ls-ascii-helper.cc

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#if defined (HAVE_CONFIG_H)
#  include "config.h"
#endif
 
#include "ls-ascii-helper.h"
 
#include <istream>
#include <sstream>
 
OCTAVE_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(octave)
 
// Helper functions when reading from ascii files.
 
// These functions take care of different line endings (LF, CR, CRLF)
// when files were opened in text mode for writing and are now opened in
// binary mode for reading.
// Even though we no longer store files in text mode, keep this logic
// to allow loading older files that might have CRLF or CR line endings.
 
// Skip characters from stream IS until a newline is reached.
// Depending on KEEP_NEWLINE, either eat newline from stream or
// keep it unread.
 
void
skip_until_newline (std::istream& is, bool keep_newline)
{
  if (! is)
    return;
 
  while (is)
    {
      char c = is.peek ();
 
      if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
        {
          // Reached newline.
          if (! keep_newline)
            {
              // Eat the CR or LF character.
              char d;
              is.get (d);
 
              // Make sure that for binary-mode opened ascii files
              // containing CRLF line endings we skip the LF after CR.
              if (c == '\r' && is.peek () == '\n')
                {
                  // Yes, LF following CR, eat it.
                  is.get (d);
                }
            }
 
          // Newline was found, and read from stream if
          // keep_newline == true, so exit loop.
          break;
        }
      else
        {
          // No newline character peeked, so read it and proceed to next
          // character.
          char d;
          is.get (d);
        }
    }
}
 
// If stream IS currently points to a newline (a leftover from a previous read)
// then eat newline(s) until a non-newline character is found.
 
void
skip_preceeding_newline (std::istream& is)
{
  if (! is)
    return;
 
  // Check whether IS currently points to newline character.
  char c = is.peek ();
 
  if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
    {
      // Yes, at newline.
      do
        {
          // Eat the CR or LF character.
          char d;
          is.get (d);
 
          // Make sure that for binary-mode opened ascii files
          // containing CRLF line endings we skip the LF after CR.
          if (c == '\r' && is.peek () == '\n')
            {
              // Yes, LF following CR, eat it.
              is.get (d);
            }
 
          // Peek into next character.
          c = is.peek ();
 
          // Loop while still a newline ahead.
        }
      while (c == '\n' || c == '\r');
    }
}
 
// Read characters from stream IS until a newline is reached.
// Depending on KEEP_NEWLINE, either eat newline from stream or keep
// it unread.  Characters read are stored and returned as
// std::string.
 
std::string
read_until_newline (std::istream& is, bool keep_newline)
{
  if (! is)
    return "";
 
  std::ostringstream buf;
 
  while (is)
    {
      char c = is.peek ();
 
      if (c == '\n' || c == '\r')
        {
          // Reached newline.
          if (! keep_newline)
            {
              // Eat the CR or LF character.
              char d;
              is.get (d);
 
              // Make sure that for binary-mode opened ascii files
              // containing CRLF line endings we skip the LF after
              // CR.
 
              if (c == '\r' && is.peek () == '\n')
                {
                  // Yes, LF following CR, eat it.
                  is.get (d);
                }
            }
 
          // Newline was found, and read from stream if
          // keep_newline == true, so exit loop.
          break;
        }
      else
        {
          // No newline character peeked, so read it, store it, and
          // proceed to next.
          char d;
          is.get (d);
          buf << d;
        }
    }
 
  return buf.str ();
}
 
OCTAVE_END_NAMESPACE(octave)