#define LSTRINGS_H
#include <cstring>
+#include <cctype>
-#include "LAssert.h"
-
-//#warning verify this please. Lgb
-///
-template<class T>
-size_t lstrlen(T const * t)
-{
- Assert(t); // we don't want null pointers
- size_t count = 0;
- T const * r = t;
- while(*r != 0) ++r, ++count;
- return count;
-}
-
-
-//#warning verify this please. Lgb
-///
-template<class T>
-T * lstrchr(T const * t, int c)
-{
- Assert(t); // we don't want null pointers
- T * r = const_cast<T*>(t);
- while(*r != 0)
- if (*r == c) return r; else ++r;
- return 0;
-}
+#ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
+#include <sstream>
+using std::ostringstream;
+#else
+#include <strstream>
+#endif
-#include <cctype>
#include "LString.h"
///
string uppercase(string const &);
-/// int to string
-string tostr(int i);
-
-///
-string tostr(unsigned int);
-
-/// long to string
-string tostr(long l);
-
-///
-string tostr(unsigned long l);
-
-///
-string tostr(char c);
-
-/// void * to string
-string tostr(void * v);
-
-/// bool to string
-string tostr(bool b);
-
-///
-string tostr(double d);
+/// convert T to string
+template<typename T>
+inline string tostr(T const & t)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
+ ostringstream ostr;
+ ostr << t;
+ return ostr.str().c_str();
+ // We need to use the .c_str since we sometimes are using
+ // our own string class and that is not compatible with
+ // basic_string<char>. (of course we don't want this later)
+#else
+ // The buf is probably a bit large, but if we want to be safer
+ // we should leave it this big. As compiler/libs gets updated
+ // this part of the code will cease to be used and we loose
+ // nothing.
+ char buf[2048]; // a bit too large perhaps?
+ ostrstream ostr(buf, sizeof(buf));
+ ostr << t << '\0';
+ return buf;
+#endif
+}
+inline
+string tostr(bool b)
+{
+ return (b ? "true" : "false");
+}
+
/// Does the string start with this prefix?
bool prefixIs(string const &, char const *);
bool contains(char const * a, char const * b);
/// Counts how many of character c there is in a
-int countChar(string const & a, char const c);
+unsigned int countChar(string const & a, char const c);
/** Extracts a token from this string at the nth delim.
Doesn't modify the original string. Similar to strtok.