How do I copy a Go string to a C char * via CGO in golang?

go cgo
steve landiss picture steve landiss · Aug 18, 2016 · Viewed 9k times · Source

I want to copy a Go string into a char * via CGO.

Am I allowed to do this something like this?

func copy_string(cstr *C.char) {

    str := "foo"
    C.GoString(cstr) = str

}

Answer

jnmoal picture jnmoal · Aug 18, 2016

According to the cgo documentation you need to use the C.CString function to convert a Go string to a C string:

cstr = C.CString(str)

Be aware that C.CString function allocates the memory for you, but won't release it, so it is your responsability to freed the memory with a call like:

C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cstr))

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