1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/runtime/string.c b/src/runtime/string.c
index fec66f8a8..4dba5ad7e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/string.c
+++ b/src/runtime/string.c
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ static	int32	empty		= 0;
 string	emptystring	= (string)∅
 
 int32
-findnull(int8 *s)
+findnull(byte *s)
 {
 	int32 l;
 
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ findnull(int8 *s)
 	return l;
 }
 
+string
+gostring(byte *str)
+{
+	int32 l;
+	string s;
+
+	l = findnull(str);
+	s = mal(sizeof(s->len)+l+1);
+	s->len = l;
+	mcpy(s->str, str, l+1);
+	return s;
+}
+
 void
 sys·catstring(string s1, string s2, string s3)
 {