turbonss/lib/Group.zig

const std = @import("std");

const mem = std.mem;
const Allocator = mem.Allocator;
const Group = @This();

gid: u32,
name: []const u8,
members: []align(1) const []const u8,

// storage of name, members and members strings. for no particular reason.
// Everything (name, members, member strings) could be allocated separately
// (one extreme) and only once (another extreme). For some reason I chose the
// right extreme, but it doesn't have to be this way.
_buf: []const u8,

pub fn init(
    allocator: Allocator,
    gid: u32,
    name: []const u8,
    members: []align(1) const []const u8,
) error{OutOfMemory}!Group {
    const buf_len = @sizeOf([]const u8) * members.len + name.len + blk: {
        var sum: usize = 0;
        for (members) |member| sum += member.len;
        break :blk @intCast(u32, sum);
    };
    var buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, buf_len);
    errdefer allocator.free(buf);
    var ptr_end = @sizeOf([]const u8) * members.len;
    var members_ptr = mem.bytesAsSlice([]const u8, buf[0..ptr_end]);
    var offset: usize = ptr_end;
    for (members) |member, i| {
        mem.copy(u8, buf[offset..], member);
        members_ptr[i] = buf[offset .. offset + member.len];
        offset += member.len;
    }
    mem.copy(u8, buf[offset..], name);
    return Group{
        .gid = gid,
        .name = buf[offset .. offset + name.len],
        .members = members_ptr,
        ._buf = buf,
    };
}

// This could be made more efficient, but clone() is never in the hot path.
pub fn clone(self: *const Group, allocator: Allocator) error{OutOfMemory}!Group {
    return init(allocator, self.gid, self.name, self.members);
}

pub fn deinit(self: *Group, allocator: Allocator) void {
    allocator.free(self._buf);
    self.* = undefined;
}

const testing = std.testing;

test "Group.clone" {
    // TODO: how to do this on stack?
    var member1 = mem.sliceTo(try testing.allocator.dupeZ(u8, "member1"), 0);
    defer testing.allocator.free(member1);

    var group = try init(testing.allocator, 1, "foo", &[_][]const u8{ member1, "member2" });
    defer group.deinit(testing.allocator);

    var cloned = try group.clone(testing.allocator);
    defer cloned.deinit(testing.allocator);

    group.gid = 2;
    group.name = "bar";
    member1[0] = 'x';
    try testing.expectEqual(cloned.gid, 1);
    try testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, cloned.name, "foo");
    try testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, cloned.members[0], "member1");
}