*)
let get_string maxlen =
ignore (echo ());
- let str = String.create maxlen in
- let ok = getstr str in (* Safe because binding calls getnstr. *)
+ let str = Bytes.create maxlen in
+ (* Safe because binding calls getnstr. However the unsafe cast
+ * to string is required because ocaml-curses needs to be fixed.
+ *)
+ let ok = getstr (Obj.magic str) in
ignore (noecho ());
if not ok then ""
else (
(* Chop at first '\0'. *)
try
- let i = String.index str '\000' in
- String.sub str 0 i
+ let i = Bytes.index str '\000' in
+ Bytes.sub_string str 0 i
with
- Not_found -> str (* it is full maxlen bytes *)
+ Not_found -> Bytes.to_string str (* it is full maxlen bytes *)
)
(* Main loop. *)