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author | Campbell Barton <ideasman42@gmail.com> | 2011-08-23 19:08:54 +0400 |
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committer | Campbell Barton <ideasman42@gmail.com> | 2011-08-23 19:08:54 +0400 |
commit | f6a2b8d724646ac357a0eafc2d29b345fdc1ba5f (patch) | |
tree | 2ef09a290f55ab9cd4ed642c3c050525b9d08292 /source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c | |
parent | abff0032c4dceabbd2cf5b9682f196dd4a283c76 (diff) |
BLI_strescape for a basic, python like string escaping, currently only use for drag and drop ID's into the console but should eventually be used for the animsys too.
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1 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c index 8e0314ec17f..2f1ddf294ce 100644 --- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c +++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c @@ -117,6 +117,49 @@ char *BLI_sprintfN(const char *format, ...) return n; } + +/* match pythons string escaping, assume double quotes - (") + * TODO: should be used to create RNA animation paths. + * TODO: support more fancy string escaping. current code is primitive + * this basically is an ascii version of PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape() + * which is a useful reference. */ +size_t BLI_strescape(char *dst, const char *src, const size_t maxlen) +{ + size_t len= 0; + while(len < maxlen) { + switch(*src) { + case '\0': + *dst= '\0'; + break; + case '\\': + case '"': + + /* less common but should also be support */ + case '\t': + case '\n': + case '\r': + if(len + 1 < maxlen) { + *dst++ = '\\'; + len++; + } + else { + /* not enough space to escape */ + *dst= '\0'; + break; + } + /* intentionally pass through */ + default: + *dst = *src; + } + dst++; + src++; + len++; + } + + return len; +} + + /* Makes a copy of the text within the "" that appear after some text 'blahblah' * i.e. for string 'pose["apples"]' with prefix 'pose[', it should grab "apples" * |