Replace byte slices with Path structure in Oar module

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@
 
     "git.detectSubmodulesLimit": 0,
     "git.ignoreSubmodules": true,
+    "debug.onTaskErrors": "showErrors",
 }

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 {
 	"version": "2.0.0",
 
+	"problemMatcher": {
+		"source": "zig",
+		"owner": "cpptools",
+
+		"fileLocation": [
+			"autoDetect",
+			"${cwd}",
+		],
+
+		"pattern": {
+			"regexp": "^(.*?):(\\d+):(\\d*):?\\s+(?:fatal\\s+)?(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
+			"file": 1,
+			"line": 2,
+			"column": 3,
+			"severity": 4,
+			"message": 5,
+		}
+	},
+
 	"tasks": [
 		{
 			"label": "Build Debug",
@@ -21,25 +40,6 @@
 				"clear": true,
 				"revealProblems": "onProblem",
 			},
-
-			"problemMatcher": {
-				"source": "zig",
-				"owner": "cpptools",
-
-				"fileLocation": [
-					"autoDetect",
-					"${cwd}",
-				],
-
-				"pattern": {
-					"regexp": "^(.*?):(\\d+):(\\d*):?\\s+(?:fatal\\s+)?(warning|error):\\s+(.*)$",
-					"file": 1,
-					"line": 2,
-					"column": 3,
-					"severity": 4,
-					"message": 5,
-				}
-			}
 		},
 		{
 			"label": "Build Test",

src/engine/sys.zig

@@ -281,8 +281,7 @@ pub const FileSystem = union(enum) {
     ///
     pub const Path = struct {
         file_system: *FileSystem,
-        length: u8,
-        buffer: [max]u8,
+        path: oar.Path,
 
         ///
         /// With files typically being backed by a block device, they can produce a variety of
@@ -430,8 +429,7 @@ pub const FileSystem = union(enum) {
                             }
                         };
 
-                        entry.* = archive.instance.find(path.buffer[0 .. path.length]) catch |err|
-                            return switch (err) {
+                        entry.* = archive.instance.find(path.path) catch |err| return switch (err) {
                             error.FileInaccessible => error.FileNotFound,
                             error.EntryNotFound => error.FileNotFound,
                         };
@@ -460,15 +458,15 @@ pub const FileSystem = union(enum) {
                     var path_buffer = std.mem.zeroes([4096]u8);
                     const seperator_length = @boolToInt(native[native.len - 1] != seperator);
 
-                    if ((native.len + seperator_length + path.length) >=
+                    if ((native.len + seperator_length + path.path.length) >=
                         path_buffer.len) return error.FileNotFound;
 
                     std.mem.copy(u8, path_buffer[0 ..], native);
 
                     if (seperator_length != 0) path_buffer[native.len] = seperator;
 
-                    std.mem.copy(u8, path_buffer[native.len ..
-                        path_buffer.len], path.buffer[0 .. path.length]);
+                    std.mem.copy(u8, path_buffer[native.len .. path_buffer.
+                        len], path.path.buffer[0 .. path.path.length]);
 
                     ext.SDL_ClearError();
 
@@ -592,8 +590,7 @@ pub const FileSystem = union(enum) {
     pub fn joinedPath(file_system: *FileSystem, sequences: []const []const u8) PathError!Path {
         var path = Path{
             .file_system = file_system,
-            .buffer = std.mem.zeroes([Path.max]u8),
-            .length = 0,
+            .path = oar.Path.empty,
         };
 
         if (sequences.len != 0) {
@@ -607,25 +604,25 @@ pub const FileSystem = union(enum) {
 
                 while (components.next()) |component| if (component.len != 0) {
                     for (component) |byte| {
-                        if (path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
+                        if (path.path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
 
-                        path.buffer[path.length] = byte;
-                        path.length += 1;
+                        path.path.buffer[path.path.length] = byte;
+                        path.path.length += 1;
                     }
 
                     if (components.hasNext()) {
-                        if (path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
+                        if (path.path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
 
-                        path.buffer[path.length] = '/';
-                        path.length += 1;
+                        path.path.buffer[path.path.length] = '/';
+                        path.path.length += 1;
                     }
                 };
 
                 if (index < last_sequence_index) {
-                    if (path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
+                    if (path.path.length == Path.max) return error.TooLong;
 
-                    path.buffer[path.length] = '/';
-                    path.length += 1;
+                    path.path.buffer[path.path.length] = '/';
+                    path.path.length += 1;
                 }
             };
         }

src/oar/main.zig

@@ -26,7 +26,10 @@ pub const Archive = struct {
     /// As the archive is queried via [find], the cache is lazily assembled with the absolute
     /// offsets of each queried file.
     ///
-    const IndexCache = ona.table.Hashed([]const u8, u64, ona.table.string_context);
+    const IndexCache = ona.table.Hashed(Path, u64, .{
+        .equals = Path.equals,
+        .hash = Path.hash,
+    });
 
     ///
     /// Deinitializes the index cache of `archive`, freeing all associated memory.
@@ -43,12 +46,12 @@ pub const Archive = struct {
     ///
     /// The found [Entry] value is returned or a [FindError] if it failed to be found.
     ///
-    pub fn find(archive: *Archive, entry_path: []const u8) FindError!Entry {
+    pub fn find(archive: *Archive, entry_path: Path) FindError!Entry {
         return Entry{
             .header = find_header: {
                 var header = Entry.Header{
                     .revision = 0,
-                    .path = std.mem.zeroes(Path),
+                    .path = Path.empty,
                     .file_size = 0,
                     .absolute_offset = 0
                 };
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ pub const Archive = struct {
 
                     // Read first entry.
                     while ((try archive.file_access.read(mem.asBytes(&header))) == header_size) {
-                        if (mem.eql(u8, entry_path, header.path.buffer[0 .. header.path.length])) {
+                        if (entry_path.equals(header.path)) {
                             // If caching fails... oh well...
                             archive.index_cache.insert(entry_path, header.absolute_offset) catch {};
 
@@ -156,11 +159,33 @@ pub const Entry = struct {
 };
 
 ///
+/// Unique identifier pointing to an entry within an archive.
 ///
+/// A path does not do any verification that the given entry pointed to actually exists.
 ///
 pub const Path = extern struct {
     buffer: [255]u8,
     length: u8,
+
+    ///
+    /// An empty [Path] with a length of `0`.
+    ///
+    pub const empty = std.mem.zeroes(Path);
+
+    ///
+    /// Returns `true` if `this_path` is equal to `that_path, otherwise `false`.
+    ///
+    pub fn equals(this_path: Path, that_path: Path) bool {
+        return ona.io.equalsBytes(this_path.buffer[0 ..this_path.
+            length], that_path.buffer[0 .. that_path.length]);
+    }
+
+    ///
+    /// Returns the hash of the text in `path`.
+    ///
+    pub fn hash(path: Path) usize {
+        return ona.io.hashBytes(path.buffer[0 .. path.length]);
+    }
 };
 
 ///

src/ona/io.zig

@@ -286,6 +286,43 @@ pub const Writer = struct {
     }
 };
 
+///
+/// Returns `true` if `this_bytes` is the same length and contains the same data as `that_bytes`,
+/// otherwise `false`.
+///
+pub fn equalsBytes(this_bytes: []const u8, that_bytes: []const u8) bool {
+    return std.mem.eql(u8, this_bytes, that_bytes);
+}
+
+test "Equivalence of bytes" {
+    const bytes_sequence = &.{69, 42, 0};
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    try testing.expect(equalsBytes(bytes_sequence, bytes_sequence));
+    try testing.expect(!equalsBytes(bytes_sequence, &.{69, 42}));
+}
+
+///
+/// Returns a deterministic hash code compiled from each byte in `bytes`.
+///
+/// **Note** that this operation has `O(n)` time complexity.
+///
+pub fn hashBytes(bytes: []const u8) usize {
+    var hash = @as(usize, 5381);
+
+    for (bytes) |byte| hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + byte;
+
+    return hash;
+}
+
+test "Hashing bytes" {
+    const bytes_sequence = &.{69, 42, 0};
+    const testing = std.testing;
+
+    try testing.expect(hashBytes(bytes_sequence) == hashBytes(bytes_sequence));
+    try testing.expect(hashBytes(bytes_sequence) != hashBytes(&.{69, 42}));
+}
+
 ///
 /// Writer that silently throws consumed data away and never fails.
 ///

src/ona/table.zig

@@ -173,35 +173,14 @@ pub fn KeyContext(comptime Key: type) type {
     };
 }
 
-///
-/// Tests if the contents of `this_string` lexically equals the contents of `that_string`.
-///
-fn equalsString(this_string: []const u8, that_string: []const u8) bool {
-    return std.mem.eql(u8, this_string, that_string);
-}
-
-///
-/// Hashes `string` into a hash value of `usize`.
-///
-fn hashString(string: []const u8) usize {
-    var hash = @as(usize, 5381);
-
-    for (string) |byte| hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + byte;
-
-    return hash;
-}
-
-///
-/// A [KeyContext] for handling `[]const u8` types.
-///
-pub const string_context = KeyContext([]const u8){
-    .hash = hashString,
-    .equals = equalsString,
-};
-
-test "Hashed table manipulation with string context" {
+test "Hashed table manipulation with bytes context" {
     const testing = std.testing;
-    var table = try Hashed([]const u8, u32, string_context).init(testing.allocator);
+    const io = @import("./io.zig");
+
+    var table = try Hashed([]const u8, u32, .{
+        .equals = io.equalsBytes,
+        .hash = io.hashBytes,
+    }).init(testing.allocator);
 
     defer table.deinit();