X-Git-Url: http://nitlanguage.org

diff --git a/c_src/string_nit.c b/c_src/string_nit.c
index 15979dc..686d6be 100644
--- a/c_src/string_nit.c
+++ b/c_src/string_nit.c
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 
 #include "string_nit.h"
 
+// Returns the length of `recv` as a `char*` (excluding the null character)
+long native_int_length_str(long recv){
+	return snprintf(NULL, 0, "%ld", recv);
+}
+
 // Integer to NativeString method
-char* native_int_to_s(int recv, int len){
-	char* str = malloc(len + 1);
-	sprintf(str, "%d", recv);
-	return str;
+void native_int_to_s(long recv, char* str, long buflen){
+	snprintf(str, buflen, "%ld", recv);
 }