stdlib/strings: Generalized to_cstring to all Text representations.

Signed-off-by: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>

diff --git a/lib/standard/string.nit b/lib/standard/string.nit
index e47399b..75aba13 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/standard/string.nit
+++ b/lib/standard/string.nit
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ abstract class Text
                return last_index_of_from(c, length - 1)
        end
 
+       # Return a null terminated char *
+       fun to_cstring: NativeString do return flatten.to_cstring
+
        # The index of the last occurrence of an element starting from pos (in reverse order).
        # Example :
        #               assert "/etc/bin/test/test.nit".last_index_of_from('/', length-1) == 13
@@ -712,7 +715,7 @@ class FlatString
        end
 
        # Return a null terminated char *
-       fun to_cstring: NativeString
+       redef fun to_cstring: NativeString
        do
                if index_from > 0 or index_to != items.cstring_length - 1 then
                        var newItems = calloc_string(length + 1)
@@ -1022,6 +1025,14 @@ class FlatBuffer
                return a.to_s_with_length(length)
        end
 
+       redef fun to_cstring
+       do
+               var new_native = calloc_string(length + 1)
+               new_native[length] = '\0'
+               items.copy_to(new_native, length, 0, 0)
+               return new_native
+       end
+
        # Create a new empty string.
        init
        do