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FFI - Convert C strings to Rust strings
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| extern crate libc; | |
| use std::ffi::CStr; | |
| use libc::c_char; | |
| pub extern fn to_owned(buf: *const c_char) -> String { | |
| let c_str: &CStr = unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(buf) }; | |
| let buf: &[u8] = c_str.to_bytes(); | |
| let str_slice: &str = std::str::from_utf8(buf).unwrap(); | |
| str_slice.to_owned() | |
| } |
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See this stack overflow answer for more details