+
+ /**
+ * Convert a string to upper case.
+ * @return upper case string
+ */
+ std::string uppercase(const std::string &s);
+
+ /**
+ * convert a string in the local Windows 8-bit encoding to UTF-8
+ * (no-op on other platforms)
+ */
+ std::string convertWindowsLocal8BitToUtf8(const std::string& a);
+