From 8ea6a3c8621287d11296b8300029f32a27743d9a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nasr <nsrddyn@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 17:10:02 +0200
Subject: feature(checkpoint): checkpoint cleaning up base library

---
 source/base/base_string.h | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 75 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'source/base/base_string.h')

diff --git a/source/base/base_string.h b/source/base/base_string.h
index d879450..eb51e65 100644
--- a/source/base/base_string.h
+++ b/source/base/base_string.h
@@ -1,17 +1,84 @@
 #ifndef BASE_STRING_H
 #define BASE_STRING_H
 
-// let's use this for strings
-// to better differentiate between stuff
-typedef u8  s8;
-typedef struct string string ;
+#define PushString8(arena, count) (string8){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u8, (count))), .size = (count) }
+#define PushString16(arena, count) (string16){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u16, (count))), .size = (count) }
+#define PushString32(arena, count) (string32){ .data = (PushArrayZero(arena, u32, (count))), .size = (count) }
 
-struct string
+#define String8(data, size) (string8){(u8 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+#define String16(data, size) (string16){(u16 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+#define String32(data, size) (string32){(u32 *)(data), (u64)(size) }
+
+
+
+#define StringFmt "%.*s"
+#define ULongFmt  "%lu"
+#define ULLongFmt "%llu"
+
+typedef struct string8 string8;
+struct string8
+{
+    u8  *data;
+    u64  size;
+};
+
+typedef struct string16 string16;
+struct string16
+{
+    u16  *data;
+    u64  size;
+};
+
+typedef struct string32 string32;
+struct string32
+{
+    u32  *data;
+    u64  size;
+};
+
+//- string linked list implementation
+typedef struct string8_node string8_node;
+struct string8_node 
 {
-    s8 *data;
-    umm size;
+    string8 *next;
+    string8 string;
 };
 
-// TODO(nasr): helper functions for string
+typedef struct string8_list string8_list;
+struct string8_list
+{
+    string8 *first;
+    string8 *last;
+    u64 count;
+};
+
+typedef struct string16_list string16_list;
+struct string16_list
+{
+    string16 *next;
+    string16 string;
+};
+
+typedef struct string32_list string32_list;
+struct string32_list
+{
+    string32 *first;
+    string32 *last;
+    u64 count;
+};
+
+internal b8
+string8_cmp(string8 a, string8 b)
+{
+    if (a.size != b.size) return 0;
+    return (b8)(memcmp(a.data, b.data, a.size) == 0);
+}
+
+internal void
+string8_appendc(string8 *buf, u8 c)
+{
+    buf->data[buf->size] = c;
+    buf->size += 1;
+}
 
 #endif /* BASE_STRING_H */
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