
@@ -624,10 +507,10 @@ g_unichar_to_utf8 (gunichar c,
  * in a UTF-8 encoded string, while limiting the search to @len bytes.
  * If @len is -1, allow unbounded search.
  * 
- * Return value: %NULL if the string does not contain the character, 
- *   otherwise, a pointer to the start of the leftmost occurrence of 
- *   the character in the string.
- **/
+ * Returns: %NULL if the string does not contain the character, 
+ *     otherwise, a pointer to the start of the leftmost occurrence
+ *     of the character in the string.
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_strchr (const char *p,
 	       gssize      len,
@@ -652,10 +535,10 @@ g_utf8_strchr (const char *p,
  * in a UTF-8 encoded string, while limiting the search to @len bytes.
  * If @len is -1, allow unbounded search.
  * 
- * Return value: %NULL if the string does not contain the character, 
- *   otherwise, a pointer to the start of the rightmost occurrence of the 
- *   character in the string.
- **/
+ * Returns: %NULL if the string does not contain the character, 
+ *     otherwise, a pointer to the start of the rightmost occurrence
+ *     of the character in the string.
+ */
 gchar *
 g_utf8_strrchr (const char *p,
 		gssize      len,
@@ -671,20 +554,23 @@ g_utf8_strrchr (const char *p,
 
 
 /* Like g_utf8_get_char, but take a maximum length
- * and return (gunichar)-2 on incomplete trailing character
+ * and return (gunichar)-2 on incomplete trailing character;
+ * also check for malformed or overlong sequences
+ * and return (gunichar)-1 in this case.
  */
 static inline gunichar
 g_utf8_get_char_extended (const  gchar *p,
-			  gssize max_len)  
+			  gssize max_len)
 {
   guint i, len;
+  gunichar min_code;
   gunichar wc = (guchar) *p;
 
   if (wc < 0x80)
     {
       return wc;
     }
-  else if (wc < 0xc0)
+  else if (G_UNLIKELY (wc < 0xc0))
     {
       return (gunichar)-1;
     }
@@ -692,33 +578,38 @@ g_utf8_get_char_extended (const  gchar *p,
     {
       len = 2;
       wc &= 0x1f;
+      min_code = 1 << 7;
     }
   else if (wc < 0xf0)
     {
       len = 3;
       wc &= 0x0f;
+      min_code = 1 << 11;
     }
   else if (wc < 0xf8)
     {
       len = 4;
       wc &= 0x07;
+      min_code = 1 << 16;
     }
   else if (wc < 0xfc)
     {
       len = 5;
       wc &= 0x03;
+      min_code = 1 << 21;
     }
   else if (wc < 0xfe)
     {
       len = 6;
       wc &= 0x01;
+      min_code = 1 << 26;
     }
   else
     {
       return (gunichar)-1;
     }
-  
-  if (max_len >= 0 && len > max_len)
+
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len >= 0 && len > max_len))
     {
       for (i = 1; i < max_len; i++)
 	{
@@ -731,8 +622,8 @@ g_utf8_get_char_extended (const  gchar *p,
   for (i = 1; i < len; ++i)
     {
       gunichar ch = ((guchar *)p)[i];
-      
-      if ((ch & 0xc0) != 0x80)
+
+      if (G_UNLIKELY ((ch & 0xc0) != 0x80))
 	{
 	  if (ch)
 	    return (gunichar)-1;
@@ -744,32 +635,39 @@ g_utf8_get_char_extended (const  gchar *p,
       wc |= (ch & 0x3f);
     }
 
-  if (UTF8_LENGTH(wc) != len)
+  if (G_UNLIKELY (wc < min_code))
     return (gunichar)-1;
-  
+
   return wc;
 }
 
 /**
  * g_utf8_get_char_validated:
  * @p: a pointer to Unicode character encoded as UTF-8
- * @max_len: the maximum number of bytes to read, or -1, for no maximum.
+ * @max_len: the maximum number of bytes to read, or -1, for no maximum or
+ *     if @p is nul-terminated
  * 
  * Convert a sequence of bytes encoded as UTF-8 to a Unicode character.
  * This function checks for incomplete characters, for invalid characters
  * such as characters that are out of the range of Unicode, and for
  * overlong encodings of valid characters.
  * 
- * Return value: the resulting character. If @p points to a partial
- *    sequence at the end of a string that could begin a valid 
- *    character, returns (gunichar)-2; otherwise, if @p does not point 
- *    to a valid UTF-8 encoded Unicode character, returns (gunichar)-1.
- **/
+ * Returns: the resulting character. If @p points to a partial
+ *     sequence at the end of a string that could begin a valid 
+ *     character (or if @max_len is zero), returns (gunichar)-2; 
+ *     otherwise, if @p does not point to a valid UTF-8 encoded 
+ *     Unicode character, returns (gunichar)-1.
+ */
 gunichar
-g_utf8_get_char_validated (const  gchar *p,
-			   gssize max_len)
+g_utf8_get_char_validated (const gchar *p,
+			   gssize       max_len)
 {
-  gunichar result = g_utf8_get_char_extended (p, max_len);
+  gunichar result;
+
+  if (max_len == 0)
+    return (gunichar)-2;
+
+  result = g_utf8_get_char_extended (p, max_len);
 
   if (result & 0x80000000)
     return result;
@@ -782,25 +680,25 @@ g_utf8_get_char_validated (const  gchar *p,
 /**
  * g_utf8_to_ucs4_fast:
  * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is nul-terminated.
- * @items_written: location to store the number of characters in the
- *                 result, or %NULL.
+ * @len: the maximum length of @str to use, in bytes. If @len < 0,
+ *     then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store the number of
+ *     characters in the result, or %NULL.
  *
  * Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width
  * representation as UCS-4, assuming valid UTF-8 input.
  * This function is roughly twice as fast as g_utf8_to_ucs4()
- * but does no error checking on the input.
+ * but does no error checking on the input. A trailing 0 character
+ * will be added to the string after the converted text.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free().
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free().
+ */
 gunichar *
 g_utf8_to_ucs4_fast (const gchar *str,
 		     glong        len,              
 		     glong       *items_written)    
 {
-  gint j, charlen;
   gunichar *result;
   gint n_chars, i;
   const gchar *p;
@@ -831,49 +729,38 @@ g_utf8_to_ucs4_fast (const gchar *str,
   p = str;
   for (i=0; i < n_chars; i++)
     {
-      gunichar wc = ((unsigned char *)p)[0];
+      gunichar wc = (guchar)*p++;
 
       if (wc < 0x80)
 	{
 	  result[i] = wc;
-	  p++;
 	}
       else
 	{ 
-	  if (wc < 0xe0)
-	    {
-	      charlen = 2;
-	      wc &= 0x1f;
-	    }
-	  else if (wc < 0xf0)
-	    {
-	      charlen = 3;
-	      wc &= 0x0f;
-	    }
-	  else if (wc < 0xf8)
-	    {
-	      charlen = 4;
-	      wc &= 0x07;
-	    }
-	  else if (wc < 0xfc)
-	    {
-	      charlen = 5;
-	      wc &= 0x03;
-	    }
-	  else
+	  gunichar mask = 0x40;
+
+	  if (G_UNLIKELY ((wc & mask) == 0))
 	    {
-	      charlen = 6;
-	      wc &= 0x01;
+	      /* It's an out-of-sequence 10xxxxxxx byte.
+	       * Rather than making an ugly hash of this and the next byte
+	       * and overrunning the buffer, it's more useful to treat it
+	       * with a replacement character
+	       */
+	      result[i] = 0xfffd;
+	      continue;
 	    }
 
-	  for (j = 1; j < charlen; j++)
+	  do
 	    {
 	      wc <<= 6;
-	      wc |= ((unsigned char *)p)[j] & 0x3f;
+	      wc |= (guchar)(*p++) & 0x3f;
+	      mask <<= 5;
 	    }
+	  while((wc & mask) != 0);
+
+	  wc &= mask - 1;
 
 	  result[i] = wc;
-	  p += charlen;
 	}
     }
   result[i] = 0;
@@ -884,32 +771,41 @@ g_utf8_to_ucs4_fast (const gchar *str,
   return result;
 }
 
+static gpointer
+try_malloc_n (gsize n_blocks, gsize n_block_bytes, GError **error)
+{
+    gpointer ptr = g_try_malloc_n (n_blocks, n_block_bytes);
+    if (ptr == NULL)
+      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_MEMORY,
+                           _("Failed to allocate memory"));
+    return ptr;
+}
+
 /**
  * g_utf8_to_ucs4:
  * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is nul-terminated.
- * @items_read: location to store number of bytes read, or %NULL.
- *              If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
- *              returned in case @str contains a trailing partial
- *              character. If an error occurs then the index of the
- *              invalid input is stored here.
- * @items_written: location to store number of characters written or %NULL.
- *                 The value here stored does not include the trailing 0
- *                 character. 
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
- *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
- *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
+ * @len: the maximum length of @str to use, in bytes. If @len < 0,
+ *     then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of bytes read, or %NULL.
+ *     If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
+ *     returned in case @str contains a trailing partial
+ *     character. If an error occurs then the index of the
+ *     invalid input is stored here.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of characters
+ *     written or %NULL. The value here stored does not include the
+ *     trailing 0 character. 
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
+ *     errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
+ *     %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
  * Convert a string from UTF-8 to a 32-bit fixed width
- * representation as UCS-4. A trailing 0 will be added to the
+ * representation as UCS-4. A trailing 0 character will be added to the
  * string after the converted text.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set.
+ */
 gunichar *
 g_utf8_to_ucs4 (const gchar *str,
 		glong        len,             
@@ -933,12 +829,12 @@ g_utf8_to_ucs4 (const gchar *str,
 	      if (items_read)
 		break;
 	      else
-		g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
-			     _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
+		g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
+                                     _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
 	    }
 	  else
-	    g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			 _("Invalid byte sequence in conversion input"));
+	    g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                 _("Invalid byte sequence in conversion input"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -948,8 +844,10 @@ g_utf8_to_ucs4 (const gchar *str,
       in = g_utf8_next_char (in);
     }
 
-  result = g_new (gunichar, n_chars + 1);
-  
+  result = try_malloc_n (n_chars + 1, sizeof (gunichar), error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   in = str;
   for (i=0; i < n_chars; i++)
     {
@@ -971,26 +869,25 @@ g_utf8_to_ucs4 (const gchar *str,
 /**
  * g_ucs4_to_utf8:
  * @str: a UCS-4 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is terminated with a 0 character.
- * @items_read: location to store number of characters read, or %NULL.
- * @items_written: location to store number of bytes written or %NULL.
- *                 The value here stored does not include the trailing 0
- *                 byte. 
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
+ * @len: the maximum length (number of characters) of @str to use. 
+ *     If @len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of characters
+ *     read, or %NULL.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of bytes
+ *     written or %NULL. The value here stored does not include the
+ *     trailing 0 byte. 
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
  *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
  *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
  * Convert a string from a 32-bit fixed width representation as UCS-4.
  * to UTF-8. The result will be terminated with a 0 byte.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set. In that case, @items_read will be
- *               set to the position of the first invalid input 
- *               character.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set. In that case, @items_read
+ *     will be set to the position of the first invalid input character.
+ */
 gchar *
 g_ucs4_to_utf8 (const gunichar *str,
 		glong           len,              
@@ -1011,15 +908,18 @@ g_ucs4_to_utf8 (const gunichar *str,
 
       if (str[i] >= 0x80000000)
 	{
-	  g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-		       _("Character out of range for UTF-8"));
+	  g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                               _("Character out of range for UTF-8"));
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
       
       result_length += UTF8_LENGTH (str[i]);
     }
 
-  result = g_malloc (result_length + 1);
+  result = try_malloc_n (result_length + 1, 1, error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   p = result;
 
   i = 0;
@@ -1043,42 +943,45 @@ g_ucs4_to_utf8 (const gunichar *str,
 /**
  * g_utf16_to_utf8:
  * @str: a UTF-16 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is terminated with a 0 character.
- * @items_read: location to store number of words read, or %NULL.
- *              If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
- *              returned in case @str contains a trailing partial
- *              character. If an error occurs then the index of the
- *              invalid input is stored here.
- * @items_written: location to store number of bytes written, or %NULL.
- *                 The value stored here does not include the trailing
- *                 0 byte.
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
- *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
- *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
+ * @len: the maximum length (number of #gunichar2) of @str to use. 
+ *     If @len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of words read,
+ *     or %NULL. If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
+ *     returned in case @str contains a trailing partial character. If
+ *     an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of bytes written,
+ *     or %NULL. The value stored here does not include the trailing 0 byte.
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
+ *     errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
+ *     %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
  * Convert a string from UTF-16 to UTF-8. The result will be
  * terminated with a 0 byte.
  *
  * Note that the input is expected to be already in native endianness,
  * an initial byte-order-mark character is not handled specially.
- * g_convert() can be used to convert a byte buffer of UTF-16 data of 
+ * g_convert() can be used to convert a byte buffer of UTF-16 data of
  * ambiguous endianess.
- * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set.
+ *
+ * Further note that this function does not validate the result
+ * string; it may e.g. include embedded NUL characters. The only
+ * validation done by this function is to ensure that the input can
+ * be correctly interpreted as UTF-16, i.e. it doesn't contain
+ * things unpaired surrogates.
+ *
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-8 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set.
  **/
 gchar *
 g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
-		 glong             len,              
-		 glong            *items_read,       
-		 glong            *items_written,    
+		 glong             len,
+		 glong            *items_read,
+		 glong            *items_written,
 		 GError          **error)
 {
-  /* This function and g_utf16_to_ucs4 are almost exactly identical - The lines that differ
-   * are marked.
+  /* This function and g_utf16_to_ucs4 are almost exactly identical -
+   * The lines that differ are marked.
    */
   const gunichar2 *in;
   gchar *out;
@@ -1086,7 +989,7 @@ g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
   gint n_bytes;
   gunichar high_surrogate;
 
-  g_return_val_if_fail (str != 0, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
 
   n_bytes = 0;
   in = str;
@@ -1105,8 +1008,8 @@ g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
-	      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 	      goto err_out;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -1114,8 +1017,8 @@ g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
 	{
 	  if (high_surrogate)
 	    {
-	      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 	      goto err_out;
 	    }
 
@@ -1137,16 +1040,18 @@ g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
 
   if (high_surrogate && !items_read)
     {
-      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
-		   _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
+      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
+                           _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
       goto err_out;
     }
   
   /* At this point, everything is valid, and we just need to convert
    */
   /********** DIFFERENT for UTF8/UCS4 **********/
-  result = g_malloc (n_bytes + 1);
-  
+  result = try_malloc_n (n_bytes + 1, 1, error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   high_surrogate = 0;
   out = result;
   in = str;
@@ -1192,28 +1097,26 @@ g_utf16_to_utf8 (const gunichar2  *str,
 /**
  * g_utf16_to_ucs4:
  * @str: a UTF-16 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is terminated with a 0 character.
- * @items_read: location to store number of words read, or %NULL.
- *              If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
- *              returned in case @str contains a trailing partial
- *              character. If an error occurs then the index of the
- *              invalid input is stored here.
- * @items_written: location to store number of characters written, or %NULL.
- *                 The value stored here does not include the trailing
- *                 0 character.
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
- *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
- *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
+ * @len: the maximum length (number of #gunichar2) of @str to use. 
+ *     If @len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of words read,
+ *     or %NULL. If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
+ *     returned in case @str contains a trailing partial character. If
+ *     an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of characters
+ *     written, or %NULL. The value stored here does not include the trailing
+ *     0 character.
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
+ *     errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
+ *     %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
  * Convert a string from UTF-16 to UCS-4. The result will be
- * terminated with a 0 character.
+ * nul-terminated.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UCS-4 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set.
+ */
 gunichar *
 g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
 		 glong             len,              
@@ -1227,7 +1130,7 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
   gint n_bytes;
   gunichar high_surrogate;
 
-  g_return_val_if_fail (str != 0, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
 
   n_bytes = 0;
   in = str;
@@ -1235,19 +1138,17 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
   while ((len < 0 || in - str < len) && *in)
     {
       gunichar2 c = *in;
-      gunichar wc;
 
       if (c >= 0xdc00 && c < 0xe000) /* low surrogate */
 	{
 	  if (high_surrogate)
 	    {
-	      wc = SURROGATE_VALUE (high_surrogate, c);
 	      high_surrogate = 0;
 	    }
 	  else
 	    {
-	      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 	      goto err_out;
 	    }
 	}
@@ -1255,8 +1156,8 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
 	{
 	  if (high_surrogate)
 	    {
-	      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                   _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 	      goto err_out;
 	    }
 
@@ -1265,8 +1166,6 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
 	      high_surrogate = c;
 	      goto next1;
 	    }
-	  else
-	    wc = c;
 	}
 
       /********** DIFFERENT for UTF8/UCS4 **********/
@@ -1278,16 +1177,18 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
 
   if (high_surrogate && !items_read)
     {
-      g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
-		   _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
+      g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
+                           _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
       goto err_out;
     }
   
   /* At this point, everything is valid, and we just need to convert
    */
   /********** DIFFERENT for UTF8/UCS4 **********/
-  result = g_malloc (n_bytes + 4);
-  
+  result = try_malloc_n (n_bytes + 4, 1, error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   high_surrogate = 0;
   out = result;
   in = str;
@@ -1334,33 +1235,31 @@ g_utf16_to_ucs4 (const gunichar2  *str,
 /**
  * g_utf8_to_utf16:
  * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is nul-terminated.
- * @items_read: location to store number of bytes read, or %NULL.
- *              If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
- *              returned in case @str contains a trailing partial
- *              character. If an error occurs then the index of the
- *              invalid input is stored here.
- * @items_written: location to store number of words written, or %NULL.
- *                 The value stored here does not include the trailing
- *                 0 word.
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
- *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
- *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
+ * @len: the maximum length (number of bytes) of @str to use.
+ *     If @len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of bytes read,
+ *     or %NULL. If %NULL, then %G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT will be
+ *     returned in case @str contains a trailing partial character. If
+ *     an error occurs then the index of the invalid input is stored here.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of #gunichar2
+ *     written, or %NULL. The value stored here does not include the
+ *     trailing 0.
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
+ *     errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
+ *     %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
- * Convert a string from UTF-8 to UTF-16. A 0 word will be
+ * Convert a string from UTF-8 to UTF-16. A 0 character will be
  * added to the result after the converted text.
- * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set.
- **/
+ *
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set.
+ */
 gunichar2 *
 g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
-		 glong        len,              
-		 glong       *items_read,       
-		 glong       *items_written,    
+		 glong        len,
+		 glong       *items_read,
+		 glong       *items_written,
 		 GError     **error)
 {
   gunichar2 *result = NULL;
@@ -1382,12 +1281,12 @@ g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
 	      if (items_read)
 		break;
 	      else
-		g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
-			     _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
+		g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_PARTIAL_INPUT,
+                                     _("Partial character sequence at end of input"));
 	    }
 	  else
-	    g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-			 _("Invalid byte sequence in conversion input"));
+	    g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                                 _("Invalid byte sequence in conversion input"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -1396,8 +1295,8 @@ g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
 	n16 += 1;
       else if (wc < 0xe000)
 	{
-	  g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-		       _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	  g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                               _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -1407,8 +1306,8 @@ g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
 	n16 += 2;
       else
 	{
-	  g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-		       _("Character out of range for UTF-16"));
+	  g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                               _("Character out of range for UTF-16"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -1416,8 +1315,10 @@ g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
       in = g_utf8_next_char (in);
     }
 
-  result = g_new (gunichar2, n16 + 1);
-  
+  result = try_malloc_n (n16 + 1, sizeof (gunichar2), error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   in = str;
   for (i = 0; i < n16;)
     {
@@ -1451,26 +1352,25 @@ g_utf8_to_utf16 (const gchar *str,
 /**
  * g_ucs4_to_utf16:
  * @str: a UCS-4 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is terminated with a 0 character.
- * @items_read: location to store number of bytes read, or %NULL.
- *              If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input
- *              is stored here.
- * @items_written: location to store number of words written, or %NULL.
- *                 The value stored here does not include the trailing
- *                 0 word.
- * @error: location to store the error occuring, or %NULL to ignore
- *         errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
- *         %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
+ * @len: the maximum length (number of characters) of @str to use. 
+ *     If @len < 0, then the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @items_read: (allow-none): location to store number of bytes read,
+ *     or %NULL. If an error occurs then the index of the invalid input
+ *     is stored here.
+ * @items_written: (allow-none): location to store number of #gunichar2 
+ *     written, or %NULL. The value stored here does not include the
+ *     trailing 0.
+ * @error: location to store the error occurring, or %NULL to ignore
+ *     errors. Any of the errors in #GConvertError other than
+ *     %G_CONVERT_ERROR_NO_CONVERSION may occur.
  *
- * Convert a string from UCS-4 to UTF-16. A 0 word will be
+ * Convert a string from UCS-4 to UTF-16. A 0 character will be
  * added to the result after the converted text.
  * 
- * Return value: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string.
- *               This value must be freed with g_free(). If an
- *               error occurs, %NULL will be returned and
- *               @error set.
- **/
+ * Returns: a pointer to a newly allocated UTF-16 string.
+ *     This value must be freed with g_free(). If an error occurs,
+ *     %NULL will be returned and @error set.
+ */
 gunichar2 *
 g_ucs4_to_utf16 (const gunichar  *str,
 		 glong            len,              
@@ -1492,8 +1392,8 @@ g_ucs4_to_utf16 (const gunichar  *str,
 	n16 += 1;
       else if (wc < 0xe000)
 	{
-	  g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-		       _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
+	  g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                               _("Invalid sequence in conversion input"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
@@ -1503,17 +1403,19 @@ g_ucs4_to_utf16 (const gunichar  *str,
 	n16 += 2;
       else
 	{
-	  g_set_error (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
-		       _("Character out of range for UTF-16"));
+	  g_set_error_literal (error, G_CONVERT_ERROR, G_CONVERT_ERROR_ILLEGAL_SEQUENCE,
+                               _("Character out of range for UTF-16"));
 
 	  goto err_out;
 	}
 
       i++;
     }
-  
-  result = g_new (gunichar2, n16 + 1);
-  
+
+  result = try_malloc_n (n16 + 1, sizeof (gunichar2), error);
+  if (result == NULL)
+      goto err_out;
+
   for (i = 0, j = 0; j < n16; i++)
     {
       gunichar wc = str[i];
@@ -1623,7 +1525,9 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
   gunichar min = 0;
   const gchar *p;
 
-  for (p = str; (max_len < 0 || (p - str) < max_len) && *p; p++)
+  g_assert (max_len >= 0);
+
+  for (p = str; ((p - str) < max_len) && *p; p++)
     {
       if (*(guchar *)p < 128)
 	/* done */;
@@ -1634,7 +1538,7 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
 	  last = p;
 	  if ((*(guchar *)p & 0xe0) == 0xc0) /* 110xxxxx */
 	    {
-	      if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len >= 0 && max_len - (p - str) < 2))
+	      if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len - (p - str) < 2))
 		goto error;
 	      
 	      if (G_UNLIKELY ((*(guchar *)p & 0x1e) == 0))
@@ -1647,7 +1551,7 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
 	    {
 	      if ((*(guchar *)p & 0xf0) == 0xe0) /* 1110xxxx */
 		{
-		  if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len >= 0 && max_len - (p - str) < 3))
+		  if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len - (p - str) < 3))
 		    goto error;
 		  
 		  min = (1 << 11);
@@ -1656,7 +1560,7 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
 		}
  	      else if ((*(guchar *)p & 0xf8) == 0xf0) /* 11110xxx */
 		{
-		  if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len >= 0 && max_len - (p - str) < 4))
+		  if (G_UNLIKELY (max_len - (p - str) < 4))
 		    goto error;
 		  
 		  min = (1 << 16);
@@ -1691,9 +1595,9 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
 
 /**
  * g_utf8_validate:
- * @str: a pointer to character data
+ * @str: (array length=max_len) (element-type guint8): a pointer to character data
  * @max_len: max bytes to validate, or -1 to go until NUL
- * @end: return location for end of valid data
+ * @end: (allow-none) (out) (transfer none): return location for end of valid data
  * 
  * Validates UTF-8 encoded text. @str is the text to validate;
  * if @str is nul-terminated, then @max_len can be -1, otherwise
@@ -1704,15 +1608,15 @@ fast_validate_len (const char *str,
  * being validated otherwise).
  *
  * Note that g_utf8_validate() returns %FALSE if @max_len is 
- * positive and NUL is met before @max_len bytes have been read.
+ * positive and any of the @max_len bytes are nul.
  *
  * Returns %TRUE if all of @str was valid. Many GLib and GTK+
- * routines <emphasis>require</emphasis> valid UTF-8 as input;
- * so data read from a file or the network should be checked
- * with g_utf8_validate() before doing anything else with it.
+ * routines require valid UTF-8 as input; so data read from a file
+ * or the network should be checked with g_utf8_validate() before
+ * doing anything else with it.
  * 
- * Return value: %TRUE if the text was valid UTF-8
- **/
+ * Returns: %TRUE if the text was valid UTF-8
+ */
 gboolean
 g_utf8_validate (const char   *str,
 		 gssize        max_len,    
@@ -1736,7 +1640,6 @@ g_utf8_validate (const char   *str,
     return TRUE;
 }
 
-
 /**
  * g_unichar_validate:
  * @ch: a Unicode character
@@ -1745,7 +1648,7 @@ g_utf8_validate (const char   *str,
  * integer values of @ch will not be valid. 0 is considered a valid
  * character, though it's normally a string terminator.
  * 
- * Return value: %TRUE if @ch is a valid Unicode character
+ * Returns: %TRUE if @ch is a valid Unicode character
  **/
 gboolean
 g_unichar_validate (gunichar ch)
@@ -1756,28 +1659,33 @@ g_unichar_validate (gunichar ch)
 /**
  * g_utf8_strreverse:
  * @str: a UTF-8 encoded string
- * @len: the maximum length of @str to use. If @len < 0, then
- *       the string is nul-terminated.
+ * @len: the maximum length of @str to use, in bytes. If @len < 0,
+ *     then the string is nul-terminated.
  *
  * Reverses a UTF-8 string. @str must be valid UTF-8 encoded text. 
  * (Use g_utf8_validate() on all text before trying to use UTF-8 
  * utility functions with it.)
  *
+ * This function is intended for programmatic uses of reversed strings.
+ * It pays no attention to decomposed characters, combining marks, byte 
+ * order marks, directional indicators (LRM, LRO, etc) and similar 
+ * characters which might need special handling when reversing a string 
+ * for display purposes.
+ *
  * Note that unlike g_strreverse(), this function returns
  * newly-allocated memory, which should be freed with g_free() when
  * no longer needed. 
  *
- * Returns: a newly-allocated string which is the reverse of @str.
+ * Returns: a newly-allocated string which is the reverse of @str
  *
  * Since: 2.2
  */
 gchar *
-g_utf8_strreverse (const gchar *str, 
-		   gssize len)
+g_utf8_strreverse (const gchar *str,
+		   gssize       len)
 {
-  gchar *result;
+  gchar *r, *result;
   const gchar *p;
-  gchar *m, *r, skip;
 
   if (len < 0)
     len = strlen (str);
@@ -1785,9 +1693,9 @@ g_utf8_strreverse (const gchar *str,
   result = g_new (gchar, len + 1);
   r = result + len;
   p = str;
-  while (*p) 
+  while (r > result)
     {
-      skip = g_utf8_skip[*(guchar*)p];
+      gchar *m, skip = g_utf8_skip[*(guchar*) p];
       r -= skip;
       for (m = r; skip; skip--)
         *m++ = *p++;
@@ -1797,5 +1705,43 @@ g_utf8_strreverse (const gchar *str,
   return result;
 }
 
-#define __G_UTF8_C__
-#include "galiasdef.c"
+
+gchar *
+_g_utf8_make_valid (const gchar *name)
+{
+  GString *string;
+  const gchar *remainder, *invalid;
+  gint remaining_bytes, valid_bytes;
+
+  g_return_val_if_fail (name != NULL, NULL);
+
+  string = NULL;
+  remainder = name;
+  remaining_bytes = strlen (name);
+
+  while (remaining_bytes != 0) 
+    {
+      if (g_utf8_validate (remainder, remaining_bytes, &invalid)) 
+	break;
+      valid_bytes = invalid - remainder;
+    
+      if (string == NULL) 
+	string = g_string_sized_new (remaining_bytes);
+
+      g_string_append_len (string, remainder, valid_bytes);
+      /* append U+FFFD REPLACEMENT CHARACTER */
+      g_string_append (string, "\357\277\275");
+      
+      remaining_bytes -= valid_bytes + 1;
+      remainder = invalid + 1;
+    }
+  
+  if (string == NULL)
+    return g_strdup (name);
+  
+  g_string_append (string, remainder);
+
+  g_assert (g_utf8_validate (string->str, -1, NULL));
+  
+  return g_string_free (string, FALSE);
+}