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+/*
+ Array
+ -----
+
+ Data structure where all elements (members) have the same size and are
+ located consecutively in memory.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef _DRAGONSTD_ARRAY_H_ // include guard
+#define _DRAGONSTD_ARRAY_H_
+
+#include <stddef.h> // for size_t
+#include <sys/types.h> // for ssize_t
+#include "bits/compare.h" // for cmp_ref (not used in file)
+
+typedef struct {
+ /* public */
+ void *ptr; // memory
+ size_t ext; // extra space
+ /* private */
+ size_t mbs; // member size
+ size_t siz; // used space
+ size_t cap; // available space
+} Array;
+
+void array_ini(Array *array, size_t mmb, size_t ext);
+/*
+ Initializes the array.
+
+ The array will have the member size of mmb and the extra space set to ext.
+ mmb should be bigger than 0 and may not be changed after the initialization.
+ ext can be 0 or bigger and may be changed any time.
+
+ This function should be called before calling any other functions on the
+ array.
+
+ This function should not be called on an array that has been initialized before,
+ unless the array has a capacity of 0. Otherwise a memory leak will occur.
+*/
+
+void array_rlc(Array *array);
+/*
+ Reallocates the array's memory to match it's capacity.
+
+ This function should be called every time the capacity has changed.
+*/
+
+void array_grw(Array *array, size_t n);
+/*
+ Grows the array by n bytes.
+
+ This function increases the arrays size by n bytes. If this exceeds the capacity of
+ the array, the capacity set to the size and the extra space ext is added to it.
+
+ If the capacity is changed, the array is reallocated.
+
+ If n is zero, the array's capacity may still grow by extra space if it exactly
+ matches the current size.
+*/
+
+void array_shr(Array *array, size_t n);
+/*
+ Shrinks the array by n bytes.
+
+ This function decreases the arrays size by n bytes.
+
+ If the array has additional capacity left after it has been shrunk, the capacity
+ is set to the new size and the array is reallocated to fit the new capacity.
+ For n > 0, this is always the case, for n = 0, this may be the case.
+
+ Note that calling this function with n = 0 is useful to shrink the array's memory to
+ exactly fit it's used size.
+*/
+
+void array_put(Array *array, const void *ptr, size_t n);
+/*
+ Grows the array by 1 and inserts ptr at the index n.
+
+ This function inserts the memory pointed to by ptr before the array member at
+ index n, moving all elements from that index to the end of the array.
+
+ After this operation, the inserted element will be _at_ the index n.
+
+ The memory that ptr points to, which's size is assumed to be at least as big as the
+ array's member size is copied into the arrays memory.
+
+ n should be in the range from 0 to the array's size.
+*/
+
+void array_apd(Array *array, const void *ptr);
+/*
+ Grows the array by 1 and appends ptr at the end of the array.
+
+ This function's result is equivalent to calling array_put(array, ptr, array->siz),
+ but it is slightly faster since it saves unnecessary calls.
+*/
+
+ssize_t array_idx(Array *array, const void *ptr);
+/*
+ Returns the index of the first element that equals ptr, or none if no matches.
+
+ Uses memcmp to compare the elements.
+*/
+
+void array_cpy(Array *array, void **ptr, size_t *n);
+/*
+ Allocates a buffer big enough to fit the array's used size.
+ Copies the array's contents into the allocated buffer.
+ Returns the buffer in ptr and the size in n.
+
+ Note that the returned size is the number of elements, not the number of bytes.
+*/
+
+void array_cln(Array *dst, Array *src);
+/*
+ Clones the array src to the array dst.
+
+ dst is initialized to have the same configuration (member size, extra space) as src.
+
+ After the operation, the contents of the array dst are be the same as those of src.
+ The size of dst and src are the same, the capacity of dst however is the same as
+ the size of dst and src (which might not equal the capacity of src).
+
+ Since array_ini is called on dst, it should be uninitialized, empty or deleted.
+*/
+
+void array_rcy(Array *array);
+/*
+ Recycles the array.
+
+ This function sets the used size of the array to 0 but leaves the capacity unchanged.
+ The array's memory is not free'd and the array can be reused.
+*/
+
+void array_clr(Array *array);
+/*
+ Clears the array.
+
+ This function frees the arrays memory. If this is not called when the array's
+ reference is dropped, a memory leak occurs, unless the array is empty (capacity
+ of 0), in which case the function does not need to be called. The function works
+ fine on empty arrays however.
+
+ After this, the array is empty and can be reused.
+*/
+
+void array_srt(Array *array, void *cmp);
+/*
+ Sorts the array using the quicksort algorithm.
+
+ Comparator must not be NULL.
+ Wraps the qsort C-library routine. Please refer to it's documentation.
+*/
+
+ssize_t array_fnd(Array *array, const void *ptr, size_t *idx, void *cmp);
+/*
+ Searches the sorted array for the element ptr.
+ Returns the index of the element, or -1 if it wasn't found.
+
+ If idx is not NULL, a pointer to the last searched index is saved to where it
+ points to. This is the index ptr would need to be inserted at to keep the order.
+
+ It is assumed that the array has been sorted by array_srt before (or was empty),
+ and the order has been kept and the same comparator is used.
+*/
+
+size_t array_ins(Array *array, const void *ptr, void *cmp);
+/*
+ Inserts an element into a sorted array, keeping the order.
+ Returns the index the element has been inserted at.
+
+ Calls array_fnd and array_put.
+
+ It is assumed that the array has been sorted by array_srt before (or was empty),
+ and the order has been kept and the same comparator is used.
+*/
+
+#endif // _DRAGONSTD_ARRAY_H_