open_path - core

func open_path(path: String, flags: Int, mode: Int) '[io, alloc] -> Int

High-level open for Talk strings: copy the path into fresh memory with a NUL terminator (allocations are zero-filled, so the terminator comes free) and open through the C-string path.

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pub func open_path(path: String, flags: Int, mode: Int) '[io, alloc] -> Int {
	let buf = _alloc<Byte>(count: path.byte_count + 1)
	_copy(from: path.storage.base, to: buf, length: path.byte_count)
	let fd = _io_open(path: buf, flags: flags, mode: mode)
	_free(ptr: buf)
	fd
}