Files
sx/examples/1222-ffi-cstring-type.sx
agra 1d17b0abcf lang: introduce cstring — the C-boundary string (Odin model)
cstring is ONE pointer to a null-terminated u8 buffer, C's char*: thin
(8 bytes, no length; cstring_len walks to the terminator), crossing
#foreign boundaries verbatim in both directions, with ?cstring as the
nullable case lowering to the same bare pointer (null = absent).

Conversion discipline mirrors Odin: a string LITERAL coerces implicitly
(its bytes are terminated constants); any other string is rejected with
a diagnostic naming to_cstring (it may be an unterminated view); and
cstring never coerces to string implicitly — from_cstring(c) is the
explicit zero-copy view, pricing the strlen.

Plumbing: TypeId/TypeInfo builtin slot 18 (first_user 19), name
classifiers, size/align/name tables, LLVM ptr lowering, the ?T pointer
niche, the xx pointer ladder, the literal-gated coercion plan
(isConstString + data_ptr), and the reserved-spelling set. std gains
cstring_len/from_cstring/to_cstring (fmt.sx, re-exported); the old
cstring(size) allocator helper is renamed alloc_string everywhere;
getenv migrates to (name: cstring) -> ?cstring as the canonical user
and env() drops its manual strlen/memcpy.

Pinned: examples/1222 (FFI both directions, literal coercion,
?cstring null paths, round trip) and examples/1173 (both coercion
diagnostics); FAIL pre-feature. The alloc_string rename + getenv
signature shift the .ir snapshots — regenerated. zig build test
426/426; run_examples 604/604.

Spec: reserved spelling + cstring section + C-interop rows.
2026-06-12 14:50:53 +03:00

39 lines
1.5 KiB
Plaintext

// The `cstring` type: ONE pointer to a null-terminated u8 buffer — C's
// `char *`. Crosses #foreign boundaries verbatim in both directions;
// `?cstring` is the nullable case (null pointer = absent); string
// LITERALS coerce implicitly (terminated constants); arbitrary strings
// materialize via to_cstring; from_cstring is the zero-copy view back.
#import "modules/std.sx";
libc :: #library "c";
strerror_c :: (code: i32) -> cstring #foreign libc "strerror";
getenv_c :: (name: cstring) -> ?cstring #foreign libc "getenv";
dlerror_c :: () -> ?cstring #foreign libc "dlerror";
main :: () -> i32 {
// literal -> cstring param; cstring return -> view
e := strerror_c(2);
v := from_cstring(e);
if v.len < 5 { print("BUG: strerror short\n"); return 1; }
print("strerror ok\n");
// ?cstring: present, absent, and null-returning C call
p := getenv_c("PATH");
if p == null { print("BUG: PATH null\n"); return 2; }
if cstring_len(p!) < 1 { print("BUG: PATH empty\n"); return 3; }
q := getenv_c("NO_SUCH_VAR_ZZZ");
if q != null { print("BUG: missing not null\n"); return 4; }
d := dlerror_c();
if d != null { print("BUG: dlerror non-null\n"); return 5; }
print("?cstring ok\n");
// round trip: built string -> owned cstring -> view -> equality
s := concat("hi-", "there");
c := to_cstring(s);
r := from_cstring(c);
if r != "hi-there" { print("BUG: round trip\n"); return 6; }
if cstring_len(c) != 8 { print("BUG: len\n"); return 7; }
print("round trip ok\n");
return 0;
}