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: []const []const u8,
_members_buf: []const u8 = undefined,

pub fn clone(self: *const Group, allocator: Allocator) Allocator.Error!Group {
    const total_members_len = blk: {
        var sum: usize = 0;
        for (self.members) |member| sum += member.len;
        break :blk sum;
    };
    var members = try allocator.alloc([]const u8, self.members.len);
    errdefer allocator.free(members);
    members.len = self.members.len;

    var buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, total_members_len);
    errdefer allocator.free(buf);
    buf.len = 0;

    for (self.members) |member, i| {
        const old_len = buf.len;
        buf.len += member.len;
        mem.copy(u8, buf[old_len..], member);
        members[i] = buf[old_len..buf.len];
    }

    return Group{
        .gid = self.gid,
        .name = try allocator.dupe(u8, self.name),
        .members = members,
        ._members_buf = buf,
    };
}

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

const testing = std.testing;

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

    var group = Group{
        .gid = 1,
        .name = "foo",
        .members = &[_][]const u8{ member1, "member2" },
    };

    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");
}