Function

GLibref_string_new_intern

since: 2.58

Declaration

char*
g_ref_string_new_intern (
  const char* str
)

Description

Creates a new reference counted string and copies the content of str into it.

If you call this function multiple times with the same str, or with the same contents of str, it will return a new reference, instead of creating a new string.

Available since: 2.58

Parameters

str

Type: const char*

A NUL-terminated string.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: char*

The newly created reference counted string, or a new reference to an existing string.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.