c-path 0.1.1

a crate for exposing rust Path methods to C
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use std::ffi::CStr;
use std::os::raw::c_char;
use std::ffi::OsString;
use std::ptr;
use std::panic;

pub fn build_str_from_c(c_path_string: *const c_char) -> String {
  unsafe {
    CStr::from_ptr(c_path_string).to_string_lossy().into_owned()
  }
}

pub fn path_to_str(path: OsString) -> String {
  path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()
}

pub fn protect_against_panic<F>(code: F) -> *const c_char
  where F: Fn() -> *const c_char + panic::UnwindSafe
{
  let result = panic::catch_unwind(code);

  match result {
    Ok(value) => value,
    Err(_) => ptr::null(),
  }
}