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pub mod contains_str;
pub mod find_str;
pub mod replace_str;
pub mod extend_string;
pub mod remove_matches;


use core::{
    ops::{ Index, Range, RangeFrom, RangeTo, RangeFull, RangeInclusive, RangeToInclusive, Deref },
    slice,
    convert::From,
    str,
    hint
};


/// A wrapper around a `&str`, which offers some more methods and an ergonomic dual interface, safe and unsafe.
#[derive(Debug)]
pub struct Str<'a> {
    inner: &'a str
}


impl<'a> Str<'a> {
    
    /// Gets the length of the `str` it points to.
    pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
        self.inner.len()
    }

    /// Returns the `&str` it owns.
    pub fn inner(&self) -> &'a str {
        self.inner
    }

    /// Gets a slice of its inner `&str`. Needed in case `Index` trait doesn't work giving the error `"Cannot return value referencing local variable 'X'"`, even though the `&str` it owns may be pointing somewhere else. 
    pub fn inner_slice(&self, index: Range<usize>) -> &'a str {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index.start);
            let len = index.end - index.start;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
    /// Gets a slice of its inner `&str`. Needed in case `Index` trait doesn't work giving the error `"Cannot return value referencing local variable 'X'"`, even though the `&str` it owns may be pointing somewhere else. 
    pub fn inner_slice_from(&self, index: RangeFrom<usize>) -> &'a str {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index.start);
            let len = self.inner.len() - index.start;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
    /// Gets a slice of its inner `&str`. Needed in case `Index` trait doesn't work giving the error `"Cannot return value referencing local variable 'X'"`, even though the `&str` it owns may be pointing somewhere else. 
    pub fn inner_slice_to(&self, index: RangeTo<usize>) -> &'a str {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr();
            let len = index.end;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }

    /// Returns the index of the first character of the first match of a given pattern. Caller must be sure there's at least one instance of the pattern, otherwise it's undefined behavior.
    pub fn find(&self, pat: &str) -> usize {
        for i in 0..self.len() {
            if self[i..i + pat.len()] == *pat {
                return i
            }
        }
        unsafe { hint::unreachable_unchecked() }
    }
    /// Returns an `Option<usize>` containing the index of the first character of the first match of the given pattern.
    pub fn find_checked(&self, pat: &str) -> Option<usize> {
        // Avoids out of bounds.
        for i in 0..self.len() - (pat.len() - 1) {
            if self[i..i + pat.len()] == *pat {
                return Some(i)
            }
        }
        None
    }
    /// Looks for a match with the given pattern and returns the index of the first character, then calls a closure with it as a parameter.
    pub fn find_and_then<F>(&self, pat: &str, mut f: F) where F: FnMut(usize) {
        for i in 0..self.len() - (pat.len() - 1) {
            if self[i..i + pat.len()] == *pat {
                return f(i)
            }
        }
    }

    /// Returns the index of the last character of the first match of a given pattern. Caller must be sure there's at least one instance of the pattern, otherwise it's undefined behavior.
    pub fn find_end(&self, pat: &str) -> usize {
        for i in 0..self.len() {
            if self[i..i + pat.len()] == *pat {
                return i + pat.len() - 1
            }
        }
        unsafe { hint::unreachable_unchecked() }
    }
    /// Returns an `Option<usize>` containing the index of the last character of the first match of the given pattern.
    pub fn find_end_checked(&self, pat: &str) -> Option<usize> {
        for i in 0..self.len() - (pat.len() - 1) {
            if self[i..i + pat.len()] == *pat {
                return Some(i + pat.len() - 1)
            }
        }
        None
    }

}



impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Str<'a> {
    fn from(slice: &'a str) -> Self {
        Self { inner: slice }
    }
}
impl<'a> From<&'a [u8]> for Str<'a> {
    fn from(slice: &'a [u8]) -> Self {
        Self {
            inner: unsafe {
                str::from_utf8_unchecked(slice)
            }
        }
    }
}


impl<'a> PartialEq<str> for Str<'a> {
    fn eq(&self, other: &str) -> bool {
        self.inner == other
    }
}


impl<'a> Deref for Str<'a> {
    type Target = str;

    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
        &self.inner
    }
}


impl<'a> Index<usize> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = u8;

    fn index(&self, index: usize) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let ptr = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index);
            &*ptr
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<Range<usize>> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, index: Range<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index.start);
            let len = index.end - index.start;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<RangeInclusive<usize>> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, index: RangeInclusive<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let (index_start, index_end) = index.into_inner();
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index_start);
            let len = index_end + 1 - index_start;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<RangeFrom<usize>> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, index: RangeFrom<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr().add(index.start);
            let len = self.inner.len() - index.start;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<RangeTo<usize>> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, index: RangeTo<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr();
            let len = index.end;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<RangeToInclusive<usize>> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, index: RangeToInclusive<usize>) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr();
            let len = index.end + 1;
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}
impl<'a> Index<RangeFull> for Str<'a>
{
    type Output = str;

    fn index(&self, _index: RangeFull) -> &Self::Output {
        unsafe {
            let start = self.inner.as_ptr();
            let len = self.inner.len();
            
            str::from_utf8_unchecked(
                slice::from_raw_parts(start, len)
            )
        }
    }
}