eif_string - build an Eiffel string from a C string.

SYNOPSYS

#include "eif_plug.h"

EIF_REFERENCE eif_string (char * string);

DESCRIPTION

The eif_string() macro returns the corresponding Eiffel string corresponding to the C string string.

The return value does not reference string.

NOTES

This function return an Eiffel reference, which must be protected with eif_protect().

CONFORMANCE

ISE Eiffel 4.5 and later.

COMPATIBILITY

eif_string() is equivalent to RTMS(), which is deprecated.

SEE ALSO

eif_protect(1) , eif_create(1).


Markup created by unroff 1.0,    November 15, 1999.