return w;
}
-/* Converts a string in the pspp locale to utf-8 */
-char *
+/* Converts a string in the pspp locale to utf-8.
+ The return value must be freed when no longer required*/
+gchar *
pspp_locale_to_utf8 (const gchar *text, gssize len, GError **err)
{
return recode_string (CONV_PSPP_TO_UTF8, text, len);