Function
GLibintern_string
since: 2.10
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Description [src]
Returns a canonical representation for string
. Interned strings
can be compared for equality by comparing the pointers, instead of
using strcmp().
This function must not be used before library constructors have finished running. In particular, this means it cannot be used to initialize global variables in C++.
Available since: 2.10
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Parameters
string
-
Type:
const gchar*
A string.
The argument can be NULL
.The data is owned by the caller of the function. The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.
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Return value
Type: const gchar*
A canonical representation for the string.
The data is owned by the called function. |
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string. |