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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Inkscape::Util::ptr_shared<T> - like T const *, but stronger.
+ * Used to hold c-style strings for objects that are managed by the gc.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   MenTaLguY <mental@rydia.net>
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 MenTaLguY
+ *
+ * Released under GNU GPL v2+, read the file 'COPYING' for more information.
+ */
+
+#include "util/share.h"
+#include <glib.h>
+
+namespace Inkscape {
+namespace Util {
+
+ptr_shared share_string(char const *string) {
+    g_return_val_if_fail(string != nullptr, share_unsafe(nullptr));
+    return share_string(string, std::strlen(string));
+}
+
+ptr_shared share_string(char const *string, std::size_t length) {
+    g_return_val_if_fail(string != nullptr, share_unsafe(nullptr));
+    char *new_string=new (GC::ATOMIC) char[length+1];
+    std::memcpy(new_string, string, length);
+    new_string[length] = 0;
+    return share_unsafe(new_string);
+}
+
+}
+}
+
+/*
+  Local Variables:
+  mode:c++
+  c-file-style:"stroustrup"
+  c-file-offsets:((innamespace . 0)(inline-open . 0)(case-label . +))
+  indent-tabs-mode:nil
+  fill-column:99
+  End:
+*/
+// vim: filetype=cpp:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:fileencoding=utf-8:textwidth=99 :