return ss;
}
-/* Makes a malloc()'d, null-terminated copy of the contents of OLD
- and stores it in NEW. */
-void
-ss_alloc_substring (struct substring *new, struct substring old)
+/* Returns a malloc()'d, null-terminated copy of the contents of OLD. The
+ caller owns the returned string and must eventually free it. */
+struct substring
+ss_clone (struct substring old)
{
- new->string = xmemdup0 (old.string, old.length);
- new->length = old.length;
+ return (struct substring) {
+ .string = xmemdup0 (old.string, old.length),
+ .length = old.length,
+ };
}
/* Allocates room for a N-byte string in NEW. */
ss->string = xrealloc (ss->string, size);
}
-/* Makes a pool_alloc_unaligned()'d, null-terminated copy of the contents of
- OLD in POOL, and stores it in NEW. */
-void
-ss_alloc_substring_pool (struct substring *new, struct substring old,
- struct pool *pool)
+/* Returns a pool_alloc_unaligned()'d, null-terminated copy of the contents of
+ OLD in POOL. The pool owns the returned string. */
+struct substring
+ss_clone_pool (struct substring old, struct pool *pool)
{
- new->string = pool_alloc_unaligned (pool, old.length + 1);
- new->length = old.length;
- memcpy (new->string, old.string, old.length);
- new->string[old.length] = '\0';
+ return (struct substring) {
+ .string = pool_memdup0 (pool, old.string, old.length),
+ .length = old.length
+ };
}
/* Allocates room for a N-byte string in NEW in POOL. */
return retval;
}
+/* Compares A to B and returns a strcmp()-type comparison result. The shorter
+ string is considered to be padded with spaces to the length of the
+ longer. */
+int
+ss_compare_rpad (struct substring a, struct substring b)
+{
+ return buf_compare_rpad (a.string, a.length, b.string, b.length);
+}
+
/* Compares A and B case-insensitively and returns a
strcmp()-type comparison result. */
int