OLCpatches[OLCpatches.length] = ["function stylesLoadedFromDisk(url)", "stylesLoadedFromDisk.js"];
function stylesLoadedFromDisk(url)
{
    var options = {
      method: 'get',
      params: {},
      asynchronous: false,          //need to wait until defs are loaded before proceeding
      onSuccess: stylesLoadedFromDiskSuccess,
      onFailure: stylesLoadedFromDiskFailure
    }

    //else check for def on the server
    //var url = "something_utf.style.js";
    new OpenLayers.Ajax.Request(url, options);

    function stylesLoadedFromDiskSuccess(transport)
    {
      eval(transport.responseText);
    }

    function stylesLoadedFromDiskFailure(transport)
    {
      alert(transport.responseText);
    }
}