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add cstrconvp for when all you have is a C char*

    Some APIs don't give a C string length for a byte buffer. As
    unsafe as that may be, accomodate them.

--- a/libstd/cstrconv.myr

+++ b/libstd/cstrconv.myr

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@

+use "types.use"

+

 pkg std =

 	const cstrconv	: (buf : byte[:] -> byte[:])

+	const cstrconvp	: (p : byte# -> byte[:])

 ;;

 const cstrconv = {buf

@@ -11,4 +14,15 @@

 		;;

 	;;

 	-> buf

+}

+

+const cstrconvp = {p

+	var i, base

+

+	i = 0

+	base = p castto(intptr)

+	while ((base + i) castto(byte#))# != 0

+		i++

+	;;

+	-> p[:i]

 }