- size_t nLen = (len != wxSTRING_MAXLEN) ? len :
- wxConvUTF8.MB2WC((wchar_t*) NULL, s, 0);
+ // there can be no embedded NULs in this string so we don't need the
+ // output length, it will be NUL-terminated
+ const wxWCharBuffer wbuf(
+ wxConvUTF8.cMB2WC(s, len == wxSTRING_MAXLEN ? wxNO_LEN : len, NULL));