Heterogeneous lookup is useful when constructing a key in a
map/set is relatively expensive (e.g. `std::string`). When doing
lookups in the map/set, one usually does not want to construct
the type to avoid overhead. Instead, heterogeneous lookup
allows for using a different type (such as `StringRef`) as key.
This change makes it easier to implement heterogeneous
lookup for custom types. Before, one had to specialize
`blender::DefaultHash`. Now, one just has to implement
a `static uint64_t hash_as(value)` on the type itself.
One still has to provide the equality operator in addition
to the hash function of course.
Since C++17 there is also std::string_view, which is similar to StringRef.
This commit does a couple of things:
* New implicit conversions between StringRef and std::string_view.
* Support std::string_view in blender::DefaultHash.
* Support most of the methods that std::string_view has.
* Add StringRef::not_found which can be used instead of -1 in some places.
* Improve/fix the description at the top of BLI_string_ref.hh.
This replaces header include guards with `#pragma once`.
A couple of include guards are not removed yet (e.g. `__RNA_TYPES_H__`),
because they are used in other places.
This patch has been generated by P1561 followed by `make format`.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D8466
This updates the usage of integer types in code I wrote according to our new style guides.
Major changes:
* Use signed instead of unsigned integers in many places.
* C++ containers in blenlib use `int64_t` for size and indices now (instead of `uint`).
* Hash values for C++ containers are 64 bit wide now (instead of 32 bit).
I do hope that I broke no builds, but it is quite likely that some compiler reports
slightly different errors. Please let me know when there are any errors. If the fix
is small, feel free to commit it yourself.
I compiled successfully on linux with gcc and on windows.
The main focus here was to improve the docs significantly. Furthermore,
I reimplemented `Set`, `Map` and `VectorSet`. They are now (usually)
faster, simpler and more customizable. I also rewrote `Stack` to make
it more efficient by avoiding unnecessary copies.
Thanks to everyone who helped with constructive feedback.
Approved by brecht and sybren.
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D7931
