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+/*
+ * array.h - useful array handling header
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2008 Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef AWESOME_COMMON_ARRAY_H
+#define AWESOME_COMMON_ARRAY_H
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include "common/util.h"
+
+#define DO_ARRAY(type_t, pfx, dtor)                                         \
+    typedef struct pfx##_array_t {                                          \
+        type_t *tab;                                                        \
+        int len, size;                                                      \
+    } pfx##_array_t;                                                        \
+                                                                            \
+    static inline pfx##_array_t * pfx##_array_new(void) {                   \
+        return p_new(pfx##_array_t, 1);                                     \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline void pfx##_array_init(pfx##_array_t *arr) {               \
+        p_clear(arr, 1);                                                    \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline void pfx##_array_wipe(pfx##_array_t *arr) {               \
+        for (int i = 0; i < arr->len; i++) {                                \
+            dtor(&arr->tab[i]);                                             \
+        }                                                                   \
+        p_delete(&arr->tab);                                                \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline void pfx##_array_delete(pfx##_array_t **arrp) {           \
+        if (*arrp) {                                                        \
+            pfx##_array_wipe(*arrp);                                        \
+            p_delete(arrp);                                                 \
+        }                                                                   \
+    }                                                                       \
+                                                                            \
+    static inline void pfx##_array_grow(pfx##_array_t *arr, int newlen) {   \
+        p_grow(&arr->tab, newlen, &arr->size);                              \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline void                                                      \
+    pfx##_array_splice(pfx##_array_t *arr, int pos, int len,                \
+                       type_t items[], int count)                           \
+    {                                                                       \
+        assert (pos >= 0 && len >= 0 && count >= 0);                        \
+        assert (pos <= arr->len && pos + len < arr->len);                   \
+        if (len != count) {                                                 \
+            pfx##_array_grow(arr, arr->len + count - len);                  \
+            memmove(arr->tab + pos + count, arr->tab + pos + len,           \
+                    arr->len - pos - len);                                  \
+            arr->len += count - len;                                        \
+        }                                                                   \
+        memcpy(arr->tab + pos, items, count * sizeof(*items));              \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline type_t pfx##_array_take(pfx##_array_t *arr, int pos) {    \
+        type_t res = arr->tab[pos];                                         \
+        pfx##_array_splice(arr, pos, 1, NULL, 0);                           \
+        return res;                                                         \
+    }                                                                       \
+    static inline void pfx##_array_append(pfx##_array_t *arr, type_t e) {   \
+        pfx##_array_splice(arr, arr->len, 0, &e, 1);                        \
+    }
+
+#endif
+// vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80