Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Miguel Ojeda <> | Subject | [PATCH v1 15/28] rust: str: add `b_str!` macro | Date | Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:41:27 +0100 |
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From: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Add the `b_str!` macro, which creates a new `BStr` from a string literal.
It is usable in const contexts, for instance:
const X: &BStr = b_str!("Example");
Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> [Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes] Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> --- rust/kernel/str.rs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/rust/kernel/str.rs b/rust/kernel/str.rs index 3aa1a0cb9bf8..95eb757c619d 100644 --- a/rust/kernel/str.rs +++ b/rust/kernel/str.rs @@ -9,6 +9,27 @@ use core::fmt; /// `BStr` is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning. pub type BStr = [u8]; +/// Creates a new [`BStr`] from a string literal. +/// +/// `b_str!` converts the supplied string literal to byte string, so non-ASCII +/// characters can be included. +/// +/// # Examples +/// +/// ``` +/// # use kernel::b_str; +/// # use kernel::str::BStr; +/// const MY_BSTR: &BStr = b_str!("My awesome BStr!"); +/// ``` +#[macro_export] +macro_rules! b_str { + ($str:literal) => {{ + const S: &'static str = $str; + const C: &'static $crate::str::BStr = S.as_bytes(); + C + }}; +} + /// Allows formatting of [`fmt::Arguments`] into a raw buffer. /// /// It does not fail if callers write past the end of the buffer so that they can calculate the -- 2.38.1
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