1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/Str.zig b/src/Str.zig
index eaca378..8f49c61 100644
--- a/src/Str.zig
+++ b/src/Str.zig
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 
 const c = @import("c");
 const zpy = @import("root.zig");
+const conversion = zpy.conversion;
 
 const Self = @This();
 
 object: zpy.Object,
 
+pub fn fromString(buffer: []const u8) Self {
+    return .{
+        .object = .fromPtr(c.PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(@ptrCast(buffer), @intCast(buffer.len)))
+    };
+}
 
 pub fn asUtf8(self: *Self) zpy.Error![]const u8 {
     var size: c.Py_ssize_t = undefined;