How do I cast a u8 pointer into a string?

[danharbor95]

Hello very nice job with the compiler thus far! i have been lurking and it has developed nicely

I was wondering how i would cast a byte or u8 pointer into a string for C compatibility?

[kiljacken]

Hello! Thanks for showing interest :)

We currently do not have a way to convert between ark strings (pascal style) and c string (zero terminated). We do however have plans for this. If you need them for playing around I could go code up some functions in a bit?

[danharbor95]

oh ok what are the plans for this feature? and i dont want to make you add in a temporary feature just for me hehe. is there a issue for this feature anywhere

[kiljacken]

I do not believe we have the plan written down yet, but it belongs in #675. I'll go write up my ideas for the api.

[felixangell]

I'm interested to see how we will approach this too.