feat: rename addLString to addBytes

This is for consistency. Also removes several unnecessary pointer casts

src/ziglua-5.1/lib.zig

@@ -705,8 +705,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
     /// Push a formatted string onto the stack and return a pointer to the string
     /// See https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#lua_pushfstring
     pub fn pushFStringEx(lua: *Lua, fmt: [:0]const u8, args: anytype) [*:0]const u8 {
-        const ptr = @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
-        return @ptrCast([*:0]const u8, ptr);
+        return @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
     }
 
     /// Pushes an integer with value `n` onto the stack
@@ -1193,7 +1192,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
     /// See https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#luaL_checklstring
     pub fn checkBytes(lua: *Lua, arg: i32) [:0]const u8 {
         var length: usize = 0;
-        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, @ptrCast([*c]usize, &length));
+        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, &length);
         // luaL_checklstring never returns null (throws lua error)
         return str[0..length :0];
     }
@@ -1558,8 +1557,8 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
     /// Adds the string to the buffer
     /// See https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#luaL_addlstring
     /// TODO: rename to addBytes
-    pub fn addLString(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
-        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, @ptrCast([*c]const u8, str), str.len);
+    pub fn addBytes(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
+        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, str.ptr, str.len);
     }
 
     /// Adds to the buffer a string of `length` previously copied to the buffer area

src/ziglua-5.1/tests.zig

@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ test "string buffers" {
     str[1] = 'a';
     buffer.addSize(2);
 
-    buffer.addLString(" api ");
+    buffer.addBytes(" api ");
     lua.pushNumber(5.1);
     buffer.addValue();
     buffer.pushResult();

src/ziglua-5.2/lib.zig

@@ -774,8 +774,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
 
     /// Push a formatted string onto the stack and return a pointer to the string
     pub fn pushFStringEx(lua: *Lua, fmt: [:0]const u8, args: anytype) [*:0]const u8 {
-        const ptr = @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
-        return @ptrCast([*:0]const u8, ptr);
+        return @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
     }
 
     /// Pushes the global environment onto the stack
@@ -1288,7 +1287,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
     /// Checks whether the function argument `arg` is a slice of bytes and returns the slice
     pub fn checkBytes(lua: *Lua, arg: i32) [:0]const u8 {
         var length: usize = 0;
-        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, @ptrCast([*c]usize, &length));
+        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, &length);
         // luaL_checklstring never returns null (throws lua error)
         return str[0..length :0];
     }
@@ -1712,8 +1711,8 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
     }
 
     /// Adds the string to the buffer
-    pub fn addLString(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
-        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, @ptrCast([*c]const u8, str), str.len);
+    pub fn addBytes(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
+        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, str.ptr, str.len);
     }
 
     /// Adds to the buffer a string of `length` previously copied to the buffer area

src/ziglua-5.2/tests.zig

@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ test "string buffers" {
     str[2] = 'a';
     buffer.addSize(3);
 
-    buffer.addLString(" api ");
+    buffer.addBytes(" api ");
     lua.pushNumber(5.4);
     buffer.addValue();
     buffer.sub(4);

src/ziglua-5.3/lib.zig

@@ -826,8 +826,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
 
     /// Push a formatted string onto the stack and return a pointer to the string
     pub fn pushFStringEx(lua: *Lua, fmt: [:0]const u8, args: anytype) [*:0]const u8 {
-        const ptr = @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
-        return @ptrCast([*:0]const u8, ptr);
+        return @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
     }
 
     /// Pushes the global environment onto the stack
@@ -1349,7 +1348,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
     /// Checks whether the function argument `arg` is a slice of bytes and returns the slice
     pub fn checkBytes(lua: *Lua, arg: i32) [:0]const u8 {
         var length: usize = 0;
-        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, @ptrCast([*c]usize, &length));
+        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, &length);
         // luaL_checklstring never returns null (throws lua error)
         return str[0..length :0];
     }
@@ -1762,8 +1761,8 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
     }
 
     /// Adds the string to the buffer
-    pub fn addLString(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
-        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, @ptrCast([*c]const u8, str), str.len);
+    pub fn addBytes(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
+        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, str.ptr, str.len);
     }
 
     /// Adds to the buffer a string of `length` previously copied to the buffer area

src/ziglua-5.3/tests.zig

@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ test "string buffers" {
     str[2] = 'a';
     buffer.addSize(3);
 
-    buffer.addLString(" api ");
+    buffer.addBytes(" api ");
     lua.pushNumber(5.4);
     buffer.addValue();
     buffer.sub(4);

src/ziglua-5.4/lib.zig

@@ -838,8 +838,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
 
     /// Push a formatted string onto the stack and return a pointer to the string
     pub fn pushFStringEx(lua: *Lua, fmt: [:0]const u8, args: anytype) [*:0]const u8 {
-        const ptr = @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
-        return @ptrCast([*:0]const u8, ptr);
+        return @call(.auto, c.lua_pushfstring, .{ lua.state, fmt.ptr } ++ args);
     }
 
     /// Pushes the global environment onto the stack
@@ -1393,7 +1392,7 @@ pub const Lua = struct {
     /// Checks whether the function argument `arg` is a slice of bytes and returns the slice
     pub fn checkBytes(lua: *Lua, arg: i32) [:0]const u8 {
         var length: usize = 0;
-        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, @ptrCast([*c]usize, &length));
+        const str = c.luaL_checklstring(lua.state, arg, &length);
         // luaL_checklstring never returns null (throws lua error)
         return str[0..length :0];
     }
@@ -1822,8 +1821,8 @@ pub const Buffer = struct {
     }
 
     /// Adds the string to the buffer
-    pub fn addLString(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
-        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, @ptrCast([*c]const u8, str), str.len);
+    pub fn addBytes(buf: *Buffer, str: []const u8) void {
+        c.luaL_addlstring(&buf.b, str.ptr, str.len);
     }
 
     /// Adds to the buffer a string of `length` previously copied to the buffer area

src/ziglua-5.4/tests.zig

@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ test "string buffers" {
     try expectEqual(@as(usize, 6), buffer.len());
     try expectEqualStrings("ziglua", buffer.addr());
 
-    buffer.addLString(" api ");
+    buffer.addBytes(" api ");
     try expectEqualStrings("ziglua api ", buffer.addr());
 
     lua.pushNumber(5.4);