std: separate str and cstr

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/io.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/net.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/os.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/str.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
+install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/cstr.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/linux.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/errno.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/std/rand.zig" DESTINATION "${ZIG_STD_DEST}")

std/bootstrap.zig

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const root = @import("@root");
 const linux = @import("linux.zig");
-const str = @import("str.zig");
+const cstr = @import("cstr.zig");
 
 const want_start_symbol = switch(@compile_var("os")) {
     linux => true,
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ fn call_main() -> %void {
     var args: [argc][]u8 = undefined;
     for (args) |arg, i| {
         const ptr = argv[i];
-        args[i] = ptr[0...str.len(ptr)];
+        args[i] = ptr[0...cstr.len(ptr)];
     }
     return root.main(args);
 }

std/cstr.zig

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// TODO fix https://github.com/andrewrk/zig/issues/140
+// and then make this able to run at compile time
+#static_eval_enable(false)
+pub fn len(ptr: &const u8) -> isize {
+    var count: isize = 0;
+    while (ptr[count] != 0; count += 1) {}
+    return count;
+}
+
+// TODO fix https://github.com/andrewrk/zig/issues/140
+// and then make this able to run at compile time
+#static_eval_enable(false)
+pub fn cmp(a: &const u8, b: &const u8) -> i32 {
+    var index: isize = 0;
+    while (a[index] == b[index] && a[index] != 0; index += 1) {}
+    return a[index] - b[index];
+}
+
+pub fn to_slice_const(str: &const u8) -> []const u8 {
+    return str[0...len(str)];
+}
+
+pub fn to_slice(str: &u8) -> []u8 {
+    return str[0...len(str)];
+}
+

std/index.zig

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ pub const io = @import("io.zig");
 pub const os = @import("os.zig");
 pub const math = @import("math.zig");
 pub const str = @import("str.zig");
+pub const cstr = @import("cstr.zig");
 pub const net = @import("net.zig");
 
 pub fn assert(b: bool) {

std/str.zig

@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
 const assert = @import("index.zig").assert;
 
-// fix https://github.com/andrewrk/zig/issues/140
-// and then make this able to run at compile time
-#static_eval_enable(false)
-pub fn len(ptr: &const u8) -> isize {
-    var count: isize = 0;
-    while (ptr[count] != 0; count += 1) {}
-    return count;
-}
-
-pub fn from_c_const(str: &const u8) -> []const u8 {
-    return str[0...len(str)];
-}
-
-pub fn from_c(str: &u8) -> []u8 {
-    return str[0...len(str)];
-}
-
 pub const eql = slice_eql(u8);
 
 pub fn slice_eql(T: type)(a: []const T, b: []const T) -> bool {

test/self_hosted.zig

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const assert = std.assert;
 const str = std.str;
+const cstr = std.cstr;
 const other = @import("other.zig");
 
 #attribute("test")
@@ -1557,7 +1558,7 @@ fn c_string_concatenation() {
     const a = c"OK" ++ c" IT " ++ c"WORKED";
     const b = c"OK IT WORKED";
 
-    const len = str.len(b);
+    const len = cstr.len(b);
     const len_with_null = len + 1;
     {var i: i32 = 0; while (i < len_with_null; i += 1) {
         assert(a[i] == b[i]);