Rename _const functions to use overloading instead
[binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / common / common-utils.h
1 /* Shared general utility routines for GDB, the GNU debugger.
2
3 Copyright (C) 1986-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
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19
20 #ifndef COMMON_UTILS_H
21 #define COMMON_UTILS_H
22
23 #include <string>
24 #include <vector>
25
26 /* If possible, define FUNCTION_NAME, a macro containing the name of
27 the function being defined. Since this macro may not always be
28 defined, all uses must be protected by appropriate macro definition
29 checks (Eg: "#ifdef FUNCTION_NAME").
30
31 Version 2.4 and later of GCC define a magical variable `__PRETTY_FUNCTION__'
32 which contains the name of the function currently being defined.
33 This is broken in G++ before version 2.6.
34 C9x has a similar variable called __func__, but prefer the GCC one since
35 it demangles C++ function names. */
36 #if (GCC_VERSION >= 2004)
37 #define FUNCTION_NAME __PRETTY_FUNCTION__
38 #else
39 #if defined __STDC_VERSION__ && __STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L
40 #define FUNCTION_NAME __func__ /* ARI: func */
41 #endif
42 #endif
43
44 /* xmalloc(), xrealloc() and xcalloc() have already been declared in
45 "libiberty.h". */
46
47 /* Like xmalloc, but zero the memory. */
48 void *xzalloc (size_t);
49
50 void xfree (void *);
51
52 /* Like asprintf and vasprintf, but return the string, throw an error
53 if no memory. */
54 char *xstrprintf (const char *format, ...) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
55 char *xstrvprintf (const char *format, va_list ap)
56 ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 0);
57
58 /* Like snprintf, but throw an error if the output buffer is too small. */
59 int xsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
60 ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (3, 4);
61
62 /* Returns a std::string built from a printf-style format string. */
63 std::string string_printf (const char* fmt, ...)
64 ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
65
66 /* Make a copy of the string at PTR with LEN characters
67 (and add a null character at the end in the copy).
68 Uses malloc to get the space. Returns the address of the copy. */
69
70 char *savestring (const char *ptr, size_t len);
71
72 /* The strerror() function can return NULL for errno values that are
73 out of range. Provide a "safe" version that always returns a
74 printable string. */
75
76 extern char *safe_strerror (int);
77
78 /* Return non-zero if the start of STRING matches PATTERN, zero
79 otherwise. */
80
81 static inline int
82 startswith (const char *string, const char *pattern)
83 {
84 return strncmp (string, pattern, strlen (pattern)) == 0;
85 }
86
87 ULONGEST strtoulst (const char *num, const char **trailer, int base);
88
89 /* Skip leading whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
90 pointer. If INP is NULL, return NULL. */
91
92 extern char *skip_spaces (char *inp);
93
94 /* A const-correct version of the above. */
95
96 extern const char *skip_spaces (const char *inp);
97
98 /* Skip leading non-whitespace characters in INP, returning an updated
99 pointer. If INP is NULL, return NULL. */
100
101 extern char *skip_to_space (char *inp);
102
103 /* A const-correct version of the above. */
104
105 extern const char *skip_to_space (const char *inp);
106
107 /* Assumes that V is an argv for a program, and iterates through
108 freeing all the elements. */
109 extern void free_vector_argv (std::vector<char *> &v);
110
111 /* Given a vector of arguments ARGV, return a string equivalent to
112 joining all the arguments with a whitespace separating them. */
113 extern std::string stringify_argv (const std::vector<char *> &argv);
114
115 #endif