James Swift

The only thing I could think of was to add a native function, `void* AllocString(std::string newString)`, which takes a string, allocates a native string, returns a pointer to C#, and...

Thanks for the feedback! > I think you could use the BasicStringExtensions.Assign method to create a new std::string from the managed side. If I understand your suggestion correctly then the...

Unfortunately not. I can have another attempt again today.

That seems to do the trick!

Has this been abandoned? Seems like it would be a nice improvement!

This is failing on Windows 10 for me and I'm kinda stuck at what to try next. Any help greatly appreciated. ``` gem install rugged -v `1.0.0` --source `https://rubygems.org/' Temporarily...

@preetpalS , yep that works. Thanks. I guess it needs to be added to the install/build script?

@preetpalS oops no sorry I was mistaken: ``` current directory: C:/tools/ruby27/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/rugged-1.0.0/ext/rugged C:/tools/ruby27/bin/ruby.exe -I C:/tools/ruby27/lib/ruby/2.7.0 -r ./siteconf20200518-10028-1p2h3ut.rb extconf.rb checking for make... yes checking for cmake... yes -- The C compiler identification...

> I am afraid this scenario will not work. Getting this right components packaged into the Build Tools SKU will likely figure for inclusion only in the next planning cycle....

Belated happy new year to the Signal team 😚🎉 How are we looking at getting this in? It will help so many people!