ubyte[] to string with @nogc - different behaviors

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Wednesday, 5 August 2020 at 18:17:15 UTC, Luhrel wrote:
> string toString(const(ubyte)* bytes_ptr, size_t len) @nogc
> {
>     const(ubyte)[] bytes = bytes_ptr[0 .. len];
>     char* str_ptr = cast(char*)malloc(len * ubyte.sizeof);
>     string str = cast(string)str_ptr[0 .. len];
>     str = cast(string)bytes[];

You just leaked str_ptr there. It gets overwritten by bytes' ptr.
I imagine what you meant to do was

str_ptr[0 .. len] = bytes_ptr[0 .. len];
string str = cast(string)str_ptr[0 .. len];
return str;

or something like that instead to copy the data over. (Though 
note this is still liable to leak since the user has no 
indication they need to free it...)

You mnight be best off just doing plain

return cast(string) bytes_ptr[0 .. len].idup;

as the whole function.




>         char* str_ptr = cast(char*)malloc(bytes.length() * 
> ubyte.sizeof);
>         string str = cast(string)str_ptr[0 .. bytes.length()];
>         str = cast(string)bytes[];

but since you again leak the new memory and just refer back to 
the old, it is liable to be overwritten once the function exists.