<div dir="ltr">I think it would be more appropriate to use `init(utf8: UnsafeBufferPointer&lt;UInt8&gt;)`, which comprises both a base pointer and a length.<div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jacob Bandes-Storch<br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Charles Kissinger via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">The String initializer that would actually be of most value to me would be:<div><br></div><div>String.init(utf8: UnsafePointer&lt;UInt8&gt;, length: Int)</div><div><br></div><div>as long as it is as fast (preferably faster) than String.fromCString() and doesn’t require bridging to NSString. A similar initializer is available for NSString, but as Zach indicated in his link, using it is slow.</div><div><br></div><div>Several other initializers, including the one you showed, would be useful, as long as they are performant.</div><div><br></div><div>—CK</div><div><br></div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="h5"><div>On Jan 8, 2016, at 9:04 PM, 品雪 via swift-evolution &lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt; wrote:</div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Sorry, I didn&#39;t get it, are you talking about:<div><br></div><div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo"><span style="color:rgb(187,44,162)">var</span> bytes : [<span style="color:rgb(112,61,170)">UInt8</span>] = [<span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">65</span>, <span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">66</span>, <span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">67</span>, <span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">68</span>, <span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">69</span>, <span style="color:rgb(39,42,216)">70</span>];</div><div style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:Menlo"><span style="color:rgb(187,44,162)">var</span> s = <span style="color:rgb(112,61,170)">String</span>.<span style="color:rgb(187,44,162)">init</span>(bytes: <span style="color:rgb(79,129,135)">bytes</span>, encoding: <span style="color:rgb(112,61,170)">NSUTF8StringEncoding</span>)</div><div><br></div><div>?</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:22 AM, T.J. Usiyan via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I support this change as well.<div><br></div><div>TJ</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 6:06 PM, Guillaume Lessard via swift-evolution <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">Complete agreement from me. I would like to see a String constructor from a Sequence of code units.<br>
Also, why is String.fromCString() a factory function rather than a fallible constructor?<br>
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