glib:bytes-new-from-string (str)

str -- a string

The g:bytes instance for the string, or nil, if str is not a string.

Creates a new g:bytes instance for the given string. This function allocates the memory for the foreign string and automatically frees it when the last reference of the g:bytes instance is released. This function is not included in the C library. This convenience function correctly handles the memory for foreign strings in the Lisp library.