intern.cpp

/** \file intern.c

    Library for pooling common strings

*/
#include "config.h"


#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>

#include "fallback.h"
#include "util.h"

#include "wutil.h"
#include "common.h"
#include "intern.h"

/** Comparison function for intern'd strings */
class string_table_compare_t
{
public:
    bool operator()(const wchar_t *a, const wchar_t *b) const
    {
        return wcscmp(a, b) < 0;
    }
};

/* A sorted vector ends up being a little more memory efficient than a std::set for the intern'd string table */
#define USE_SET 0
#if USE_SET
/** The table of intern'd strings */
typedef std::set<const wchar_t *, string_table_compare_t> string_table_t;
#else
/** The table of intern'd strings */
typedef std::vector<const wchar_t *> string_table_t;
#endif

static string_table_t string_table;

/** The lock to provide thread safety for intern'd strings */
static pthread_mutex_t intern_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

static const wchar_t *intern_with_dup(const wchar_t *in, bool dup)
{
    if (!in)
        return NULL;

//  debug( 0, L"intern %ls", in );
    scoped_lock lock(intern_lock);
    const wchar_t *result;

#if USE_SET
    string_table_t::const_iterator iter = string_table.find(in);
    if (iter != string_table.end())
    {
        result = *iter;
    }
    else
    {
        result = dup ? wcsdup(in) : in;
        string_table.insert(result);
    }
#else
    string_table_t::iterator iter = std::lower_bound(string_table.begin(), string_table.end(), in, string_table_compare_t());
    if (iter != string_table.end() && wcscmp(*iter, in) == 0)
    {
        result = *iter;
    }
    else
    {
        result = dup ? wcsdup(in) : in;
        string_table.insert(iter, result);
    }
#endif
    return result;
}

const wchar_t *intern(const wchar_t *in)
{
    return intern_with_dup(in, true);
}


const wchar_t *intern_static(const wchar_t *in)
{
    return intern_with_dup(in, false);
}