package ieproxy

import (

	"unicode/utf16"

	"unsafe"

)

// StringFromUTF16Ptr converts a *uint16 C string to a Go String

func StringFromUTF16Ptr(s *uint16) string {

	if s == nil {

		return ""

	}

	p := (*[1<<30 - 1]uint16)(unsafe.Pointer(s))

	// find the string length

	sz := 0

	for p[sz] != 0 {

		sz++

	}

	return string(utf16.Decode(p[:sz:sz]))

}