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Unsafe CString pointer

Detects unsafe usage of CString. The code like CString::new("hello").unwrap().as_ptr() may lead to memory unsafety because the string is deallocated at the end of the expression.

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

RsCStringPointer
Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Rust

Inspection ID: RsCStringPointer

Suppressing Inspection

You can suppress this inspection by placing the following comment marker before the code fragment where you no longer want messages from this inspection to appear:

//noinspection RsCStringPointer

More detailed instructions as well as other ways and options that you have can be found in the product documentation:

Inspection Details

By default bundled with:

CLion 2025.3,

Can be installed with plugin:

Rust, 253.29183.0

Last modified: 03 December 2025