commit c7208eae258b304fe2822f9be6c07cfd843cc6d3
Author: Daniel Swanson <popcorn.tomato.dude@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 1 18:16:18 2021 -0500

    lt-comp seems to be working now

diff --git a/lttoolbox/compiler.cc b/lttoolbox/compiler.cc
index b498c5d..d4186f2 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/compiler.cc
+++ b/lttoolbox/compiler.cc
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ Compiler::procAlphabet()
 void
 Compiler::procSDef()
 {
-  alphabet.includeSymbol("<"_u+attrib(COMPILER_N_ATTR)+">"_u);
+  alphabet.includeSymbol("<"_u + attrib(COMPILER_N_ATTR) + ">"_u);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
index 7c8161a..4b507a6 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
+++ b/lttoolbox/xml_parse_util.cc
@@ -18,32 +18,31 @@
 
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <utf8.h>
 
 using namespace std;
 
 UString
 XMLParseUtil::attrib(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, UString const &name)
 {
-  xmlChar *attrname = xmlCharStrdup(to_char(name));
-  xmlChar *myattr = xmlTextReaderGetAttribute(reader, attrname);
-  UString result = to_ustring(reinterpret_cast<char*>(myattr));
-  xmlFree(myattr);
-  xmlFree(attrname);
-  return result;
+  return attrib(reader, name, ""_u);
 }
 
 UString
 XMLParseUtil::attrib(xmlTextReaderPtr reader, UString const &name, const UString fallback)
 {
-  xmlChar *attrname = xmlCharStrdup(to_char(name));
+  std::string temp;
+  temp.reserve(name.size());
+  utf8::utf16to8(name.begin(), name.end(), std::back_inserter(temp));
+  xmlChar *attrname = xmlCharStrdup(temp.c_str());
   xmlChar *myattr = xmlTextReaderGetAttribute(reader, attrname);
-  UString result = to_ustring(reinterpret_cast<char*>(myattr));
-  xmlFree(myattr);
   xmlFree(attrname);
   if(myattr == NULL) {
+    xmlFree(myattr);
     return fallback;
-  }
-  else {
+  } else {
+    UString result = to_ustring(reinterpret_cast<char*>(myattr));
+    xmlFree(myattr);
     return result;
   }
 }