src/common/string.cpp

   1 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   2 // Name:        string.cpp
   3 // Purpose:     wxString class
   4 // Author:      Vadim Zeitlin
   5 // Modified by:
   6 // Created:     29/01/98
   7 // RCS-ID:      $Id$
   8 // Copyright:   (c) 1998 Vadim Zeitlin <zeitlin@dptmaths.ens-cachan.fr>
   9 // Licence:     wxWindows license
  10 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
  11
  12 #ifdef __GNUG__
  13   #pragma implementation "string.h"
  14 #endif
  15
  16 /*
  17  * About ref counting:
  18  *  1) all empty strings use g_strEmpty, nRefs = -1 (set in Init())
  19  *  2) AllocBuffer() sets nRefs to 1, Lock() increments it by one
  20  *  3) Unlock() decrements nRefs and frees memory if it goes to 0
  21  */
  22
  23 // ===========================================================================
  24 // headers, declarations, constants
  25 // ===========================================================================
  26
  27 // For compilers that support precompilation, includes "wx.h".
  28 #include "wx/wxprec.h"
  29
  30 #ifdef __BORLANDC__
  31   #pragma hdrstop
  32 #endif
  33
  34 #ifndef WX_PRECOMP
  35   #include "wx/defs.h"
  36   #include "wx/string.h"
  37   #include "wx/intl.h"
  38   #include "wx/thread.h"
  39 #endif
  40
  41 #include <ctype.h>
  42 #include <string.h>
  43 #include <stdlib.h>
  44
  45 #ifdef __SALFORDC__
  46   #include <clib.h>
  47 #endif
  48
  49 #ifdef  WXSTRING_IS_WXOBJECT
  50   IMPLEMENT_DYNAMIC_CLASS(wxString, wxObject)
  51 #endif  //WXSTRING_IS_WXOBJECT
  52
  53 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
  54 #undef wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF
  55 #define wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF 1
  56 #endif
  57
  58 // allocating extra space for each string consumes more memory but speeds up
  59 // the concatenation operations (nLen is the current string's length)
  60 // NB: EXTRA_ALLOC must be >= 0!
  61 #define EXTRA_ALLOC       (19 - nLen % 16)
  62
  63 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  64 // static class variables definition
  65 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  66
  67 #if defined(__VISAGECPP__) && __IBMCPP__ >= 400
  68 // must define this static for VA or else you get multiply defined symbols
  69 // everywhere
  70 const unsigned int wxSTRING_MAXLEN = UINT_MAX - 100;
  71 #endif // Visual Age
  72
  73 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
  74   const size_t wxString::npos = wxSTRING_MAXLEN;
  75 #endif // wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
  76
  77 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  78 // static data
  79 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  80
  81 // for an empty string, GetStringData() will return this address: this
  82 // structure has the same layout as wxStringData and it's data() method will
  83 // return the empty string (dummy pointer)
  84 static const struct
  85 {
  86   wxStringData data;
  87   wxChar dummy;
  88 } g_strEmpty = { {-1, 0, 0}, wxT('\0') };
  89
  90 // empty C style string: points to 'string data' byte of g_strEmpty
  91 extern const wxChar WXDLLEXPORT *wxEmptyString = &g_strEmpty.dummy;
  92
  93 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  94 // conditional compilation
  95 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  96
  97 #if !defined(__WXSW__) && wxUSE_UNICODE
  98   #ifdef wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF
  99     #undef wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF
 100   #endif
 101   #define wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF 1
 102 #endif
 103
 104 // we want to find out if the current platform supports vsnprintf()-like
 105 // function: for Unix this is done with configure, for Windows we test the
 106 // compiler explicitly.
 107 //
 108 // FIXME currently, this is only for ANSI (!Unicode) strings, so we call this
 109 //       function wxVsnprintfA (A for ANSI), should also find one for Unicode
 110 //       strings in Unicode build
 111 #ifdef __WXMSW__
 112     #if defined(__VISUALC__) || (defined(__MINGW32__) && wxUSE_NORLANDER_HEADERS)
 113         #define wxVsnprintfA     _vsnprintf
 114     #endif
 115 #elif defined(__WXMAC__)
 116     #define wxVsnprintfA       vsnprintf
 117 #else   // !Windows
 118     #ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
 119         #define wxVsnprintfA       vsnprintf
 120     #endif
 121 #endif  // Windows/!Windows
 122
 123 #ifndef wxVsnprintfA
 124     // in this case we'll use vsprintf() (which is ANSI and thus should be
 125     // always available), but it's unsafe because it doesn't check for buffer
 126     // size - so give a warning
 127     #define wxVsnprintfA(buf, len, format, arg) vsprintf(buf, format, arg)
 128
 129     #if defined(__VISUALC__)
 130         #pragma message("Using sprintf() because no snprintf()-like function defined")
 131     #elif defined(__GNUG__)
 132         #warning "Using sprintf() because no snprintf()-like function defined"
 133     #endif //compiler
 134 #endif // no vsnprintf
 135
 136 #if defined(_AIX)
 137   // AIX has vsnprintf, but there's no prototype in the system headers.
 138   extern "C" int vsnprintf(char* str, size_t n, const char* format, va_list ap);
 139 #endif
 140
 141 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 142 // global functions
 143 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 144
 145 #if defined(wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY) && wxUSE_STD_IOSTREAM
 146
 147 // MS Visual C++ version 5.0 provides the new STL headers as well as the old
 148 // iostream ones.
 149 //
 150 // ATTN: you can _not_ use both of these in the same program!
 151
 152 wxSTD istream& operator>>(wxSTD istream& is, wxString& WXUNUSED(str))
 153 {
 154 #if 0
 155   int w = is.width(0);
 156   if ( is.ipfx(0) ) {
 157     streambuf *sb = is.rdbuf();
 158     str.erase();
 159     while ( true ) {
 160       int ch = sb->sbumpc ();
 161       if ( ch == EOF ) {
 162         is.setstate(ios::eofbit);
 163         break;
 164       }
 165       else if ( isspace(ch) ) {
 166         sb->sungetc();
 167         break;
 168       }
 169
 170       str += ch;
 171       if ( --w == 1 )
 172         break;
 173     }
 174   }
 175
 176   is.isfx();
 177   if ( str.length() == 0 )
 178     is.setstate(ios::failbit);
 179 #endif
 180   return is;
 181 }
 182
 183 wxSTD ostream& operator<<(wxSTD ostream& os, const wxString& str)
 184 {
 185   os << str.c_str();
 186   return os;
 187 }
 188
 189 #endif  //std::string compatibility
 190
 191 extern int WXDLLEXPORT wxVsnprintf(wxChar *buf, size_t len,
 192                                    const wxChar *format, va_list argptr)
 193 {
 194 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 195     // FIXME should use wvsnprintf() or whatever if it's available
 196     wxString s;
 197     int iLen = s.PrintfV(format, argptr);
 198     if ( iLen != -1 )
 199     {
 200         wxStrncpy(buf, s.c_str(), len);
 201         buf[len-1] = wxT('\0');
 202     }
 203
 204     return iLen;
 205 #else // ANSI
 206     // vsnprintf() will not terminate the string with '\0' if there is not
 207     // enough place, but we want the string to always be NUL terminated
 208     int rc = wxVsnprintfA(buf, len - 1, format, argptr);
 209     if ( rc == -1 )
 210     {
 211         buf[len] = 0;
 212     }
 213
 214     return rc;
 215 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 216 }
 217
 218 extern int WXDLLEXPORT wxSnprintf(wxChar *buf, size_t len,
 219                                   const wxChar *format, ...)
 220 {
 221     va_list argptr;
 222     va_start(argptr, format);
 223
 224     int iLen = wxVsnprintf(buf, len, format, argptr);
 225
 226     va_end(argptr);
 227
 228     return iLen;
 229 }
 230
 231 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 232 // private classes
 233 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 234
 235 // this small class is used to gather statistics for performance tuning
 236 //#define WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 237 #ifdef  WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 238   class Averager
 239   {
 240   public:
 241     Averager(const char *sz) { m_sz = sz; m_nTotal = m_nCount = 0; }
 242    ~Averager()
 243    { printf("wxString: average %s = %f\n", m_sz, ((float)m_nTotal)/m_nCount); }
 244
 245     void Add(size_t n) { m_nTotal += n; m_nCount++; }
 246
 247   private:
 248     size_t m_nCount, m_nTotal;
 249     const char *m_sz;
 250   } g_averageLength("allocation size"),
 251     g_averageSummandLength("summand length"),
 252     g_averageConcatHit("hit probability in concat"),
 253     g_averageInitialLength("initial string length");
 254
 255   #define STATISTICS_ADD(av, val) g_average##av.Add(val)
 256 #else
 257   #define STATISTICS_ADD(av, val)
 258 #endif // WXSTRING_STATISTICS
 259
 260 // ===========================================================================
 261 // wxString class core
 262 // ===========================================================================
 263
 264 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 265 // construction
 266 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 267
 268 // constructs string of <nLength> copies of character <ch>
 269 wxString::wxString(wxChar ch, size_t nLength)
 270 {
 271   Init();
 272
 273   if ( nLength > 0 ) {
 274     AllocBuffer(nLength);
 275
 276 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 277     // memset only works on char
 278     for (size_t n=0; n<nLength; n++) m_pchData[n] = ch;
 279 #else
 280     memset(m_pchData, ch, nLength);
 281 #endif
 282   }
 283 }
 284
 285 // takes nLength elements of psz starting at nPos
 286 void wxString::InitWith(const wxChar *psz, size_t nPos, size_t nLength)
 287 {
 288   Init();
 289
 290   // if the length is not given, assume the string to be NUL terminated
 291   if ( nLength == wxSTRING_MAXLEN ) {
 292     wxASSERT_MSG( nPos <= wxStrlen(psz), _T("index out of bounds") );
 293
 294     nLength = wxStrlen(psz + nPos);
 295   }
 296
 297   STATISTICS_ADD(InitialLength, nLength);
 298
 299   if ( nLength > 0 ) {
 300     // trailing '\0' is written in AllocBuffer()
 301     AllocBuffer(nLength);
 302     memcpy(m_pchData, psz + nPos, nLength*sizeof(wxChar));
 303   }
 304 }
 305
 306 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
 307
 308 // poor man's iterators are "void *" pointers
 309 wxString::wxString(const void *pStart, const void *pEnd)
 310 {
 311   InitWith((const wxChar *)pStart, 0,
 312            (const wxChar *)pEnd - (const wxChar *)pStart);
 313 }
 314
 315 #endif  //std::string compatibility
 316
 317 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
 318
 319 // from multibyte string
 320 wxString::wxString(const char *psz, wxMBConv& conv, size_t nLength)
 321 {
 322   // first get necessary size
 323   size_t nLen = psz ? conv.MB2WC((wchar_t *) NULL, psz, 0) : 0;
 324
 325   // nLength is number of *Unicode* characters here!
 326   if ((nLen != (size_t)-1) && (nLen > nLength))
 327     nLen = nLength;
 328
 329   // empty?
 330   if ( (nLen != 0) && (nLen != (size_t)-1) ) {
 331     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 332     conv.MB2WC(m_pchData, psz, nLen);
 333   }
 334   else {
 335     Init();
 336   }
 337 }
 338
 339 #else // ANSI
 340
 341 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 342 // from wide string
 343 wxString::wxString(const wchar_t *pwz, wxMBConv& conv)
 344 {
 345   // first get necessary size
 346   size_t nLen = pwz ? conv.WC2MB((char *) NULL, pwz, 0) : 0;
 347
 348   // empty?
 349   if ( (nLen != 0) && (nLen != (size_t)-1) ) {
 350     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 351     conv.WC2MB(m_pchData, pwz, nLen);
 352   }
 353   else {
 354     Init();
 355   }
 356 }
 357 #endif // wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 358
 359 #endif // Unicode/ANSI
 360
 361 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 362 // memory allocation
 363 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 364
 365 // allocates memory needed to store a C string of length nLen
 366 void wxString::AllocBuffer(size_t nLen)
 367 {
 368   // allocating 0 sized buffer doesn't make sense, all empty strings should
 369   // reuse g_strEmpty
 370   wxASSERT( nLen >  0 );
 371
 372   // make sure that we don't overflow
 373   wxASSERT( nLen < (INT_MAX / sizeof(wxChar)) -
 374                    (sizeof(wxStringData) + EXTRA_ALLOC + 1) );
 375
 376   STATISTICS_ADD(Length, nLen);
 377
 378   // allocate memory:
 379   // 1) one extra character for '\0' termination
 380   // 2) sizeof(wxStringData) for housekeeping info
 381   wxStringData* pData = (wxStringData*)
 382     malloc(sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + EXTRA_ALLOC + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
 383   pData->nRefs        = 1;
 384   pData->nDataLength  = nLen;
 385   pData->nAllocLength = nLen + EXTRA_ALLOC;
 386   m_pchData           = pData->data();  // data starts after wxStringData
 387   m_pchData[nLen]     = wxT('\0');
 388 }
 389
 390 // must be called before changing this string
 391 void wxString::CopyBeforeWrite()
 392 {
 393   wxStringData* pData = GetStringData();
 394
 395   if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 396     pData->Unlock();                // memory not freed because shared
 397     size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 398     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 399     memcpy(m_pchData, pData->data(), nLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 400   }
 401
 402   wxASSERT( !GetStringData()->IsShared() );  // we must be the only owner
 403 }
 404
 405 // must be called before replacing contents of this string
 406 void wxString::AllocBeforeWrite(size_t nLen)
 407 {
 408   wxASSERT( nLen != 0 );  // doesn't make any sense
 409
 410   // must not share string and must have enough space
 411   wxStringData* pData = GetStringData();
 412   if ( pData->IsShared() || pData->IsEmpty() ) {
 413     // can't work with old buffer, get new one
 414     pData->Unlock();
 415     AllocBuffer(nLen);
 416   }
 417   else {
 418     if ( nLen > pData->nAllocLength ) {
 419       // realloc the buffer instead of calling malloc() again, this is more
 420       // efficient
 421       STATISTICS_ADD(Length, nLen);
 422
 423       nLen += EXTRA_ALLOC;
 424
 425       wxStringData *pDataOld = pData;
 426       pData = (wxStringData*)
 427           realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
 428       if ( !pData ) {
 429         // out of memory
 430         free(pDataOld);
 431
 432         // FIXME we're going to crash...
 433         return;
 434       }
 435
 436       pData->nAllocLength = nLen;
 437       m_pchData = pData->data();
 438     }
 439
 440     // now we have enough space, just update the string length
 441     pData->nDataLength = nLen;
 442   }
 443
 444   wxASSERT( !GetStringData()->IsShared() );  // we must be the only owner
 445 }
 446
 447 // allocate enough memory for nLen characters
 448 void wxString::Alloc(size_t nLen)
 449 {
 450   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 451   if ( pData->nAllocLength <= nLen ) {
 452     if ( pData->IsEmpty() ) {
 453       nLen += EXTRA_ALLOC;
 454
 455       wxStringData* pData = (wxStringData*)
 456         malloc(sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
 457       pData->nRefs = 1;
 458       pData->nDataLength = 0;
 459       pData->nAllocLength = nLen;
 460       m_pchData = pData->data();  // data starts after wxStringData
 461       m_pchData[0u] = wxT('\0');
 462     }
 463     else if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 464       pData->Unlock();                // memory not freed because shared
 465       size_t nOldLen = pData->nDataLength;
 466       AllocBuffer(nLen);
 467       memcpy(m_pchData, pData->data(), nOldLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 468     }
 469     else {
 470       nLen += EXTRA_ALLOC;
 471
 472       wxStringData *pDataOld = pData;
 473       wxStringData *p = (wxStringData *)
 474         realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
 475
 476       if ( p == NULL ) {
 477         // don't leak memory
 478         free(pDataOld);
 479
 480         // FIXME what to do on memory error?
 481         return;
 482       }
 483
 484       // it's not important if the pointer changed or not (the check for this
 485       // is not faster than assigning to m_pchData in all cases)
 486       p->nAllocLength = nLen;
 487       m_pchData = p->data();
 488     }
 489   }
 490   //else: we've already got enough
 491 }
 492
 493 // shrink to minimal size (releasing extra memory)
 494 void wxString::Shrink()
 495 {
 496   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 497
 498   size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 499   void *p = realloc(pData, sizeof(wxStringData) + (nLen + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
 500
 501   wxASSERT_MSG( p != NULL, _T("can't free memory?") );
 502
 503   if ( p != pData )
 504   {
 505       // contrary to what one might believe, some realloc() implementation do
 506       // move the memory block even when its size is reduced
 507       pData = (wxStringData *)p;
 508
 509       m_pchData = pData->data();
 510   }
 511
 512   pData->nAllocLength = nLen;
 513 }
 514
 515 // get the pointer to writable buffer of (at least) nLen bytes
 516 wxChar *wxString::GetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
 517 {
 518   AllocBeforeWrite(nLen);
 519
 520   wxASSERT( GetStringData()->nRefs == 1 );
 521   GetStringData()->Validate(FALSE);
 522
 523   return m_pchData;
 524 }
 525
 526 // put string back in a reasonable state after GetWriteBuf
 527 void wxString::UngetWriteBuf()
 528 {
 529   GetStringData()->nDataLength = wxStrlen(m_pchData);
 530   GetStringData()->Validate(TRUE);
 531 }
 532
 533 void wxString::UngetWriteBuf(size_t nLen)
 534 {
 535   GetStringData()->nDataLength = nLen;
 536   GetStringData()->Validate(TRUE);
 537 }
 538
 539 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 540 // data access
 541 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 542
 543 // all functions are inline in string.h
 544
 545 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 546 // assignment operators
 547 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 548
 549 // helper function: does real copy
 550 void wxString::AssignCopy(size_t nSrcLen, const wxChar *pszSrcData)
 551 {
 552   if ( nSrcLen == 0 ) {
 553     Reinit();
 554   }
 555   else {
 556     AllocBeforeWrite(nSrcLen);
 557     memcpy(m_pchData, pszSrcData, nSrcLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 558     GetStringData()->nDataLength = nSrcLen;
 559     m_pchData[nSrcLen] = wxT('\0');
 560   }
 561 }
 562
 563 // assigns one string to another
 564 wxString& wxString::operator=(const wxString& stringSrc)
 565 {
 566   wxASSERT( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 567
 568   // don't copy string over itself
 569   if ( m_pchData != stringSrc.m_pchData ) {
 570     if ( stringSrc.GetStringData()->IsEmpty() ) {
 571       Reinit();
 572     }
 573     else {
 574       // adjust references
 575       GetStringData()->Unlock();
 576       m_pchData = stringSrc.m_pchData;
 577       GetStringData()->Lock();
 578     }
 579   }
 580
 581   return *this;
 582 }
 583
 584 // assigns a single character
 585 wxString& wxString::operator=(wxChar ch)
 586 {
 587   AssignCopy(1, &ch);
 588   return *this;
 589 }
 590
 591
 592 // assigns C string
 593 wxString& wxString::operator=(const wxChar *psz)
 594 {
 595   AssignCopy(wxStrlen(psz), psz);
 596   return *this;
 597 }
 598
 599 #if !wxUSE_UNICODE
 600
 601 // same as 'signed char' variant
 602 wxString& wxString::operator=(const unsigned char* psz)
 603 {
 604   *this = (const char *)psz;
 605   return *this;
 606 }
 607
 608 #if wxUSE_WCHAR_T
 609 wxString& wxString::operator=(const wchar_t *pwz)
 610 {
 611   wxString str(pwz);
 612   *this = str;
 613   return *this;
 614 }
 615 #endif
 616
 617 #endif
 618
 619 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 620 // string concatenation
 621 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 622
 623 // add something to this string
 624 void wxString::ConcatSelf(int nSrcLen, const wxChar *pszSrcData)
 625 {
 626   STATISTICS_ADD(SummandLength, nSrcLen);
 627
 628   // concatenating an empty string is a NOP
 629   if ( nSrcLen > 0 ) {
 630     wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 631     size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 632     size_t nNewLen = nLen + nSrcLen;
 633
 634     // alloc new buffer if current is too small
 635     if ( pData->IsShared() ) {
 636       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 0);
 637
 638       // we have to allocate another buffer
 639       wxStringData* pOldData = GetStringData();
 640       AllocBuffer(nNewLen);
 641       memcpy(m_pchData, pOldData->data(), nLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 642       pOldData->Unlock();
 643     }
 644     else if ( nNewLen > pData->nAllocLength ) {
 645       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 0);
 646
 647       // we have to grow the buffer
 648       Alloc(nNewLen);
 649     }
 650     else {
 651       STATISTICS_ADD(ConcatHit, 1);
 652
 653       // the buffer is already big enough
 654     }
 655
 656     // should be enough space
 657     wxASSERT( nNewLen <= GetStringData()->nAllocLength );
 658
 659     // fast concatenation - all is done in our buffer
 660     memcpy(m_pchData + nLen, pszSrcData, nSrcLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 661
 662     m_pchData[nNewLen] = wxT('\0');          // put terminating '\0'
 663     GetStringData()->nDataLength = nNewLen; // and fix the length
 664   }
 665   //else: the string to append was empty
 666 }
 667
 668 /*
 669  * concatenation functions come in 5 flavours:
 670  *  string + string
 671  *  char   + string      and      string + char
 672  *  C str  + string      and      string + C str
 673  */
 674
 675 wxString operator+(const wxString& string1, const wxString& string2)
 676 {
 677   wxASSERT( string1.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 678   wxASSERT( string2.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 679
 680   wxString s = string1;
 681   s += string2;
 682
 683   return s;
 684 }
 685
 686 wxString operator+(const wxString& string, wxChar ch)
 687 {
 688   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 689
 690   wxString s = string;
 691   s += ch;
 692
 693   return s;
 694 }
 695
 696 wxString operator+(wxChar ch, const wxString& string)
 697 {
 698   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 699
 700   wxString s = ch;
 701   s += string;
 702
 703   return s;
 704 }
 705
 706 wxString operator+(const wxString& string, const wxChar *psz)
 707 {
 708   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 709
 710   wxString s;
 711   s.Alloc(wxStrlen(psz) + string.Len());
 712   s = string;
 713   s += psz;
 714
 715   return s;
 716 }
 717
 718 wxString operator+(const wxChar *psz, const wxString& string)
 719 {
 720   wxASSERT( string.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
 721
 722   wxString s;
 723   s.Alloc(wxStrlen(psz) + string.Len());
 724   s = psz;
 725   s += string;
 726
 727   return s;
 728 }
 729
 730 // ===========================================================================
 731 // other common string functions
 732 // ===========================================================================
 733
 734 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 735 // simple sub-string extraction
 736 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 737
 738 // helper function: clone the data attached to this string
 739 void wxString::AllocCopy(wxString& dest, int nCopyLen, int nCopyIndex) const
 740 {
 741   if ( nCopyLen == 0 ) {
 742     dest.Init();
 743   }
 744   else {
 745     dest.AllocBuffer(nCopyLen);
 746     memcpy(dest.m_pchData, m_pchData + nCopyIndex, nCopyLen*sizeof(wxChar));
 747   }
 748 }
 749
 750 // extract string of length nCount starting at nFirst
 751 wxString wxString::Mid(size_t nFirst, size_t nCount) const
 752 {
 753   wxStringData *pData = GetStringData();
 754   size_t nLen = pData->nDataLength;
 755
 756   // default value of nCount is wxSTRING_MAXLEN and means "till the end"
 757   if ( nCount == wxSTRING_MAXLEN )
 758   {
 759     nCount = nLen - nFirst;
 760   }
 761
 762   // out-of-bounds requests return sensible things
 763   if ( nFirst + nCount > nLen )
 764   {
 765     nCount = nLen - nFirst;
 766   }
 767
 768   if ( nFirst > nLen )
 769   {
 770     // AllocCopy() will return empty string
 771     nCount = 0;
 772   }
 773
 774   wxString dest;
 775   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, nFirst);
 776
 777   return dest;
 778 }
 779
 780 // check that the tring starts with prefix and return the rest of the string
 781 // in the provided pointer if it is not NULL, otherwise return FALSE
 782 bool wxString::StartsWith(const wxChar *prefix, wxString *rest) const
 783 {
 784     wxASSERT_MSG( prefix, _T("invalid parameter in wxString::StartsWith") );
 785
 786     // first check if the beginning of the string matches the prefix: note
 787     // that we don't have to check that we don't run out of this string as
 788     // when we reach the terminating NUL, either prefix string ends too (and
 789     // then it's ok) or we break out of the loop because there is no match
 790     const wxChar *p = c_str();
 791     while ( *prefix )
 792     {
 793         if ( *prefix++ != *p++ )
 794         {
 795             // no match
 796             return FALSE;
 797         }
 798     }
 799
 800     if ( rest )
 801     {
 802         // put the rest of the string into provided pointer
 803         *rest = p;
 804     }
 805
 806     return TRUE;
 807 }
 808
 809 // extract nCount last (rightmost) characters
 810 wxString wxString::Right(size_t nCount) const
 811 {
 812   if ( nCount > (size_t)GetStringData()->nDataLength )
 813     nCount = GetStringData()->nDataLength;
 814
 815   wxString dest;
 816   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, GetStringData()->nDataLength - nCount);
 817   return dest;
 818 }
 819
 820 // get all characters after the last occurence of ch
 821 // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 822 wxString wxString::AfterLast(wxChar ch) const
 823 {
 824   wxString str;
 825   int iPos = Find(ch, TRUE);
 826   if ( iPos == wxNOT_FOUND )
 827     str = *this;
 828   else
 829     str = c_str() + iPos + 1;
 830
 831   return str;
 832 }
 833
 834 // extract nCount first (leftmost) characters
 835 wxString wxString::Left(size_t nCount) const
 836 {
 837   if ( nCount > (size_t)GetStringData()->nDataLength )
 838     nCount = GetStringData()->nDataLength;
 839
 840   wxString dest;
 841   AllocCopy(dest, nCount, 0);
 842   return dest;
 843 }
 844
 845 // get all characters before the first occurence of ch
 846 // (returns the whole string if ch not found)
 847 wxString wxString::BeforeFirst(wxChar ch) const
 848 {
 849   wxString str;
 850   for ( const wxChar *pc = m_pchData; *pc != wxT('\0') && *pc != ch; pc++ )
 851     str += *pc;
 852
 853   return str;
 854 }
 855
 856 /// get all characters before the last occurence of ch
 857 /// (returns empty string if ch not found)
 858 wxString wxString::BeforeLast(wxChar ch) const
 859 {
 860   wxString str;
 861   int iPos = Find(ch, TRUE);
 862   if ( iPos != wxNOT_FOUND && iPos != 0 )
 863     str = wxString(c_str(), iPos);
 864
 865   return str;
 866 }
 867
 868 /// get all characters after the first occurence of ch
 869 /// (returns empty string if ch not found)
 870 wxString wxString::AfterFirst(wxChar ch) const
 871 {
 872   wxString str;
 873   int iPos = Find(ch);
 874   if ( iPos != wxNOT_FOUND )
 875     str = c_str() + iPos + 1;
 876
 877   return str;
 878 }
 879
 880 // replace first (or all) occurences of some substring with another one
 881 size_t wxString::Replace(const wxChar *szOld, const wxChar *szNew, bool bReplaceAll)
 882 {
 883   size_t uiCount = 0;   // count of replacements made
 884
 885   size_t uiOldLen = wxStrlen(szOld);
 886
 887   wxString strTemp;
 888   const wxChar *pCurrent = m_pchData;
 889   const wxChar *pSubstr;
 890   while ( *pCurrent != wxT('\0') ) {
 891     pSubstr = wxStrstr(pCurrent, szOld);
 892     if ( pSubstr == NULL ) {
 893       // strTemp is unused if no replacements were made, so avoid the copy
 894       if ( uiCount == 0 )
 895         return 0;
 896
 897       strTemp += pCurrent;    // copy the rest
 898       break;                  // exit the loop
 899     }
 900     else {
 901       // take chars before match
 902       strTemp.ConcatSelf(pSubstr - pCurrent, pCurrent);
 903       strTemp += szNew;
 904       pCurrent = pSubstr + uiOldLen;  // restart after match
 905
 906       uiCount++;
 907
 908       // stop now?
 909       if ( !bReplaceAll ) {
 910         strTemp += pCurrent;    // copy the rest
 911         break;                  // exit the loop
 912       }
 913     }
 914   }
 915
 916   // only done if there were replacements, otherwise would have returned above
 917   *this = strTemp;
 918
 919   return uiCount;
 920 }
 921
 922 bool wxString::IsAscii() const
 923 {
 924   const wxChar *s = (const wxChar*) *this;
 925   while(*s){
 926     if(!isascii(*s)) return(FALSE);
 927     s++;
 928   }
 929   return(TRUE);
 930 }
 931
 932 bool wxString::IsWord() const
 933 {
 934   const wxChar *s = (const wxChar*) *this;
 935   while(*s){
 936     if(!wxIsalpha(*s)) return(FALSE);
 937     s++;
 938   }
 939   return(TRUE);
 940 }
 941
 942 bool wxString::IsNumber() const
 943 {
 944   const wxChar *s = (const wxChar*) *this;
 945   if (wxStrlen(s))
 946      if ((s[0] == '-') || (s[0] == '+')) s++;
 947   while(*s){
 948     if(!wxIsdigit(*s)) return(FALSE);
 949     s++;
 950   }
 951   return(TRUE);
 952 }
 953
 954 wxString wxString::Strip(stripType w) const
 955 {
 956     wxString s = *this;
 957     if ( w & leading ) s.Trim(FALSE);
 958     if ( w & trailing ) s.Trim(TRUE);
 959     return s;
 960 }
 961
 962 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 963 // case conversion
 964 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 965
 966 wxString& wxString::MakeUpper()
 967 {
 968   CopyBeforeWrite();
 969
 970   for ( wxChar *p = m_pchData; *p; p++ )
 971     *p = (wxChar)wxToupper(*p);
 972
 973   return *this;
 974 }
 975
 976 wxString& wxString::MakeLower()
 977 {
 978   CopyBeforeWrite();
 979
 980   for ( wxChar *p = m_pchData; *p; p++ )
 981     *p = (wxChar)wxTolower(*p);
 982
 983   return *this;
 984 }
 985
 986 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 987 // trimming and padding
 988 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 989
 990 // some compilers (VC++ 6.0 not to name them) return TRUE for a call to
 991 // isspace('ê') in the C locale which seems to be broken to me, but we have to
 992 // live with this by checking that the character is a 7 bit one - even if this
 993 // may fail to detect some spaces (I don't know if Unicode doesn't have
 994 // space-like symbols somewhere except in the first 128 chars), it is arguably
 995 // still better than trimming away accented letters
 996 inline int wxSafeIsspace(wxChar ch) { return (ch < 127) && wxIsspace(ch); }
 997
 998 // trims spaces (in the sense of isspace) from left or right side
 999 wxString& wxString::Trim(bool bFromRight)
1000 {
1001   // first check if we're going to modify the string at all
1002   if ( !IsEmpty() &&
1003        (
1004         (bFromRight && wxSafeIsspace(GetChar(Len() - 1))) ||
1005         (!bFromRight && wxSafeIsspace(GetChar(0u)))
1006        )
1007      )
1008   {
1009     // ok, there is at least one space to trim
1010     CopyBeforeWrite();
1011
1012     if ( bFromRight )
1013     {
1014       // find last non-space character
1015       wxChar *psz = m_pchData + GetStringData()->nDataLength - 1;
1016       while ( wxSafeIsspace(*psz) && (psz >= m_pchData) )
1017         psz--;
1018
1019       // truncate at trailing space start
1020       *++psz = wxT('\0');
1021       GetStringData()->nDataLength = psz - m_pchData;
1022     }
1023     else
1024     {
1025       // find first non-space character
1026       const wxChar *psz = m_pchData;
1027       while ( wxSafeIsspace(*psz) )
1028         psz++;
1029
1030       // fix up data and length
1031       int nDataLength = GetStringData()->nDataLength - (psz - (const wxChar*) m_pchData);
1032       memmove(m_pchData, psz, (nDataLength + 1)*sizeof(wxChar));
1033       GetStringData()->nDataLength = nDataLength;
1034     }
1035   }
1036
1037   return *this;
1038 }
1039
1040 // adds nCount characters chPad to the string from either side
1041 wxString& wxString::Pad(size_t nCount, wxChar chPad, bool bFromRight)
1042 {
1043   wxString s(chPad, nCount);
1044
1045   if ( bFromRight )
1046     *this += s;
1047   else
1048   {
1049     s += *this;
1050     *this = s;
1051   }
1052
1053   return *this;
1054 }
1055
1056 // truncate the string
1057 wxString& wxString::Truncate(size_t uiLen)
1058 {
1059   if ( uiLen < Len() ) {
1060     CopyBeforeWrite();
1061
1062     *(m_pchData + uiLen) = wxT('\0');
1063     GetStringData()->nDataLength = uiLen;
1064   }
1065   //else: nothing to do, string is already short enough
1066
1067   return *this;
1068 }
1069
1070 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1071 // finding (return wxNOT_FOUND if not found and index otherwise)
1072 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1073
1074 // find a character
1075 int wxString::Find(wxChar ch, bool bFromEnd) const
1076 {
1077   const wxChar *psz = bFromEnd ? wxStrrchr(m_pchData, ch) : wxStrchr(m_pchData, ch);
1078
1079   return (psz == NULL) ? wxNOT_FOUND : psz - (const wxChar*) m_pchData;
1080 }
1081
1082 // find a sub-string (like strstr)
1083 int wxString::Find(const wxChar *pszSub) const
1084 {
1085   const wxChar *psz = wxStrstr(m_pchData, pszSub);
1086
1087   return (psz == NULL) ? wxNOT_FOUND : psz - (const wxChar*) m_pchData;
1088 }
1089
1090 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1091 // conversion to numbers
1092 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1093
1094 bool wxString::ToLong(long *val, int base) const
1095 {
1096     wxCHECK_MSG( val, FALSE, _T("NULL pointer in wxString::ToLong") );
1097
1098     const wxChar *start = c_str();
1099     wxChar *end;
1100     *val = wxStrtol(start, &end, base);
1101
1102     // return TRUE only if scan was stopped by the terminating NUL and if the
1103     // string was not empty to start with
1104     return !*end && (end != start);
1105 }
1106
1107 bool wxString::ToULong(unsigned long *val, int base) const
1108 {
1109     wxCHECK_MSG( val, FALSE, _T("NULL pointer in wxString::ToULong") );
1110
1111     const wxChar *start = c_str();
1112     wxChar *end;
1113     *val = wxStrtoul(start, &end, base);
1114
1115     // return TRUE only if scan was stopped by the terminating NUL and if the
1116     // string was not empty to start with
1117     return !*end && (end != start);
1118 }
1119
1120 bool wxString::ToDouble(double *val) const
1121 {
1122     wxCHECK_MSG( val, FALSE, _T("NULL pointer in wxString::ToDouble") );
1123
1124     const wxChar *start = c_str();
1125     wxChar *end;
1126     *val = wxStrtod(start, &end);
1127
1128     // return TRUE only if scan was stopped by the terminating NUL and if the
1129     // string was not empty to start with
1130     return !*end && (end != start);
1131 }
1132
1133 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1134 // formatted output
1135 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1136
1137 /* static */
1138 wxString wxString::Format(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...)
1139 {
1140     va_list argptr;
1141     va_start(argptr, pszFormat);
1142
1143     wxString s;
1144     s.PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
1145
1146     va_end(argptr);
1147
1148     return s;
1149 }
1150
1151 /* static */
1152 wxString wxString::FormatV(const wxChar *pszFormat, va_list argptr)
1153 {
1154     wxString s;
1155     s.PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
1156     return s;
1157 }
1158
1159 int wxString::Printf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...)
1160 {
1161   va_list argptr;
1162   va_start(argptr, pszFormat);
1163
1164   int iLen = PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
1165
1166   va_end(argptr);
1167
1168   return iLen;
1169 }
1170
1171 int wxString::PrintfV(const wxChar* pszFormat, va_list argptr)
1172 {
1173 #if wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF
1174   // the new implementation
1175
1176   // buffer to avoid dynamic memory allocation each time for small strings
1177   char szScratch[1024];
1178
1179   Reinit();
1180   for (size_t n = 0; pszFormat[n]; n++)
1181     if (pszFormat[n] == wxT('%')) {
1182       static char s_szFlags[256] = "%";
1183       size_t flagofs = 1;
1184       bool adj_left = FALSE, in_prec = FALSE,
1185            prec_dot = FALSE, done = FALSE;
1186       int ilen = 0;
1187       size_t min_width = 0, max_width = wxSTRING_MAXLEN;
1188       do {
1189 #define CHECK_PREC if (in_prec && !prec_dot) { s_szFlags[flagofs++] = '.'; prec_dot = TRUE; }
1190         switch (pszFormat[++n]) {
1191         case wxT('\0'):
1192           done = TRUE;
1193           break;
1194         case wxT('%'):
1195           *this += wxT('%');
1196           done = TRUE;
1197           break;
1198         case wxT('#'):
1199         case wxT('0'):
1200         case wxT(' '):
1201         case wxT('+'):
1202         case wxT('\''):
1203           CHECK_PREC
1204           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1205           break;
1206         case wxT('-'):
1207           CHECK_PREC
1208           adj_left = TRUE;
1209           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1210           break;
1211         case wxT('.'):
1212           CHECK_PREC
1213           in_prec = TRUE;
1214           prec_dot = FALSE;
1215           max_width = 0;
1216           // dot will be auto-added to s_szFlags if non-negative number follows
1217           break;
1218         case wxT('h'):
1219           ilen = -1;
1220           CHECK_PREC
1221           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1222           break;
1223         case wxT('l'):
1224           ilen = 1;
1225           CHECK_PREC
1226           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1227           break;
1228         case wxT('q'):
1229         case wxT('L'):
1230           ilen = 2;
1231           CHECK_PREC
1232           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1233           break;
1234         case wxT('Z'):
1235           ilen = 3;
1236           CHECK_PREC
1237           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1238           break;
1239         case wxT('*'):
1240           {
1241             int len = va_arg(argptr, int);
1242             if (in_prec) {
1243               if (len<0) break;
1244               CHECK_PREC
1245               max_width = len;
1246             } else {
1247               if (len<0) {
1248                 adj_left = !adj_left;
1249                 s_szFlags[flagofs++] = '-';
1250                 len = -len;
1251               }
1252               min_width = len;
1253             }
1254             flagofs += ::sprintf(s_szFlags+flagofs,"%d",len);
1255           }
1256           break;
1257         case wxT('1'): case wxT('2'): case wxT('3'):
1258         case wxT('4'): case wxT('5'): case wxT('6'):
1259         case wxT('7'): case wxT('8'): case wxT('9'):
1260           {
1261             int len = 0;
1262             CHECK_PREC
1263             while ((pszFormat[n]>=wxT('0')) && (pszFormat[n]<=wxT('9'))) {
1264               s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1265               len = len*10 + (pszFormat[n] - wxT('0'));
1266               n++;
1267             }
1268             if (in_prec) max_width = len;
1269             else min_width = len;
1270             n--; // the main loop pre-increments n again
1271           }
1272           break;
1273         case wxT('d'):
1274         case wxT('i'):
1275         case wxT('o'):
1276         case wxT('u'):
1277         case wxT('x'):
1278         case wxT('X'):
1279           CHECK_PREC
1280           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1281           s_szFlags[flagofs] = '\0';
1282           if (ilen == 0 ) {
1283             int val = va_arg(argptr, int);
1284             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1285           }
1286           else if (ilen == -1) {
1287             short int val = va_arg(argptr, short int);
1288             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1289           }
1290           else if (ilen == 1) {
1291             long int val = va_arg(argptr, long int);
1292             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1293           }
1294           else if (ilen == 2) {
1295 #if SIZEOF_LONG_LONG
1296             long long int val = va_arg(argptr, long long int);
1297             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1298 #else
1299             long int val = va_arg(argptr, long int);
1300             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1301 #endif
1302           }
1303           else if (ilen == 3) {
1304             size_t val = va_arg(argptr, size_t);
1305             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1306           }
1307           *this += wxString(szScratch);
1308           done = TRUE;
1309           break;
1310         case wxT('e'):
1311         case wxT('E'):
1312         case wxT('f'):
1313         case wxT('g'):
1314         case wxT('G'):
1315           CHECK_PREC
1316           s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1317           s_szFlags[flagofs] = '\0';
1318           if (ilen == 2) {
1319             long double val = va_arg(argptr, long double);
1320             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1321           } else {
1322             double val = va_arg(argptr, double);
1323             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1324           }
1325           *this += wxString(szScratch);
1326           done = TRUE;
1327           break;
1328         case wxT('p'):
1329           {
1330             void *val = va_arg(argptr, void *);
1331             CHECK_PREC
1332             s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1333             s_szFlags[flagofs] = '\0';
1334             ::sprintf(szScratch, s_szFlags, val);
1335             *this += wxString(szScratch);
1336             done = TRUE;
1337           }
1338           break;
1339         case wxT('c'):
1340           {
1341             wxChar val = va_arg(argptr, int);
1342             // we don't need to honor padding here, do we?
1343             *this += val;
1344             done = TRUE;
1345           }
1346           break;
1347         case wxT('s'):
1348           if (ilen == -1) {
1349             // wx extension: we'll let %hs mean non-Unicode strings
1350             char *val = va_arg(argptr, char *);
1351 #if wxUSE_UNICODE
1352             // ASCII->Unicode constructor handles max_width right
1353             wxString s(val, wxConvLibc, max_width);
1354 #else
1355             size_t len = wxSTRING_MAXLEN;
1356             if (val) {
1357               for (len = 0; val[len] && (len<max_width); len++);
1358             } else val = wxT("(null)");
1359             wxString s(val, len);
1360 #endif
1361             if (s.Len() < min_width)
1362               s.Pad(min_width - s.Len(), wxT(' '), adj_left);
1363             *this += s;
1364           } else {
1365             wxChar *val = va_arg(argptr, wxChar *);
1366             size_t len = wxSTRING_MAXLEN;
1367             if (val) {
1368               for (len = 0; val[len] && (len<max_width); len++);
1369             } else val = wxT("(null)");
1370             wxString s(val, len);
1371             if (s.Len() < min_width)
1372               s.Pad(min_width - s.Len(), wxT(' '), adj_left);
1373             *this += s;
1374           }
1375           done = TRUE;
1376           break;
1377         case wxT('n'):
1378           if (ilen == 0) {
1379             int *val = va_arg(argptr, int *);
1380             *val = Len();
1381           }
1382           else if (ilen == -1) {
1383             short int *val = va_arg(argptr, short int *);
1384             *val = Len();
1385           }
1386           else if (ilen >= 1) {
1387             long int *val = va_arg(argptr, long int *);
1388             *val = Len();
1389           }
1390           done = TRUE;
1391           break;
1392         default:
1393           if (wxIsalpha(pszFormat[n]))
1394             // probably some flag not taken care of here yet
1395             s_szFlags[flagofs++] = pszFormat[n];
1396           else {
1397             // bad format
1398             *this += wxT('%'); // just to pass the glibc tst-printf.c
1399             n--;
1400             done = TRUE;
1401           }
1402           break;
1403         }
1404 #undef CHECK_PREC
1405       } while (!done);
1406     } else *this += pszFormat[n];
1407
1408 #else
1409   // buffer to avoid dynamic memory allocation each time for small strings
1410   char szScratch[1024];
1411
1412   // NB: wxVsnprintf() may return either less than the buffer size or -1 if
1413   //     there is not enough place depending on implementation
1414   int iLen = wxVsnprintfA(szScratch, WXSIZEOF(szScratch), (char *)pszFormat, argptr);
1415   if ( iLen != -1 ) {
1416     // the whole string is in szScratch
1417     *this = szScratch;
1418   }
1419   else {
1420       bool outOfMemory = FALSE;
1421       int size = 2*WXSIZEOF(szScratch);
1422       while ( !outOfMemory ) {
1423           char *buf = GetWriteBuf(size);
1424           if ( buf )
1425             iLen = wxVsnprintfA(buf, size, pszFormat, argptr);
1426           else
1427             outOfMemory = TRUE;
1428
1429           UngetWriteBuf();
1430
1431           if ( iLen != -1 ) {
1432               // ok, there was enough space
1433               break;
1434           }
1435
1436           // still not enough, double it again
1437           size *= 2;
1438       }
1439
1440       if ( outOfMemory ) {
1441           // out of memory
1442           return -1;
1443       }
1444   }
1445 #endif // wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF/!wxUSE_EXPERIMENTAL_PRINTF
1446
1447   return Len();
1448 }
1449
1450 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1451 // misc other operations
1452 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1453
1454 // returns TRUE if the string matches the pattern which may contain '*' and
1455 // '?' metacharacters (as usual, '?' matches any character and '*' any number
1456 // of them)
1457 bool wxString::Matches(const wxChar *pszMask) const
1458 {
1459     // I disable this code as it doesn't seem to be faster (in fact, it seems
1460     // to be much slower) than the old, hand-written code below and using it
1461     // here requires always linking with libregex even if the user code doesn't
1462     // use it
1463 #if 0 // wxUSE_REGEX
1464     // first translate the shell-like mask into a regex
1465     wxString pattern;
1466     pattern.reserve(wxStrlen(pszMask));
1467
1468     pattern += _T('^');
1469     while ( *pszMask )
1470     {
1471         switch ( *pszMask )
1472         {
1473             case _T('?'):
1474                 pattern += _T('.');
1475                 break;
1476
1477             case _T('*'):
1478                 pattern += _T(".*");
1479                 break;
1480
1481             case _T('^'):
1482             case _T('.'):
1483             case _T('$'):
1484             case _T('('):
1485             case _T(')'):
1486             case _T('|'):
1487             case _T('+'):
1488             case _T('\\'):
1489                 // these characters are special in a RE, quote them
1490                 // (however note that we don't quote '[' and ']' to allow
1491                 // using them for Unix shell like matching)
1492                 pattern += _T('\\');
1493                 // fall through
1494
1495             default:
1496                 pattern += *pszMask;
1497         }
1498
1499         pszMask++;
1500     }
1501     pattern += _T('$');
1502
1503     // and now use it
1504     return wxRegEx(pattern, wxRE_NOSUB | wxRE_EXTENDED).Matches(c_str());
1505 #else // !wxUSE_REGEX
1506   // TODO: this is, of course, awfully inefficient...
1507
1508   // the char currently being checked
1509   const wxChar *pszTxt = c_str();
1510
1511   // the last location where '*' matched
1512   const wxChar *pszLastStarInText = NULL;
1513   const wxChar *pszLastStarInMask = NULL;
1514
1515 match:
1516   for ( ; *pszMask != wxT('\0'); pszMask++, pszTxt++ ) {
1517     switch ( *pszMask ) {
1518       case wxT('?'):
1519         if ( *pszTxt == wxT('\0') )
1520           return FALSE;
1521
1522         // pszTxt and pszMask will be incremented in the loop statement
1523
1524         break;
1525
1526       case wxT('*'):
1527         {
1528           // remember where we started to be able to backtrack later
1529           pszLastStarInText = pszTxt;
1530           pszLastStarInMask = pszMask;
1531
1532           // ignore special chars immediately following this one
1533           // (should this be an error?)
1534           while ( *pszMask == wxT('*') || *pszMask == wxT('?') )
1535             pszMask++;
1536
1537           // if there is nothing more, match
1538           if ( *pszMask == wxT('\0') )
1539             return TRUE;
1540
1541           // are there any other metacharacters in the mask?
1542           size_t uiLenMask;
1543           const wxChar *pEndMask = wxStrpbrk(pszMask, wxT("*?"));
1544
1545           if ( pEndMask != NULL ) {
1546             // we have to match the string between two metachars
1547             uiLenMask = pEndMask - pszMask;
1548           }
1549           else {
1550             // we have to match the remainder of the string
1551             uiLenMask = wxStrlen(pszMask);
1552           }
1553
1554           wxString strToMatch(pszMask, uiLenMask);
1555           const wxChar* pMatch = wxStrstr(pszTxt, strToMatch);
1556           if ( pMatch == NULL )
1557             return FALSE;
1558
1559           // -1 to compensate "++" in the loop
1560           pszTxt = pMatch + uiLenMask - 1;
1561           pszMask += uiLenMask - 1;
1562         }
1563         break;
1564
1565       default:
1566         if ( *pszMask != *pszTxt )
1567           return FALSE;
1568         break;
1569     }
1570   }
1571
1572   // match only if nothing left
1573   if ( *pszTxt == wxT('\0') )
1574     return TRUE;
1575
1576   // if we failed to match, backtrack if we can
1577   if ( pszLastStarInText ) {
1578     pszTxt = pszLastStarInText + 1;
1579     pszMask = pszLastStarInMask;
1580
1581     pszLastStarInText = NULL;
1582
1583     // don't bother resetting pszLastStarInMask, it's unnecessary
1584
1585     goto match;
1586   }
1587
1588   return FALSE;
1589 #endif // wxUSE_REGEX/!wxUSE_REGEX
1590 }
1591
1592 // Count the number of chars
1593 int wxString::Freq(wxChar ch) const
1594 {
1595     int count = 0;
1596     int len = Len();
1597     for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
1598     {
1599         if (GetChar(i) == ch)
1600             count ++;
1601     }
1602     return count;
1603 }
1604
1605 // convert to upper case, return the copy of the string
1606 wxString wxString::Upper() const
1607 { wxString s(*this); return s.MakeUpper(); }
1608
1609 // convert to lower case, return the copy of the string
1610 wxString wxString::Lower() const { wxString s(*this); return s.MakeLower(); }
1611
1612 int wxString::sprintf(const wxChar *pszFormat, ...)
1613   {
1614     va_list argptr;
1615     va_start(argptr, pszFormat);
1616     int iLen = PrintfV(pszFormat, argptr);
1617     va_end(argptr);
1618     return iLen;
1619   }
1620
1621 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1622 // standard C++ library string functions
1623 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1624
1625 #ifdef  wxSTD_STRING_COMPATIBILITY
1626
1627 void wxString::resize(size_t nSize, wxChar ch)
1628 {
1629     size_t len = length();
1630
1631     if ( nSize < len )
1632     {
1633         Truncate(nSize);
1634     }
1635     else if ( nSize > len )
1636     {
1637         *this += wxString(ch, nSize - len);
1638     }
1639     //else: we have exactly the specified length, nothing to do
1640 }
1641
1642 void wxString::swap(wxString& str)
1643 {
1644     // this is slightly less efficient than fiddling with m_pchData directly,
1645     // but it is still quite efficient as we don't copy the string here because
1646     // ref count always stays positive
1647     wxString tmp = str;
1648     str = *this;
1649     *this = str;
1650 }
1651
1652 wxString& wxString::insert(size_t nPos, const wxString& str)
1653 {
1654   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1655   wxASSERT( nPos <= Len() );
1656
1657   if ( !str.IsEmpty() ) {
1658     wxString strTmp;
1659     wxChar *pc = strTmp.GetWriteBuf(Len() + str.Len());
1660     wxStrncpy(pc, c_str(), nPos);
1661     wxStrcpy(pc + nPos, str);
1662     wxStrcpy(pc + nPos + str.Len(), c_str() + nPos);
1663     strTmp.UngetWriteBuf();
1664     *this = strTmp;
1665   }
1666
1667   return *this;
1668 }
1669
1670 size_t wxString::find(const wxString& str, size_t nStart) const
1671 {
1672   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1673   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1674
1675   const wxChar *p = wxStrstr(c_str() + nStart, str);
1676
1677   return p == NULL ? npos : p - c_str();
1678 }
1679
1680 // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with the default argument in the header.
1681 #if !defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__WIN32__)
1682 size_t wxString::find(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const
1683 {
1684   return find(wxString(sz, n), nStart);
1685 }
1686 #endif // VC++ 1.5
1687
1688 // Gives a duplicate symbol (presumably a case-insensitivity problem)
1689 #if !defined(__BORLANDC__)
1690 size_t wxString::find(wxChar ch, size_t nStart) const
1691 {
1692   wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1693
1694   const wxChar *p = wxStrchr(c_str() + nStart, ch);
1695
1696   return p == NULL ? npos : p - c_str();
1697 }
1698 #endif
1699
1700 size_t wxString::rfind(const wxString& str, size_t nStart) const
1701 {
1702   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
1703   wxASSERT( nStart == npos || nStart <= Len() );
1704
1705   // TODO could be made much quicker than that
1706   const wxChar *p = c_str() + (nStart == npos ? Len() : nStart);
1707   while ( p >= c_str() + str.Len() ) {
1708     if ( wxStrncmp(p - str.Len(), str, str.Len()) == 0 )
1709       return p - str.Len() - c_str();
1710     p--;
1711   }
1712
1713   return npos;
1714 }
1715
1716 // VC++ 1.5 can't cope with the default argument in the header.
1717 #if !defined(__VISUALC__) || defined(__WIN32__)
1718 size_t wxString::rfind(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart, size_t n) const
1719 {
1720     return rfind(wxString(sz, n == npos ? wxSTRING_MAXLEN : n), nStart);
1721 }
1722
1723 size_t wxString::rfind(wxChar ch, size_t nStart) const
1724 {
1725     if ( nStart == npos )
1726     {
1727         nStart = Len();
1728     }
1729     else
1730     {
1731         wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1732     }
1733
1734     const wxChar *p = wxStrrchr(c_str(), ch);
1735
1736     if ( p == NULL )
1737         return npos;
1738
1739     size_t result = p - c_str();
1740     return ( result > nStart ) ? npos : result;
1741 }
1742 #endif // VC++ 1.5
1743
1744 size_t wxString::find_first_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart) const
1745 {
1746     const wxChar *start = c_str() + nStart;
1747     const wxChar *firstOf = wxStrpbrk(start, sz);
1748     if ( firstOf )
1749         return firstOf - c_str();
1750     else
1751         return npos;
1752 }
1753
1754 size_t wxString::find_last_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart) const
1755 {
1756     if ( nStart == npos )
1757     {
1758         nStart = Len();
1759     }
1760     else
1761     {
1762         wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1763     }
1764
1765     for ( const wxChar *p = c_str() + length() - 1; p >= c_str(); p-- )
1766     {
1767         if ( wxStrchr(sz, *p) )
1768             return p - c_str();
1769     }
1770
1771     return npos;
1772 }
1773
1774 size_t wxString::find_first_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart) const
1775 {
1776     if ( nStart == npos )
1777     {
1778         nStart = Len();
1779     }
1780     else
1781     {
1782         wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1783     }
1784
1785     size_t nAccept = wxStrspn(c_str() + nStart, sz);
1786     if ( nAccept >= length() - nStart )
1787         return npos;
1788     else
1789         return nAccept;
1790 }
1791
1792 size_t wxString::find_first_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart) const
1793 {
1794     wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1795
1796     for ( const wxChar *p = c_str() + nStart; *p; p++ )
1797     {
1798         if ( *p != ch )
1799             return p - c_str();
1800     }
1801
1802     return npos;
1803 }
1804
1805 size_t wxString::find_last_not_of(const wxChar* sz, size_t nStart) const
1806 {
1807     if ( nStart == npos )
1808     {
1809         nStart = Len();
1810     }
1811     else
1812     {
1813         wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1814     }
1815
1816     for ( const wxChar *p = c_str() + nStart - 1; p >= c_str(); p-- )
1817     {
1818         if ( !wxStrchr(sz, *p) )
1819             return p - c_str();
1820     }
1821
1822     return npos;
1823 }
1824
1825 size_t wxString::find_last_not_of(wxChar ch, size_t nStart) const
1826 {
1827     if ( nStart == npos )
1828     {
1829         nStart = Len();
1830     }
1831     else
1832     {
1833         wxASSERT( nStart <= Len() );
1834     }
1835
1836     for ( const wxChar *p = c_str() + nStart - 1; p >= c_str(); p-- )
1837     {
1838         if ( *p != ch )
1839             return p - c_str();
1840     }
1841
1842     return npos;
1843 }
1844
1845 wxString& wxString::erase(size_t nStart, size_t nLen)
1846 {
1847   wxString strTmp(c_str(), nStart);
1848   if ( nLen != npos ) {
1849     wxASSERT( nStart + nLen <= Len() );
1850
1851     strTmp.append(c_str() + nStart + nLen);
1852   }
1853
1854   *this = strTmp;
1855   return *this;
1856 }
1857
1858 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, const wxChar *sz)
1859 {
1860   wxASSERT_MSG( nStart + nLen <= Len(),
1861                 _T("index out of bounds in wxString::replace") );
1862
1863   wxString strTmp;
1864   strTmp.Alloc(Len());      // micro optimisation to avoid multiple mem allocs
1865
1866   if ( nStart != 0 )
1867     strTmp.append(c_str(), nStart);
1868   strTmp << sz << c_str() + nStart + nLen;
1869
1870   *this = strTmp;
1871   return *this;
1872 }
1873
1874 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen, size_t nCount, wxChar ch)
1875 {
1876   return replace(nStart, nLen, wxString(ch, nCount));
1877 }
1878
1879 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1880                             const wxString& str, size_t nStart2, size_t nLen2)
1881 {
1882   return replace(nStart, nLen, str.substr(nStart2, nLen2));
1883 }
1884
1885 wxString& wxString::replace(size_t nStart, size_t nLen,
1886                         const wxChar* sz, size_t nCount)
1887 {
1888   return replace(nStart, nLen, wxString(sz, nCount));
1889 }
1890
1891 #endif  //std::string compatibility
1892
1893 // ============================================================================
1894 // ArrayString
1895 // ============================================================================
1896
1897 // size increment = max(50% of current size, ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT)
1898 #define   ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT       4096
1899 #ifndef   ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE    // also defined in dynarray.h
1900   #define   ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE    (16)
1901 #endif
1902
1903 #define   STRING(p)   ((wxString *)(&(p)))
1904
1905 // ctor
1906 wxArrayString::wxArrayString(bool autoSort)
1907 {
1908   m_nSize  =
1909   m_nCount = 0;
1910   m_pItems = (wxChar **) NULL;
1911   m_autoSort = autoSort;
1912 }
1913
1914 // copy ctor
1915 wxArrayString::wxArrayString(const wxArrayString& src)
1916 {
1917   m_nSize  =
1918   m_nCount = 0;
1919   m_pItems = (wxChar **) NULL;
1920   m_autoSort = src.m_autoSort;
1921
1922   *this = src;
1923 }
1924
1925 // assignment operator
1926 wxArrayString& wxArrayString::operator=(const wxArrayString& src)
1927 {
1928   if ( m_nSize > 0 )
1929     Clear();
1930
1931   Copy(src);
1932
1933   m_autoSort = src.m_autoSort;
1934
1935   return *this;
1936 }
1937
1938 void wxArrayString::Copy(const wxArrayString& src)
1939 {
1940   if ( src.m_nCount > ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE )
1941     Alloc(src.m_nCount);
1942
1943   for ( size_t n = 0; n < src.m_nCount; n++ )
1944     Add(src[n]);
1945 }
1946
1947 // grow the array
1948 void wxArrayString::Grow()
1949 {
1950   // only do it if no more place
1951   if ( m_nCount == m_nSize ) {
1952     // if ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE were set to 0, the initially empty would
1953     // be never resized!
1954     #if ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE == 0
1955       #error "ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE must be > 0!"
1956     #endif
1957
1958     if ( m_nSize == 0 ) {
1959       // was empty, alloc some memory
1960       m_nSize = ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE;
1961       m_pItems = new wxChar *[m_nSize];
1962     }
1963     else {
1964       // otherwise when it's called for the first time, nIncrement would be 0
1965       // and the array would never be expanded
1966       // add 50% but not too much
1967       size_t nIncrement = m_nSize < ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE
1968                           ? ARRAY_DEFAULT_INITIAL_SIZE : m_nSize >> 1;
1969       if ( nIncrement > ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT )
1970         nIncrement = ARRAY_MAXSIZE_INCREMENT;
1971       m_nSize += nIncrement;
1972       wxChar **pNew = new wxChar *[m_nSize];
1973
1974       // copy data to new location
1975       memcpy(pNew, m_pItems, m_nCount*sizeof(wxChar *));
1976
1977       // delete old memory (but do not release the strings!)
1978       wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
1979
1980       m_pItems = pNew;
1981     }
1982   }
1983 }
1984
1985 void wxArrayString::Free()
1986 {
1987   for ( size_t n = 0; n < m_nCount; n++ ) {
1988     STRING(m_pItems[n])->GetStringData()->Unlock();
1989   }
1990 }
1991
1992 // deletes all the strings from the list
1993 void wxArrayString::Empty()
1994 {
1995   Free();
1996
1997   m_nCount = 0;
1998 }
1999
2000 // as Empty, but also frees memory
2001 void wxArrayString::Clear()
2002 {
2003   Free();
2004
2005   m_nSize  =
2006   m_nCount = 0;
2007
2008   wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
2009 }
2010
2011 // dtor
2012 wxArrayString::~wxArrayString()
2013 {
2014   Free();
2015
2016   wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
2017 }
2018
2019 // pre-allocates memory (frees the previous data!)
2020 void wxArrayString::Alloc(size_t nSize)
2021 {
2022   wxASSERT( nSize > 0 );
2023
2024   // only if old buffer was not big enough
2025   if ( nSize > m_nSize ) {
2026     Free();
2027     wxDELETEA(m_pItems);
2028     m_pItems = new wxChar *[nSize];
2029     m_nSize  = nSize;
2030   }
2031
2032   m_nCount = 0;
2033 }
2034
2035 // minimizes the memory usage by freeing unused memory
2036 void wxArrayString::Shrink()
2037 {
2038   // only do it if we have some memory to free
2039   if( m_nCount < m_nSize ) {
2040     // allocates exactly as much memory as we need
2041     wxChar **pNew = new wxChar *[m_nCount];
2042
2043     // copy data to new location
2044     memcpy(pNew, m_pItems, m_nCount*sizeof(wxChar *));
2045     delete [] m_pItems;
2046     m_pItems = pNew;
2047   }
2048 }
2049
2050 // searches the array for an item (forward or backwards)
2051 int wxArrayString::Index(const wxChar *sz, bool bCase, bool bFromEnd) const
2052 {
2053   if ( m_autoSort ) {
2054     // use binary search in the sorted array
2055     wxASSERT_MSG( bCase && !bFromEnd,
2056                   wxT("search parameters ignored for auto sorted array") );
2057
2058     size_t i,
2059            lo = 0,
2060            hi = m_nCount;
2061     int res;
2062     while ( lo < hi ) {
2063       i = (lo + hi)/2;
2064
2065       res = wxStrcmp(sz, m_pItems[i]);
2066       if ( res < 0 )
2067         hi = i;
2068       else if ( res > 0 )
2069         lo = i + 1;
2070       else
2071         return i;
2072     }
2073
2074     return wxNOT_FOUND;
2075   }
2076   else {
2077     // use linear search in unsorted array
2078     if ( bFromEnd ) {
2079       if ( m_nCount > 0 ) {
2080         size_t ui = m_nCount;
2081         do {
2082           if ( STRING(m_pItems[--ui])->IsSameAs(sz, bCase) )
2083             return ui;
2084         }
2085         while ( ui != 0 );
2086       }
2087     }
2088     else {
2089       for( size_t ui = 0; ui < m_nCount; ui++ ) {
2090         if( STRING(m_pItems[ui])->IsSameAs(sz, bCase) )
2091           return ui;
2092       }
2093     }
2094   }
2095
2096   return wxNOT_FOUND;
2097 }
2098
2099 // add item at the end
2100 size_t wxArrayString::Add(const wxString& str)
2101 {
2102   if ( m_autoSort ) {
2103     // insert the string at the correct position to keep the array sorted
2104     size_t i,
2105            lo = 0,
2106            hi = m_nCount;
2107     int res;
2108     while ( lo < hi ) {
2109       i = (lo + hi)/2;
2110
2111       res = wxStrcmp(str, m_pItems[i]);
2112       if ( res < 0 )
2113         hi = i;
2114       else if ( res > 0 )
2115         lo = i + 1;
2116       else {
2117         lo = hi = i;
2118         break;
2119       }
2120     }
2121
2122     wxASSERT_MSG( lo == hi, wxT("binary search broken") );
2123
2124     Insert(str, lo);
2125
2126     return (size_t)lo;
2127   }
2128   else {
2129     wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
2130
2131     Grow();
2132
2133     // the string data must not be deleted!
2134     str.GetStringData()->Lock();
2135
2136     // just append
2137     m_pItems[m_nCount] = (wxChar *)str.c_str(); // const_cast
2138
2139     return m_nCount++;
2140   }
2141 }
2142
2143 // add item at the given position
2144 void wxArrayString::Insert(const wxString& str, size_t nIndex)
2145 {
2146   wxASSERT( str.GetStringData()->IsValid() );
2147
2148   wxCHECK_RET( nIndex <= m_nCount, wxT("bad index in wxArrayString::Insert") );
2149
2150   Grow();
2151
2152   memmove(&m_pItems[nIndex + 1], &m_pItems[nIndex],
2153           (m_nCount - nIndex)*sizeof(wxChar *));
2154
2155   str.GetStringData()->Lock();
2156   m_pItems[nIndex] = (wxChar *)str.c_str();
2157
2158   m_nCount++;
2159 }
2160
2161 // expand the array
2162 void wxArrayString::SetCount(size_t count)
2163 {
2164     Alloc(count);
2165
2166     wxString s;
2167     while ( m_nCount < count )
2168         m_pItems[m_nCount++] = (wxChar *)s.c_str();
2169 }
2170
2171 // removes item from array (by index)
2172 void wxArrayString::Remove(size_t nIndex)
2173 {
2174   wxCHECK_RET( nIndex <= m_nCount, wxT("bad index in wxArrayString::Remove") );
2175
2176   // release our lock
2177   Item(nIndex).GetStringData()->Unlock();
2178
2179   memmove(&m_pItems[nIndex], &m_pItems[nIndex + 1],
2180           (m_nCount - nIndex - 1)*sizeof(wxChar *));
2181   m_nCount--;
2182 }
2183
2184 // removes item from array (by value)
2185 void wxArrayString::Remove(const wxChar *sz)
2186 {
2187   int iIndex = Index(sz);
2188
2189   wxCHECK_RET( iIndex != wxNOT_FOUND,
2190                wxT("removing inexistent element in wxArrayString::Remove") );
2191
2192   Remove(iIndex);
2193 }
2194
2195 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2196 // sorting
2197 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2198
2199 // we can only sort one array at a time with the quick-sort based
2200 // implementation
2201 #if wxUSE_THREADS
2202   // need a critical section to protect access to gs_compareFunction and
2203   // gs_sortAscending variables
2204   static wxCriticalSection *gs_critsectStringSort = NULL;
2205
2206   // call this before the value of the global sort vars is changed/after
2207   // you're finished with them
2208   #define START_SORT()     wxASSERT( !gs_critsectStringSort );                \
2209                            gs_critsectStringSort = new wxCriticalSection;     \
2210                            gs_critsectStringSort->Enter()
2211   #define END_SORT()       gs_critsectStringSort->Leave();                    \
2212                            delete gs_critsectStringSort;                      \
2213                            gs_critsectStringSort = NULL
2214 #else // !threads
2215   #define START_SORT()
2216   #define END_SORT()
2217 #endif // wxUSE_THREADS
2218
2219 // function to use for string comparaison
2220 static wxArrayString::CompareFunction gs_compareFunction = NULL;
2221
2222 // if we don't use the compare function, this flag tells us if we sort the
2223 // array in ascending or descending order
2224 static bool gs_sortAscending = TRUE;
2225
2226 // function which is called by quick sort
2227 static int LINKAGEMODE wxStringCompareFunction(const void *first, const void *second)
2228 {
2229   wxString *strFirst = (wxString *)first;
2230   wxString *strSecond = (wxString *)second;
2231
2232   if ( gs_compareFunction ) {
2233     return gs_compareFunction(*strFirst, *strSecond);
2234   }
2235   else {
2236     // maybe we should use wxStrcoll
2237     int result = wxStrcmp(strFirst->c_str(), strSecond->c_str());
2238
2239     return gs_sortAscending ? result : -result;
2240   }
2241 }
2242
2243 // sort array elements using passed comparaison function
2244 void wxArrayString::Sort(CompareFunction compareFunction)
2245 {
2246   START_SORT();
2247
2248   wxASSERT( !gs_compareFunction );  // must have been reset to NULL
2249   gs_compareFunction = compareFunction;
2250
2251   DoSort();
2252
2253   // reset it to NULL so that Sort(bool) will work the next time
2254   gs_compareFunction = NULL;
2255
2256   END_SORT();
2257 }
2258
2259 void wxArrayString::Sort(bool reverseOrder)
2260 {
2261   START_SORT();
2262
2263   wxASSERT( !gs_compareFunction );  // must have been reset to NULL
2264   gs_sortAscending = !reverseOrder;
2265
2266   DoSort();
2267
2268   END_SORT();
2269 }
2270
2271 void wxArrayString::DoSort()
2272 {
2273   wxCHECK_RET( !m_autoSort, wxT("can't use this method with sorted arrays") );
2274
2275   // just sort the pointers using qsort() - of course it only works because
2276   // wxString() *is* a pointer to its data
2277   qsort(m_pItems, m_nCount, sizeof(wxChar *), wxStringCompareFunction);
2278 }
2279
2280 bool wxArrayString::operator==(const wxArrayString& a) const
2281 {
2282     if ( m_nCount != a.m_nCount )
2283         return FALSE;
2284
2285     for ( size_t n = 0; n < m_nCount; n++ )
2286     {
2287         if ( Item(n) != a[n] )
2288             return FALSE;
2289     }
2290
2291     return TRUE;
2292 }
2293