Documentation for core.common (#1510)

* docs(core.common): add and improve documentation

* refactor(core.common): remove unused variable to get_height()

* docs(core.common): remove messy newlines

* docs(core.common): fix wording

* docs(core.common): use integer instead of number

Co-authored-by: Guldoman <giulio.lettieri@gmail.com>

* docs(core.common): update docs

the docs now follow the style in docs/ directory.
some of the changes suggested are also implemented.

* docs(core.common): fix typo

Co-authored-by: Guldoman <giulio.lettieri@gmail.com>

* docs(core.common): restyle annoatations

Extra whitespaces are removed and @overload is used whenever possible.

* docs(core.common): fix various documentation errors

* docs(core.common): simplify unicode description

* docs(core.common): fix return value

Co-authored-by: Guldoman <giulio.lettieri@gmail.com>

* docs(core.common): clarify common.bench for not being a benchmark

* docs(common): add disclaimer for numbers in common.serialize

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Co-authored-by: Guldoman <giulio.lettieri@gmail.com>
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@ -1,22 +1,41 @@
local common = {}
---Checks if the byte at offset is a UTF-8 continuation byte.
---
---UTF-8 encodes code points in 1 to 4 bytes.
---For a multi-byte sequence, each byte following the start byte is a continuation byte.
---@param s string
---@param offset? integer The offset of the string to start searching. Defaults to 1.
---@return boolean
function common.is_utf8_cont(s, offset)
local byte = s:byte(offset or 1)
return byte >= 0x80 and byte < 0xc0
end
---Returns an iterator that yields a UTF-8 character on each iteration.
---@param text string
---@return fun(): string
function common.utf8_chars(text)
return text:gmatch("[\0-\x7f\xc2-\xf4][\x80-\xbf]*")
end
---Clamps the number n between lo and hi.
---@param n number
---@param lo number
---@param hi number
---@return number
function common.clamp(n, lo, hi)
return math.max(math.min(n, hi), lo)
end
---Returns a new table containing the contents of b merged into a.
---@param a table|nil
---@param b table?
---@return table
function common.merge(a, b)
a = type(a) == "table" and a or {}
local t = {}
@ -32,11 +51,19 @@ function common.merge(a, b)
end
---Returns the value of a number rounded to the nearest integer.
---@param n number
---@return number
function common.round(n)
return n >= 0 and math.floor(n + 0.5) or math.ceil(n - 0.5)
end
---Returns the first index where a subtable in tbl has prop set.
---If none is found, nil is returned.
---@param tbl table
---@param prop any
---@return number|nil
function common.find_index(tbl, prop)
for i, o in ipairs(tbl) do
if o[prop] then return i end
@ -44,6 +71,16 @@ function common.find_index(tbl, prop)
end
---Returns a value between a and b on a linear scale, based on the
---interpolation point t.
---
---If a and b are tables, a table containing the result for all the
---elements in a and b is returned.
---@param a number
---@param b number
---@param t number
---@return number
---@overload fun(a: table, b: table, t: number): table
function common.lerp(a, b, t)
if type(a) ~= "table" then
return a + (b - a) * t
@ -56,11 +93,29 @@ function common.lerp(a, b, t)
end
---Returns the euclidean distance between two points.
---@param x1 number
---@param y1 number
---@param x2 number
---@param y2 number
---@return number
function common.distance(x1, y1, x2, y2)
return math.sqrt(((x2-x1) ^ 2)+((y2-y1) ^ 2))
end
---Parses a CSS color string.
---
---Only these formats are supported:
---* `rgb(r, g, b)`
---* `rgba(r, g, b, a)`
---* `#rrggbbaa`
---* `#rrggbb`
---@param str string
---@return number r
---@return number g
---@return number b
---@return number a
function common.color(str)
local r, g, b, a = str:match("^#(%x%x)(%x%x)(%x%x)(%x?%x?)$")
if r then
@ -81,6 +136,12 @@ function common.color(str)
end
---Splices a numerically indexed table.
---This function mutates the original table.
---@param t any[]
---@param at number Index at which to start splicing.
---@param remove number Number of elements to remove.
---@param insert? any[] A table containing elements to insert after splicing.
function common.splice(t, at, remove, insert)
assert(remove >= 0, "bad argument #3 to 'splice' (non-negative value expected)")
insert = insert or {}
@ -110,6 +171,16 @@ local function fuzzy_match_items(items, needle, files)
end
---Performs fuzzy matching.
---
---If the haystack is a string, a score ranging from 0 to 1 is returned. </br>
---If the haystack is a table, a table containing the haystack sorted in ascending
---order of similarity is returned.
---@param haystack string
---@param needle string
---@param files boolean If true, the matching process will be performed in reverse to better match paths.
---@return number
---@overload fun(haystack: string[], needle: string, files: boolean): string[]
function common.fuzzy_match(haystack, needle, files)
if type(haystack) == "table" then
return fuzzy_match_items(haystack, needle, files)
@ -118,6 +189,14 @@ function common.fuzzy_match(haystack, needle, files)
end
---Performs fuzzy matching and returns recently used strings if needed.
---
---If the needle is empty, then a list of recently used strings
---are added to the result, followed by strings from the haystack.
---@param haystack string[]
---@param recents string[]
---@param needle string
---@return string[]
function common.fuzzy_match_with_recents(haystack, recents, needle)
if needle == "" then
local recents_ext = {}
@ -136,6 +215,13 @@ function common.fuzzy_match_with_recents(haystack, recents, needle)
end
---Returns a list of paths that are relative to the input path.
---
---If a root directory is specified, the function returns paths
---that are relative to the root directory.
---@param text string The input path.
---@param root? string The root directory.
---@return string[]
function common.path_suggest(text, root)
if root and root:sub(-1) ~= PATHSEP then
root = root .. PATHSEP
@ -189,6 +275,9 @@ function common.path_suggest(text, root)
end
---Returns a list of directories that are related to a path.
---@param text string The input path.
---@return string[]
function common.dir_path_suggest(text)
local path, name = text:match("^(.-)([^/\\]*)$")
local files = system.list_dir(path == "" and "." or path) or {}
@ -204,6 +293,10 @@ function common.dir_path_suggest(text)
end
---Filters a list of paths to find those that are related to the input path.
---@param text string The input path.
---@param dir_list string[] A list of paths to filter.
---@return string[]
function common.dir_list_suggest(text, dir_list)
local path, name = text:match("^(.-)([^/\\]*)$")
local res = {}
@ -216,6 +309,15 @@ function common.dir_list_suggest(text, dir_list)
end
---Matches a string against a list of patterns.
---
---If a match was found, its start and end index is returned.
---Otherwise, false is returned.
---@param text string
---@param pattern string|string[]
---@param ... any Other options for string.find().
---@return number|boolean start_index
---@return number|nil end_index
function common.match_pattern(text, pattern, ...)
if type(pattern) == "string" then
return text:find(pattern, ...)
@ -228,8 +330,24 @@ function common.match_pattern(text, pattern, ...)
end
---Draws text onto the window.
---The function returns the X and Y coordinates of the bottom-right
---corner of the text.
---@param font renderer.font
---@param color renderer.color
---@param text string
---@param align string
---| '"left"' # Align text to the left of the bounding box
---| '"right"' # Align text to the right of the bounding box
---| '"center"' # Center text in the bounding box
---@param x number
---@param y number
---@param w number
---@param h number
---@return number x_advance
---@return number y_advance
function common.draw_text(font, color, text, align, x,y,w,h)
local tw, th = font:get_width(text), font:get_height(text)
local tw, th = font:get_width(text), font:get_height()
if align == "center" then
x = x + (w - tw) / 2
elseif align == "right" then
@ -240,6 +358,16 @@ function common.draw_text(font, color, text, align, x,y,w,h)
end
---Prints the execution time of a function.
---
---The execution time and percentage of frame time
---for the function is printed to standard output. </br>
---The frame rate is always assumed to be 60 FPS, thus
---a value of 100% would mean that the benchmark took
---1/60 of a second to execute.
---@param name string
---@param fn fun(...: any): any
---@return any # The result returned by the function
function common.bench(name, fn, ...)
local start = system.get_time()
local res = fn(...)
@ -285,14 +413,28 @@ local function serialize(val, pretty, indent_str, escape, sort, limit, level)
return tostring(val)
end
-- Serialize `val` into a parsable string.
-- Available options
-- * pretty: enable pretty printing
-- * indent_str: indent to use (" " by default)
-- * escape: use normal escape characters instead of the ones used by string.format("%q", ...)
-- * sort: sort the keys inside tables
-- * limit: limit how deep to serialize
-- * initial_indent: the initial indentation level
---@class common.serializeoptions
---@field pretty boolean Enables pretty printing.
---@field indent_str string The indentation character to use. Defaults to `" "`.
---@field escape boolean Uses normal escape characters ("\n") instead of decimal escape sequences ("\10").
---@field limit number Limits the depth when serializing nested tables. Defaults to `math.huge`.
---@field sort boolean Sorts the output if it is a sortable table.
---@field initial_indent number The initial indentation level. Defaults to 0.
---Serializes a value into a Lua string that is loadable with load().
---
---Only these basic types are supported:
---* nil
---* boolean
---* number (except very large numbers and special constants, e.g. `math.huge`, `inf` and `nan`)
---* integer
---* string
---* table
---
---@param val any
---@param opts? common.serializeoptions
---@return string
function common.serialize(val, opts)
opts = opts or {}
local indent_str = opts.indent_str or " "
@ -304,6 +446,9 @@ function common.serialize(val, opts)
end
---Returns the last portion of a path.
---@param path string
---@return string
function common.basename(path)
-- a path should never end by / or \ except if it is '/' (unix root) or
-- 'X:\' (windows drive)
@ -311,12 +456,18 @@ function common.basename(path)
end
-- can return nil if there is no directory part in the path
---Returns the directory name of a path.
---If the path doesn't have a directory, this function may return nil.
---@param path string
---@return string|nil
function common.dirname(path)
return path:match("(.+)[\\/][^\\/]+$")
end
---Returns a path where the user's home directory is replaced by `"~"`.
---@param text string
---@return string
function common.home_encode(text)
if HOME and string.find(text, HOME, 1, true) == 1 then
local dir_pos = #HOME + 1
@ -330,6 +481,9 @@ function common.home_encode(text)
end
---Returns a list of paths where the user's home directory is replaced by `"~"`.
---@param paths string[] A list of paths to encode
---@return string[]
function common.home_encode_list(paths)
local t = {}
for i = 1, #paths do
@ -339,6 +493,10 @@ function common.home_encode_list(paths)
end
---Expands the `"~"` prefix in a path into the user's home directory.
---This function is not guaranteed to return an absolute path.
---@param text string
---@return string
function common.home_expand(text)
return HOME and text:gsub("^~", HOME) or text
end
@ -356,12 +514,13 @@ local function split_on_slash(s, sep_pattern)
end
-- The filename argument given to the function is supposed to
-- come from system.absolute_path and as such should be an
-- absolute path without . or .. elements.
-- This function exists because on Windows the drive letter returned
-- by system.absolute_path is sometimes with a lower case and sometimes
-- with an upper case so we normalize to upper case.
---Normalizes the drive letter in a Windows path to uppercase.
---This function expects an absolute path, e.g. a path from `system.absolute_path`.
---
---This function is needed because the path returned by `system.absolute_path`
---may contain drive letters in upper or lowercase.
---@param filename string|nil The input path.
---@return string|nil
function common.normalize_volume(filename)
if not filename then return end
if PATHSEP == '\\' then
@ -374,6 +533,13 @@ function common.normalize_volume(filename)
end
---Normalizes a path into the same format across platforms.
---
---On Windows, all drive letters are converted to uppercase.
---UNC paths with drive letters are converted back to ordinary Windows paths.
---All path separators (`"/"`, `"\\"`) are converted to platform-specific ones.
---@param filename string|nil
---@return string|nil
function common.normalize_path(filename)
if not filename then return end
local volume
@ -414,16 +580,27 @@ function common.normalize_path(filename)
end
---Checks whether a path is absolute or relative.
---@param path string
---@return boolean
function common.is_absolute_path(path)
return path:sub(1, 1) == PATHSEP or path:match("^(%a):\\")
end
---Checks whether a path belongs to a parent directory.
---@param filename string The path to check.
---@param path string The parent path.
---@return boolean
function common.path_belongs_to(filename, path)
return string.find(filename, path .. PATHSEP, 1, true) == 1
end
---Checks whether a path is relative to another path.
---@param ref_dir string The path to check against.
---@param dir string The input path.
---@return boolean
function common.relative_path(ref_dir, dir)
local drive_pattern = "^(%a):\\"
local drive, ref_drive = dir:match(drive_pattern), ref_dir:match(drive_pattern)
@ -449,6 +626,11 @@ function common.relative_path(ref_dir, dir)
end
---Creates a directory recursively if necessary.
---@param path string
---@return boolean success
---@return string|nil error
---@return string|nil path The path where an error occured.
function common.mkdirp(path)
local stat = system.get_file_info(path)
if stat and stat.type then
@ -471,6 +653,13 @@ function common.mkdirp(path)
return true
end
---Removes a path.
---@param path string
---@param recursively boolean If true, the function will attempt to remove everything in the specified path.
---@return boolean success
---@return string|nil error
---@return string|nil path The path where the error occured.
function common.rm(path, recursively)
local stat = system.get_file_info(path)
if not stat or (stat.type ~= "file" and stat.type ~= "dir") then