2010/3/31 Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com>:
On 03/31/2010 10:38 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> Hmm, thinking aloud here: your patch series has introduced several
> instances of checking STRPREFIX, then advancing to the end of the
> prefix. Maybe it's time to introduce a helper macro that does both the
> check and advances the pointer to the end of the match? Something like:
>
> #define STPCMP(ptr, cmp) \
> (STRPREFIX (*(ptr), cmp) ? (ptr) += strlen (cmp) : NULL)
>
> STPCMP(&tmp, " : ");
> if (tmp == NULL)
> error...
> else
> use tmp...
More thinking aloud - that looks a bit confusing compared to other stp*
interfaces. Maybe:
#define STPCMP(str, cmp) \
(STRPREFIX (str, cmp) ? (str) + strlen (cmp) : NULL)
if ((tmp = STPCMP(tmp, " : ") == NULL)
error...
else
use tmp...
Good idea, but I think the name STPCMP is confusing. I misread it as
STRCMP at first.
Maybe STRPREFIXSKIP or STRPFXSKIP are better names.
Matthias