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authorClaudius "keldu" Holeksa <mail@keldu.de>2023-12-04 12:18:14 +0100
committerClaudius "keldu" Holeksa <mail@keldu.de>2023-12-04 12:18:14 +0100
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <array>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace saw {
+/**
+ * Helper object which creates a templated string from the provided string
+ * literal. It guarantees compile time uniqueness and thus allows using strings
+ * in template parameters.
+ */
+template <class CharT, size_t N> class string_literal {
+public:
+ static_assert(N > 0, "string_literal needs a null terminator");
+
+ constexpr string_literal(const CharT (&input)[N]) noexcept {
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < N; ++i) {
+ data[i] = input[i];
+ }
+ }
+
+ std::array<CharT, N> data{};
+
+ constexpr std::string_view view() const noexcept {
+ return std::string_view{data.data()};
+ }
+
+ constexpr bool
+ operator==(const string_literal<CharT, N> &) const noexcept = default;
+
+ template <class CharTR, size_t NR>
+ constexpr bool
+ operator==(const string_literal<CharTR, NR> &) const noexcept {
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ template<size_t NR>
+ constexpr string_literal<CharT, N+NR-1> operator+(const string_literal<CharT, NR>& rhs) const noexcept {
+ CharT sum[N+NR-1];
+
+ // The weird i+1 happens due to needing to skip the '\0' terminator
+ for(size_t i = 0; (i+1) < N; ++i){
+ sum[i] = data[i];
+ }
+ for(size_t i = 0; i < NR; ++i){
+ sum[i+N-1] = rhs.data[i];
+ }
+
+ return string_literal<CharT, N+NR-1>{sum};
+ }
+};
+
+template <typename T, T... Chars>
+constexpr string_literal<T, sizeof...(Chars) + 1u> operator""_sl() {
+ return string_literal<T, sizeof...(Chars) + 1u>{{Chars..., '\0'}};
+}
+} // namespace saw