Function SDL_strdup

pub unsafe extern "C" fn SDL_strdup(str: *const i8) -> *mut i8

Available on crate feature dep_sdl3 only.

Allocate a copy of a string.

This allocates enough space for a null-terminated copy of str, using SDL_malloc, and then makes a copy of the string into this space.

The returned string is owned by the caller, and should be passed to SDL_free when no longer needed.

Parameters

• str: the string to copy.

Return value

Returns a pointer to the newly-allocated string.

Thread safety

It is safe to call this function from any thread.

Availability

This function is available since SDL 3.2.0.