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| author | FenrirWolf <[email protected]> | 2018-06-10 11:49:19 -0600 |
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| committer | GitHub <[email protected]> | 2018-06-10 11:49:19 -0600 |
| commit | 49041a4e56a4cab33ae7889537d33670e8b012fb (patch) | |
| tree | 0c931e8716200f9aa8c7daef47b62474d0285d5c /ctr-std/src/os/raw/char.md | |
| parent | Merge pull request #69 from FenrirWolf/libctru-1.5.0 (diff) | |
| parent | Fixes according to Fenrir's review (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #68 from linouxis9/master
Update for latest nightly 2018-05-06
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diff --git a/ctr-std/src/os/raw/char.md b/ctr-std/src/os/raw/char.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a55767 --- /dev/null +++ b/ctr-std/src/os/raw/char.md @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Equivalent to C's `char` type. + +[C's `char` type] is completely unlike [Rust's `char` type]; while Rust's type represents a unicode scalar value, C's `char` type is just an ordinary integer. This type will always be either [`i8`] or [`u8`], as the type is defined as being one byte long. + +C chars are most commonly used to make C strings. Unlike Rust, where the length of a string is included alongside the string, C strings mark the end of a string with the character `'\0'`. See [`CStr`] for more information. + +[C's `char` type]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_data_types#Basic_types +[Rust's `char` type]: ../../primitive.char.html +[`CStr`]: ../../ffi/struct.CStr.html +[`i8`]: ../../primitive.i8.html +[`u8`]: ../../primitive.u8.html |