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Re: [PATCH v2 01/31] Introduce string_printf


On 10/19/2016 10:02 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:

> And then thinking that people might dislike the hack, I changed
> it to consider the \0 as part of the initial string (std::string
> can contain embedded NULLs).
> 
> But I shouldn't have.  The "hack" is really not a problem:
> 
>   https://herbsutter.com/2008/04/07/cringe-not-vectors-are-guaranteed-to-be-contiguous/#comment-483
> 
> I.e., "everyone" does it like that.

Now that we assume C++11, it's no longer a hack.  Below's the version
that I pushed in.  This version also tweaks the selftests a bit:

- put them in a namespace.
- use string comparison instead of just checking the size.

>From d4081a383e28db26c65298f7405554d4312b1342 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2016 15:26:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce string_printf

This introduces the string_printf function.  Like asprintf, but
returns a std::string.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2016-11-08  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* Makefile.in (COMMON_OBS): Add utils-selftests.o.
	* common/common-utils.c (string_printf): New function.
	* common/common-utils.h: Include <string>.
	(string_printf): Declare.
	* utils-selftests.c: New file.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog             |  8 +++++++
 gdb/Makefile.in           |  2 +-
 gdb/common/common-utils.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/common/common-utils.h |  6 +++++
 gdb/utils-selftests.c     | 60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 gdb/utils-selftests.c

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index cc7f9a0..1b647bb 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2016-11-08  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (COMMON_OBS): Add utils-selftests.o.
+	* common/common-utils.c (string_printf): New function.
+	* common/common-utils.h: Include <string>.
+	(string_printf): Declare.
+	* utils-selftests.c: New file.
+
 2016-11-08  Yao Qi  <yao.qi@linaro.org>
 
 	* aarch64-tdep.c (aarch64_software_single_step): Return
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 6db63c7..3876cd9 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ COMMON_OBS = $(DEPFILES) $(CONFIG_OBS) $(YYOBJ) \
 	ada-typeprint.o c-typeprint.o f-typeprint.o m2-typeprint.o \
 	ada-valprint.o c-valprint.o cp-valprint.o d-valprint.o f-valprint.o \
 	m2-valprint.o \
-	ser-event.o serial.o mdebugread.o top.o utils.o \
+	ser-event.o serial.o mdebugread.o top.o utils.o utils-selftests.o \
 	ui-file.o \
 	user-regs.o \
 	frame.o frame-unwind.o doublest.o \
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.c b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
index 5a346ec..e112b62 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.c
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.c
@@ -150,6 +150,29 @@ xsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
   return ret;
 }
 
+/* See documentation in common-utils.h.  */
+
+std::string
+string_printf (const char* fmt, ...)
+{
+  va_list vp;
+  int size;
+
+  va_start (vp, fmt);
+  size = vsnprintf (NULL, 0, fmt, vp);
+  va_end (vp);
+
+  std::string str (size, '\0');
+
+  /* C++11 and later guarantee std::string uses contiguous memory and
+     always includes the terminating '\0'.  */
+  va_start (vp, fmt);
+  vsprintf (&str[0], fmt, vp);
+  va_end (vp);
+
+  return str;
+}
+
 char *
 savestring (const char *ptr, size_t len)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/common/common-utils.h b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
index 47def11..a9053ff 100644
--- a/gdb/common/common-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/common/common-utils.h
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 #ifndef COMMON_UTILS_H
 #define COMMON_UTILS_H
 
+#include <string>
+
 /* If possible, define FUNCTION_NAME, a macro containing the name of
    the function being defined.  Since this macro may not always be
    defined, all uses must be protected by appropriate macro definition
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ char *xstrvprintf (const char *format, va_list ap)
 int xsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
      ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (3, 4);
 
+/* Returns a std::string built from a printf-style format string.  */
+std::string string_printf (const char* fmt, ...)
+  ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
+
 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with LEN characters
    (and add a null character at the end in the copy).
    Uses malloc to get the space.  Returns the address of the copy.  */
diff --git a/gdb/utils-selftests.c b/gdb/utils-selftests.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f424655
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/utils-selftests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* Self tests for general utility routines for GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "defs.h"
+#include "selftest.h"
+
+#if GDB_SELF_TEST
+
+namespace selftests {
+
+/* common-utils self tests.  Defined here instead of in
+   common/common-utils.c because that file is shared with
+   gdbserver.  */
+
+static void
+common_utils_tests (void)
+{
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", "") == "");
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%d comes before 2", 1) == "1 comes before 2");
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("hello %s", "world") == "hello world");
+
+#define X10 "0123456789"
+#define X100 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10 X10
+#define X1000 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100 X100
+#define X10000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000 X1000
+#define X100000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000 X10000
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", X10) == X10);
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", X100) == X100);
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", X1000) == X1000);
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", X10000) == X10000);
+  SELF_CHECK (string_printf ("%s", X100000) == X100000);
+}
+
+} /* namespace selftests */
+
+#endif
+
+void
+_initialize_utils_selftests (void)
+{
+#if GDB_SELF_TEST
+  register_self_test (selftests::common_utils_tests);
+#endif
+}
-- 
2.5.5



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