according to the
[manual](http://forum.nim-lang.org///nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#types-cstring-type):
> The cstring type represents a pointer to a zero-terminated char array
> compatible to the type char* in Ansi C. Its primary purpose lies in easy
> interfacing with C
There is no mentioning of any usage for that type in javascript.
maybe something like this would make it a bit more transparent than a magic
pragma
when cbackend:
type cstring {.unchecked.} = ptr array[0, char]
else:
type cstring = ref otherstringtype
