GLib.ref_string_new
Description: Reference for GLib.ref_string_new

### Function

# GLibref_string_new

since: 2.58

#### Declaration [src]

    char*
    g_ref_string_new (
      const char* str
    )

#### Description [src]

Creates a new reference counted string and copies the contents of `str` into it.

Available since: 2.58

#### Parameters

`str`

  Type: `const char*`

  A NUL-terminated string.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `char*`

The newly created reference counted string.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.