Add config::origin(const variable&) overload

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/libbuild2/config/utility.cxx b/libbuild2/config/utility.cxx
index 7437c5b..243c03a 100644
--- a/libbuild2/config/utility.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/config/utility.cxx
@@ -160,23 +160,34 @@ namespace build2
     pair<variable_origin, lookup>
     origin (const scope& rs, const string& n)
     {
+      const variable* var (rs.ctx.var_pool.find (n));
+
+      if (var == nullptr)
+      {
+        if (n.compare (0, 7, "config.") != 0)
+          throw invalid_argument ("config.* variable expected");
+
+        return make_pair (variable_origin::undefined, lookup ());
+      }
+
+      return origin (rs, *var);
+    }
+
+    pair<variable_origin, lookup>
+    origin (const scope& rs, const variable& var)
+    {
       // Make sure this is a config.* variable. This could matter since we
       // reply on the semantics of value::extra. We could also detect
       // special variables like config.booted, some config.config.*, etc.,
       // (see config_save() for details) but that seems harmless.
       //
-      if (n.compare (0, 7, "config.") != 0)
+      if (var.name.compare (0, 7, "config.") != 0)
         throw invalid_argument ("config.* variable expected");
 
-      const variable* var (rs.ctx.var_pool.find (n));
-
-      if (var == nullptr)
-        return make_pair (variable_origin::undefined, lookup ());
-
-      pair<lookup, size_t> org (rs.lookup_original (*var));
-      pair<lookup, size_t> ovr (var->overrides == nullptr
+      pair<lookup, size_t> org (rs.lookup_original (var));
+      pair<lookup, size_t> ovr (var.overrides == nullptr
                                 ? org
-                                : rs.lookup_override (*var, org));
+                                : rs.lookup_override (var, org));
 
       if (!ovr.first.defined ())
         return make_pair (variable_origin::undefined, lookup ());
diff --git a/libbuild2/config/utility.hxx b/libbuild2/config/utility.hxx
index 5a00d00..050339a 100644
--- a/libbuild2/config/utility.hxx
+++ b/libbuild2/config/utility.hxx
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ namespace build2
 
     LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT pair<variable_origin, lookup>
     origin (const scope& rs, const string& name);
+
+    LIBBUILD2_SYMEXPORT pair<variable_origin, lookup>
+    origin (const scope& rs, const variable&);
   }
 }