From 1d1fda952256534fa678a43ae80247d27c61e4b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: penguindark <57967770+penguindark@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2021 19:40:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] x.ttf: fix for the MSVC `get_string` pointer issue (#8139)

* fix tab and spaces in indentation

* fix for glyph not found error

* fix for get_String in ttf.v pointer problems with MSVC

* avoid second return in get_string

* move from u32 to u64 to byteptr in 64 bit systems
---
 vlib/x/ttf/ttf.v | 17 +----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vlib/x/ttf/ttf.v b/vlib/x/ttf/ttf.v
index 26fbb2ef18..c5b98d193e 100644
--- a/vlib/x/ttf/ttf.v
+++ b/vlib/x/ttf/ttf.v
@@ -557,25 +557,10 @@ fn (mut tf TTF_File) get_fixed() f32 {
 	return f32(tf.get_i32() / f32(1 << 16))
 }
 
-/*---- restore when MSVC will work again! ----
 fn (mut tf TTF_File) get_string(length int) string {
 	tmp_pos := tf.pos
 	tf.pos += u32(length)
-	unsafe{
-		return tos(&tf.buf.data[tmp_pos], length)
-	}
-}
-*/
-
-fn (mut tf TTF_File) get_string(length int) string {
-	tmp_pos := tf.pos
-	mut tmp_txt := strings.new_builder(length)
-	for _ in 0..length {
-		tmp_txt.write_b(tf.get_u8())
-	}
-	res_txt := tmp_txt.str()
-	tf.pos = tmp_pos + u32(length)
-	return res_txt
+	return unsafe{ tos(byteptr(u64(tf.buf.data)+u64(tmp_pos)), length) }
 }
 
 fn (mut tf TTF_File) get_unicode_string(length int) string {