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MLReleaseUTF8String() is declared in the MathLink header file (RefLink[mathlink.h, paclet:ref/file/mathlink.h]).

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#include "mathlink.h"

/* read a UTF-8 encoded string from a link and then release the memory to MathLink for deallocation */

void f(MLINK lp)
{
	const unsigned char *string;
	int number_of_bytes;
	int number_of_characters

	if(! MLGetUTF8String(lp, &string, &number_of_bytes, &number_of_characters))
		{ /* unable to read the UTF-8 encoded string from lp */ }

	/* ... */

	MLReleaseUTF8String(lp, string, number_of_bytes);
}

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