Stringer

An easy way to turn an unsafe *const c_char into a Rust String type and return a pointer for FFI.

Functions

turn_into_pointer

turn_into_pointer(st: String)  -> CString

Takes a Rust String type and returns a CString.

make_string

make_string(s1: *const c_char) -> String

Takes a *const c_char and returns a Rust String type.

Example on how to load this into your project:

Cargo.toml

[dependencies]
stringer = "*"

In the file you need the functions

extern crate stringer;
use stringer::*;