Optionally write comments to config files #180
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hyperrealm
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Oct 1, 2021
| setting->config = parent->config; | ||
| setting->hook = NULL; | ||
| setting->line = 0; | ||
| setting->comment = (comment == NULL) ? NULL : strdup(comment); |
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__config_setting_destroy() needs to be updated to free this string, otherwise we have a memory leak
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| Setting & Setting::add(const char *name, Setting::Type type) | ||
| Setting & Setting::add(const char *name, Setting::Type type, const char *comment) |
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should have an overload that takes a const std::string &comment (a simple inline function in libconfig.h++)
doc/libconfig.texi needs to be updated with documentation for the new APIs.
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also a couple of unit tests would be nice
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| extern LIBCONFIG_API config_setting_t *config_setting_add( | ||
| config_setting_t *parent, const char *name, int type); | ||
| extern LIBCONFIG_API config_setting_t *config_setting_add_with_comment( |
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We should have a config_setting_set_comment() function as well.
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| if(depth > 1) | ||
| __config_indent(stream, depth, config->tab_width); | ||
| fprintf(stream, "// %s\n", setting->comment); |
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If the comment contains newlines, this will result in a syntax error in the generated file. The comment should be written out such that each line begins with //.
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This PR adds the functionality to optionally add comments while writing configs. This helps give the user an idea about what the setting is.
You can add comments to your settings by using the following API as demonstrated in the example3
For C: We have a new function to add settings
For C++, we make use of polymorphism in C++
example3 produces the following output