internStaticString

fnstring internStaticString(string string_ = null)

Returns a canonical representation for string. Interned strings can be compared for equality by comparing the pointers, instead of using strcmp(). [glib.global.internStaticString] does not copy the string, therefore string must not be freed or modified.

This function must not be used before library constructors have finished running. In particular, this means it cannot be used to initialize global variables in C++.

Parameters

string_a static string

Returns

a canonical representation for the string