Bug 126644 – Add WTF::StringView and use it for grammar checking

• Component: New Bugs
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Anders Carlsson]

Add WTF::StringView and use it for grammar checking

[Anders Carlsson]

Created attachment 220638 [details]
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[WebKit Commit Bot]

Attachment 220638 [details] did not pass style-queue:

Failed to run "['Tools/Scripts/check-webkit-style', '--diff-files', u'Source/WTF/ChangeLog', u'Source/WTF/GNUmakefile.list.am', u'Source/WTF/WTF.vcxproj/WTF.vcxproj', u'Source/WTF/WTF.vcxproj/WTF.vcxproj.filters', u'Source/WTF/WTF.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj', u'Source/WTF/wtf/CMakeLists.txt', u'Source/WTF/wtf/Forward.h', u'Source/WTF/wtf/text/StringView.h', u'Source/WebCore/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebCore/editing/TextCheckingHelper.cpp', u'Source/WebCore/loader/EmptyClients.h', u'Source/WebCore/platform/text/TextCheckerClient.h', u'Source/WebKit/efl/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit/efl/WebCoreSupport/EditorClientEfl.h', u'Source/WebKit/mac/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit/mac/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.h', u'Source/WebKit/mac/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.mm', u'Source/WebKit2/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.cpp', u'Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.h', '--commit-queue']" exit_code: 1
ERROR: Source/WTF/wtf/text/StringView.h:27:  StringView_h is incorrect. #defined constants should use all uppercase names with words separated by underscores.  [readability/naming/define/constants] [4]
Total errors found: 1 in 20 files


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[EFL EWS Bot]

Comment on attachment 220638 [details]
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Attachment 220638 [details] did not pass efl-ews (efl):
Output: http://webkit-queues.appspot.com/results/5268129038991360

[Anders Carlsson]

Created attachment 220639 [details]
Patch

[WebKit Commit Bot]

Attachment 220639 [details] did not pass style-queue:

Failed to run "['Tools/Scripts/check-webkit-style', '--diff-files', u'Source/WTF/ChangeLog', u'Source/WTF/GNUmakefile.list.am', u'Source/WTF/WTF.vcxproj/WTF.vcxproj', u'Source/WTF/WTF.vcxproj/WTF.vcxproj.filters', u'Source/WTF/WTF.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj', u'Source/WTF/wtf/CMakeLists.txt', u'Source/WTF/wtf/Forward.h', u'Source/WTF/wtf/text/StringView.h', u'Source/WebCore/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebCore/editing/TextCheckingHelper.cpp', u'Source/WebCore/loader/EmptyClients.h', u'Source/WebCore/platform/text/TextCheckerClient.h', u'Source/WebKit/efl/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit/efl/WebCoreSupport/EditorClientEfl.h', u'Source/WebKit/mac/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit/mac/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.h', u'Source/WebKit/mac/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.mm', u'Source/WebKit2/ChangeLog', u'Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.cpp', u'Source/WebKit2/WebProcess/WebCoreSupport/WebEditorClient.h', '--commit-queue']" exit_code: 1
ERROR: Source/WTF/wtf/text/StringView.h:27:  StringView_h is incorrect. #defined constants should use all uppercase names with words separated by underscores.  [readability/naming/define/constants] [4]
Total errors found: 1 in 20 files


If any of these errors are false positives, please file a bug against check-webkit-style.

[Anders Carlsson]

Comment on attachment 220639 [details]
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Oops, this obviously won't work for 8-bit strings that can be 1-byte aligned.

[Anders Carlsson]

Created attachment 220646 [details]
Patch

[Antti Koivisto]

Comment on attachment 220646 [details]
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View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=220646&action=review

> Source/WTF/ChangeLog:11
> +        Add a new StringView class which is an immutable reference to either an 8-bit or a 16-bit string.
> +
> +        This makes it easier to pass substrings around without having to either copy string data
> +        or upconvert and use UChar pointers.

Might be good to mention std::string_view proposal since the name may be surprising.

> Source/WTF/wtf/text/StringView.h:36
> +// (This means that strings longer than 2 Gigabytes can not be represented. If that turns out to be
> +// a problem we can investigate alternative solutions).

Those parentheses seem unnecessary.

[EFL EWS Bot]

Comment on attachment 220646 [details]
Patch

Attachment 220646 [details] did not pass efl-wk2-ews (efl-wk2):
Output: http://webkit-queues.appspot.com/results/5487205254430720

[Anders Carlsson]

Committed r161518: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/161518>