c_char
is i8
, so trying to use string::raw::from_buf
involves this:
let cstring: *c_char = .....;
let s = string::raw::from_buf(cstring as *const i8 as *const u8);
Either c_char
should switch to u8
, or string::raw::from_buf
should take *const i8
. Right now using this is quite tedious.