Move prompt facility from bpkg to libbutl

2 files changed, 110 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbutl/prompt.cxx b/libbutl/prompt.cxx
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+++ b/libbutl/prompt.cxx
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+// file      : libbutl/prompt.cxx -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Code Synthesis Ltd
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef __cpp_modules
+#include <libbutl/prompt.mxx>
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __cpp_lib_modules
+#include <string>
+
+#include <iostream>
+#endif
+
+// Other includes.
+
+#ifdef __cpp_modules
+module butl.prompt;
+
+// Only imports additional to interface.
+#ifdef __clang__
+#ifdef __cpp_lib_modules
+import std.core;
+import std.io;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+import butl.diagnostics;
+#else
+#include <libbutl/diagnostics.mxx> // diag_stream
+#endif
+
+using namespace std;
+
+namespace butl
+{
+  bool
+  yn_prompt (const string& prompt, char def)
+  {
+    // Writing a robust Y/N prompt is more difficult than one would expect.
+    //
+    string a;
+    do
+    {
+      *diag_stream << prompt << ' ';
+
+      // getline() will set the failbit if it failed to extract anything,
+      // not even the delimiter and eofbit if it reached eof before seeing
+      // the delimiter.
+      //
+      getline (cin, a);
+
+      bool f (cin.fail ());
+      bool e (cin.eof ());
+
+      if (f || e)
+        *diag_stream << endl; // Assume no delimiter (newline).
+
+      if (f)
+        throw ios_base::failure ("unable to read y/n answer from stdout");
+
+      if (a.empty () && def != '\0')
+      {
+        // Don't treat eof as the default answer. We need to see the actual
+        // newline.
+        //
+        if (!e)
+          a = def;
+      }
+    } while (a != "y" && a != "n");
+
+    return a == "y";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/libbutl/prompt.mxx b/libbutl/prompt.mxx
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+++ b/libbutl/prompt.mxx
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+// file      : libbutl/prompt.mxx -*- C++ -*-
+// copyright : Copyright (c) 2014-2018 Code Synthesis Ltd
+// license   : MIT; see accompanying LICENSE file
+
+#ifndef __cpp_modules
+#pragma once
+#endif
+
+// C includes.
+
+#ifndef __cpp_lib_modules
+#include <string>
+#endif
+
+// Other includes.
+
+#ifdef __cpp_modules
+export module butl.prompt;
+#ifdef __cpp_lib_modules
+import std.core;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#include <libbutl/export.hxx>
+
+LIBBUTL_MODEXPORT namespace butl
+{
+  // The Y/N prompt. The def argument, if specified, should be either 'y' or
+  // 'n'. It is used as the default answer, in case the user just hits enter.
+  //
+  // Write the prompt to diag_stream. Throw ios_base::failure if no answer
+  // could be extracted from stdin (for example, because it was closed).
+  //
+  LIBBUTL_SYMEXPORT bool
+  yn_prompt (const std::string&, char def = '\0');
+}