1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/glib/gstring.c b/glib/gstring.c
index ad6b92231..77448f2f1 100644
--- a/glib/gstring.c
+++ b/glib/gstring.c
@@ -156,6 +156,39 @@ g_string_new (const gchar *init)
 }
 
 /**
+ * g_string_new_take: (constructor)
+ * @init: (nullable) (transfer full): initial text used as the string.
+ *     Ownership of the string is transferred to the #GString.
+ *     Passing %NULL creates an empty string.
+ *
+ * Creates a new #GString, initialized with the given string.
+ *
+ * After this call, @init belongs to the #GString and may no longer be
+ * modified by the caller. The memory of @data has to be dynamically
+ * allocated and will eventually be freed with g_free().
+ *
+ * Returns: (transfer full): the new #GString
+ */
+GString *
+g_string_new_take (gchar *init)
+{
+  GString *string;
+
+  if (init == NULL)
+    {
+      return g_string_new (NULL);
+    }
+
+  string = g_slice_new (GString);
+
+  string->str = init;
+  string->len = strlen (string->str);
+  string->allocated_len = string->len + 1;
+
+  return string;
+}
+
+/**
  * g_string_new_len: (constructor)
  * @init: initial contents of the string
  * @len: length of @init to use