formatDeltaInto

Constructs statement lines for each changed field (or the delta) between two instances of a struct and stores them into a passed output sink.

void
formatDeltaInto
(
Flag!"asserts" asserts = No.asserts
Sink
QualThing
)
(
auto ref Sink sink
,
auto ref QualThing before
,
auto ref QualThing after
,
const uint indents = 0
,
const string submember = string.init
)

Parameters

asserts

Whether or not to build assert statements or assignment statements.

sink Sink

Output buffer to write to.

before QualThing

Original struct object.

after QualThing

Changed struct object.

indents uint

The number of tabs to indent the lines with.

submember string

The string name of a recursing symbol, if applicable.

Examples

struct Foo
{
    string s;
    int i;
    bool b;
}

Foo altered;

altered.s = "some string";
altered.i = 42;
altered.b = true;

Appender!(char[]) sink;
sink.formatDeltaInto!(No.asserts)(Foo.init, altered);
1     import lu.uda : Hidden;
2     import std.array : Appender;
3 
4     Appender!(char[]) sink;
5     sink.reserve(1024);
6 
7     struct Server
8     {
9         string address;
10         ushort port;
11         bool connected;
12     }
13 
14     struct Connection
15     {
16         enum State
17         {
18             unset,
19             disconnected,
20             connected,
21         }
22 
23         State state;
24         string nickname;
25         @Hidden string user;
26         @Hidden string password;
27         Server server;
28     }
29 
30     Connection conn;
31 
32     with (conn)
33     {
34         state = Connection.State.connected;
35         nickname = "NICKNAME";
36         user = "USER";
37         password = "hunter2";
38         server.address = "address.tld";
39         server.port = 1337;
40     }
41 
42     sink.formatDeltaInto!(No.asserts)(Connection.init, conn, 0, "conn");
43 
44     assert(sink.data ==
45 `conn.state = Connection.State.connected;
46 conn.nickname = "NICKNAME";
47 conn.server.address = "address.tld";
48 conn.server.port = 1337;
49 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
50 
51     sink = typeof(sink).init;
52 
53     sink.formatDeltaInto!(Yes.asserts)(Connection.init, conn, 0, "conn");
54 
55     assert(sink.data ==
56 `assert((conn.state == Connection.State.connected), Enum!(Connection.State).toString(conn.state));
57 assert((conn.nickname == "NICKNAME"), conn.nickname);
58 assert((conn.server.address == "address.tld"), conn.server.address);
59 assert((conn.server.port == 1337), conn.server.port.to!string);
60 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
61 
62     struct Foo
63     {
64         string s;
65         int i;
66         bool b;
67         char c;
68     }
69 
70     Foo f1;
71     f1.s = "string";
72     f1.i = 42;
73     f1.b = true;
74     f1.c = '$';
75 
76     Foo f2 = f1;
77     f2.s = "yarn";
78     f2.b = false;
79     f2.c = '#';
80 
81     sink = typeof(sink).init;
82 
83     sink.formatDeltaInto!(No.asserts)(f1, f2);
84     assert(sink.data ==
85 `s = "yarn";
86 b = false;
87 c = '#';
88 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
89 
90     sink = typeof(sink).init;
91 
92     sink.formatDeltaInto!(Yes.asserts)(f1, f2);
93     assert(sink.data ==
94 `assert((s == "yarn"), s);
95 assert(!b);
96 assert((c == '#'), c.to!string);
97 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
98 
99     sink = typeof(sink).init;
100 
101     {
102         struct S
103         {
104             int i;
105         }
106 
107         class C
108         {
109             string s;
110             bool b;
111             S child;
112         }
113 
114         C c1 = new C;
115         C c2 = new C;
116 
117         c2.s = "harbl";
118         c2.b = true;
119         c2.child.i = 42;
120 
121         sink.formatDeltaInto!(No.asserts)(c1, c2);
122         assert(sink.data ==
123 `s = "harbl";
124 b = true;
125 child.i = 42;
126 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
127 
128         sink = typeof(sink).init;
129 
130         sink.formatDeltaInto!(Yes.asserts)(c1, c2);
131         assert(sink.data ==
132 `assert((s == "harbl"), s);
133 assert(b);
134 assert((child.i == 42), child.i.to!string);
135 `, '\n' ~ sink.data);
136     }
137     {
138         struct Blah
139         {
140             int[5] arr;
141             string[3] sarr;
142             char[2] carr;
143         }
144 
145         Blah b1;
146         Blah b2;
147         b2.arr = [ 1, 0, 3, 0, 5 ];
148         b2.sarr = [ "hello", string.init, "world" ];
149         b2.carr = [ 'a', char.init ];
150 
151         sink = typeof(sink).init;
152 
153         sink.formatDeltaInto(b1, b2);
154         assert(sink.data ==
155 `arr[0] = 1;
156 arr[2] = 3;
157 arr[4] = 5;
158 sarr[0] = "hello";
159 sarr[2] = "world";
160 carr[0] = 'a';
161 `);
162 
163         sink = typeof(sink).init;
164 
165         sink.formatDeltaInto!(Yes.asserts)(b1, b2);
166         assert(sink.data ==
167 `assert((arr[0] == 1), arr[0].to!string);
168 assert((arr[2] == 3), arr[2].to!string);
169 assert((arr[4] == 5), arr[4].to!string);
170 assert((sarr[0] == "hello"), sarr[0]);
171 assert((sarr[2] == "world"), sarr[2]);
172 assert((carr[0] == 'a'), carr[0].to!string);
173 `);
174     }