Function

RBRefStringnew

Declaration [src]

RBRefString*
rb_refstring_new (
  const char* init
)

Description [src]

Returns an RBRefString for the specified string. If one already exists, its reference count is incremented and it is returned. Otherwise, a new RBRefString is created and returned.

Parameters

init

Type: const char*

String to intern.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: RBRefString

RBRefString for init.

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