charPtr

char* version of wcharPtr. Basically it appends a \0 to the input. The function uses malloc for strings of lengths 1024 and above.

auto charPtr(void* buffer)
@nogc nothrow
auto
charPtr
(
alias str
)
(
void* buffer = alloca(str.length + 1)
)
if (
is(typeof(str) : const(char)[]) ||
is(typeof(str) : const(ubyte)[])
)
immutable(char)* charPtr()
StackBufferEntry!char charPtr(const(char)[] str, SB sb)

Parameters

str: The source string to convert to a C UTF-8 string
Note: Do not use this to call Windows ANSI functions! Always use wide-char functions on this operating system unless you want to deal with codepages.

Examples

string text = "Hello, world!";
linuxApi(charPtr!text);

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