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-rw-r--r--llvm/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h27
-rw-r--r--llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp6
2 files changed, 28 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
index 09f9d658c9e..56b75cb34cd 100644
--- a/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
+++ b/llvm/include/llvm/ADT/StringRef.h
@@ -84,11 +84,8 @@ namespace llvm {
/// Construct a string ref from a pointer and length.
LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
- /*implicit*/ StringRef(const char *data, size_t length)
- : Data(data), Length(length) {
- assert((data || length == 0) &&
- "StringRef cannot be built from a NULL argument with non-null length");
- }
+ /*implicit*/ constexpr StringRef(const char *data, size_t length)
+ : Data(data), Length(length) {}
/// Construct a string ref from an std::string.
LLVM_ATTRIBUTE_ALWAYS_INLINE
@@ -839,6 +836,26 @@ namespace llvm {
/// @}
};
+ /// A wrapper around a string literal that serves as a proxy for constructing
+ /// global tables of StringRefs with the length computed at compile time.
+ /// Using this class with a non-literal char array is considered undefined
+ /// behavior. To prevent this, it is recommended that StringLiteral *only*
+ /// be used in a constexpr context, as such:
+ ///
+ /// constexpr StringLiteral S("test");
+ ///
+ /// Note: There is a subtle behavioral difference in the constructor of
+ /// StringRef and StringLiteral, as illustrated below:
+ ///
+ /// constexpr StringLiteral S("a\0b"); // S.size() == 3
+ /// StringRef S("a\0b"); // S.size() == 1
+ ///
+ class StringLiteral : public StringRef {
+ public:
+ template <size_t N>
+ constexpr StringLiteral(const char (&Str)[N]) : StringRef(Str, N - 1) {}
+ };
+
/// @name StringRef Comparison Operators
/// @{
diff --git a/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp b/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
index c1cc558b5f7..5b6822ed757 100644
--- a/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
+++ b/llvm/unittests/ADT/StringRefTest.cpp
@@ -1002,4 +1002,10 @@ TEST(StringRefTest, DropWhileUntil) {
EXPECT_EQ("", Taken);
}
+TEST(StringRefTest, StringLiteral) {
+ constexpr StringLiteral Strings[] = {"Foo", "Bar"};
+ EXPECT_EQ(StringRef("Foo"), Strings[0]);
+ EXPECT_EQ(StringRef("Bar"), Strings[1]);
+}
+
} // end anonymous namespace
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