Data v0.1.0
Returns the pointer to the underlying bytes.
Package: Text
Signature
func Data(self) -> *char8;
Returns
A pointer to the first byte of the block, or null for the empty string.
The block stays the string's to free — this hands out the bytes, not ownership of them. It carries no null terminator, so pair it with Length rather than letting anything scan for a terminator that is not there.
The string is immutable, and the pointer stays valid until the string is passed to Free.
Example
import Text::String;
func Main() -> int {
var text = String::From("Rux");
let bytes = text.Data();
let count = text.Length(); // 3 -- the bytes end here, not at a null
text.Free(); // `bytes` is now dangling
return 0;
}