path: root/cpp/029string

:(scenario "string_literal")
recipe main [
  s:address:array:character <- new [abc def]
]
+parse:   ingredient: {name: "abc def", value: 0, type: 0, properties: [abc def: literal-string]}

:(before "End Mu Types Initialization")
Type_number["literal-string"] = 0;

:(after "string next_word(istream& in)")
if (in.peek() == '[') return slurp_quoted(in);

:(code)
string slurp_quoted(istream& in) {
  assert(!in.eof());
  assert(in.get() == '[');
  ostringstream out;
  int size = 1;
  while (!in.eof()) {
    char c = in.get();
    if (c == '[') ++size;
    if (c == ']') --size;
    if (size == 0) break;
//?     cout << c << '\n'; //? 1
    out << c;
//?     cout << out.str() << "$\n"; //? 1
  }
  return out.str();
}