std: print_str no longer requires length argument

add explicit casting support from array to string

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/std/std.zig b/std/std.zig
index a05a21650f..ebb6e9e2b5 100644
--- a/std/std.zig
+++ b/std/std.zig
@@ -14,14 +14,11 @@ fn syscall3(number: isize, arg1: isize, arg2: isize, arg3: isize) -> isize {
 }
 
 // TODO error handling
-// TODO zig strings instead of C strings
 // TODO handle buffering and flushing
 // TODO non-i32 integer literals so we can remove the casts
 // TODO constants for SYS_write and stdout_fileno
-//pub fn print_str(str : string) -> isize {
-pub fn print_str(str : *const u8, len: isize) -> isize {
+pub fn print_str(str : string) -> isize {
     let SYS_write = 1;
     let stdout_fileno = 1;
-    //return syscall3(SYS_write as isize, stdout_fileno as isize, str.ptr as isize, str.len as isize);
-    return syscall3(SYS_write as isize, stdout_fileno as isize, str as isize, len);
+    return syscall3(SYS_write as isize, stdout_fileno as isize, str.ptr as isize, str.len as isize);
 }