general.hpp

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#pragma once
 
#include <algorithm>
#include <cctype>
#include <functional>
#include <string>
 
namespace utils
{
inline bool chars_equal_insensitive(char a, char b) { return tolower(a) == tolower(b); }
inline bool chars_less_insensitive(char a, char b) { return tolower(a) < tolower(b); }
 
/**
 * Equivalent to as @c std::is_same_v except both types are passed through std::decay first.
 *
 * @tparam T1    The first type to compare.
 * @tparam T2    The second type to compare.
 */
template<typename T1, typename T2>
inline constexpr bool decayed_is_same = std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<T1>, std::decay_t<T2>>;
 
/**
 * Workaround for the fact that static_assert(false) is invalid.
 * See https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20200311-00/?p=103553
 */
template<typename>
inline constexpr bool dependent_false_v = false;
 
namespace detail
{
/**
 * A struct that exists to implement a generic wrapper for std::find.
 * Container should "look like" an STL container of Values.
 */
template<typename Container, typename Value>
struct contains_impl
{
    static bool eval(const Container& container, const Value& value)
    {
        typename Container::const_iterator end = container.end();
        return std::find(container.begin(), end, value) != end;
    }
};
 
/**
 * A struct that exists to implement a generic wrapper for the find()
 * member of associative containers.
 * Container should "look like" an STL associative container.
 */
template<typename Container>
struct contains_impl<Container, typename Container::key_type>
{
    static bool eval(const Container& container, const typename Container::key_type& value)
    {
        return container.find(value) != container.end();
    }
};
 
} // namespace detail
 
/**
 * Returns true iff @a value is found in @a container.
 *
 * This should work whenever Container "looks like" an STL container of Values.
 * Normally this uses std::find(), but a simulated partial template specialization
 * exists when Value is Container::key_type. In this case, Container is assumed
 * an associative container, and the member function find() is used.
 */
template<typename Container, typename Value>
inline bool contains(const Container& container, const Value& value)
{
    return detail::contains_impl<Container, Value>::eval(container, value);
}
 
/**
 * Utility function for finding the type of thing caught with `catch(...)`.
 * Not implemented for other compilers at this time.
 *
 * @return For the GCC/clang compilers, the unmangled name of an unknown exception that was caught.
 */
std::string get_unknown_exception_type();
 
/**
 * Convenience wrapper for using std::remove_if on a container.
 *
 * todoc++20 use C++20's std::erase_if instead. The C++20 function returns the number of elements
 * removed; this one could do that but it seems unnecessary to add it unless something is using it.
 */
template<typename Container, typename Predicate>
void erase_if(Container& container, const Predicate& predicate)
{
    container.erase(std::remove_if(container.begin(), container.end(), predicate), container.end());
}
 
/**
 * Convenience wrapper for using std::sort on a container.
 *
 */
template<typename Container, typename Predicate>
void sort_if(Container& container, const Predicate& predicate)
{
    std::sort(container.begin(), container.end(), predicate);
}
 
} // namespace utils