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[PATCH/RFC v1 1/5] add strbuf_set operations

From
Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 9, 2014, 08:36 UTC
Message-ID
<25ef7350029a96c02fc4450c981728d9746d0324.1402301816.git.jmmahler@gmail.com>
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Currently, the data in a strbuf is modified using add operations. To set the buffer to some data a reset must be performed before an add.

  strbuf_reset(buf);
  strbuf_add(buf, cb.buf.buf, cb.buf.len);

And this is a common sequence of operations with 70 occurrences found in the current source code. This includes all the different variations (add, addf, addstr, addbuf, addch).

  FILES=`find ./ -name '*.c'`
  CNT=$(pcregrep -M "strbuf_reset.*\n.*strbuf_add" $FILES | wc -l)
  CNT=$(echo "$CNT / 2" | bc)
  echo $CNT
  70

These patches add strbuf_set operations which allow this common sequence to be performed in one line instead of two.

  strbuf_set(buf, cb.buf.buf, cb.buf.len);
Signed-off-by: Jeremiah Mahler <jmmahler@gmail.com>
---
 strbuf.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 strbuf.h | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index ac62982..9d64b00 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -189,6 +189,27 @@ void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len,
 	strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + dlen - len);
 }
 
+void strbuf_set(struct strbuf *sb, const void *data, size_t len)
+{
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
+	strbuf_add(sb, data, len);
+}
+
+void strbuf_setf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	strbuf_vaddf(sb, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
+void strbuf_setbuf(struct strbuf *sb, const struct strbuf *sb2)
+{
+	strbuf_reset(sb);
+	strbuf_add(sb, sb2->buf, sb2->len);
+}
+
 void strbuf_insert(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, const void *data, size_t len)
 {
 	strbuf_splice(sb, pos, 0, data, len);
diff --git a/strbuf.h b/strbuf.h
index e9ad03e..b339f08 100644
--- a/strbuf.h
+++ b/strbuf.h
@@ -101,6 +101,20 @@ static inline struct strbuf **strbuf_split(const struct strbuf *sb,
  */
 extern void strbuf_list_free(struct strbuf **);
 
+/*----- set buffer to data -----*/
+
+extern void strbuf_set(struct strbuf *sb, const void *data, size_t len);
+
+static inline void strbuf_setstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s)
+{
+	strbuf_set(sb, s, strlen(s));
+}
+
+__attribute__((format (printf,2,3)))
+extern void strbuf_setf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+extern void strbuf_setbuf(struct strbuf *sb, const struct strbuf *sb2);
+
 /*----- add data in your buffer -----*/
 static inline void strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c)
 {
-- 
2.0.0.573.ged771ce.dirty
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