lv-std 0.0.4

some utils for c and unsafe rust, this is for personal use for now so you can use it but don't expect any regular updates or maintaining
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use std::ffi::c_char;
use std::mem;
use crate::unsafe_std::ptrs::into_raw_ptr::IntoRawPtr;
use crate::unsafe_std::ptrs::raw_ptr::RawPtr;

#[repr(transparent)]
pub struct CString {
    chars: RawPtr<c_char>
}

impl CString {
    pub  fn new_slice(str: &str) -> Self {
        unsafe {
            Self {
                chars: RawPtr::<u8>::from( str.as_ptr()).cast()
            }
        }
    }
    
    /// this method takes ownership of the underlying data, so you will need manually free
    pub unsafe fn new_owned(str: String) -> Self {
        unsafe {
            let c = Self {
                chars: RawPtr::<u8>::from(str.as_ptr()).cast()
            };
            mem::forget(str);
            c
        }
    }
    
    pub unsafe fn free(&mut self) {
        unsafe {
            self.chars.free();
        }
    }
}

impl Copy for CString {}

impl Clone for CString {
    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
        Self {
            chars: self.chars.clone()
        }
    }
}

unsafe impl IntoRawPtr for CString {
    type Pointee = c_char;

    #[inline(always)]
    unsafe fn to_ptr(&self) -> RawPtr<Self::Pointee> {
        self.chars
    }
}