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ForeignStringType -- foreign string type

Description

This is the class for C strings types, i.e., null-terminated character arrays. There is one built-in type, charstar.

i1 : charstar

o1 = char*

o1 : ForeignStringType

Methods that use a foreign string type :

ForeignStringType String -- cast a Macaulay2 string to a foreign string

Fixed objects of class ForeignStringType :

charstar

For the programmer

The object ForeignStringType is a type, with ancestor classes ForeignType < Type < MutableHashTable < HashTable < Thing.