Remove the use of xmalloc (and the arbitrary allocation size) in
format_pieces. This turned out a bit more involved than expected, but
not too bad.
format_pieces::m_storage is a buffer with multiple concatenated
null-terminated strings, referenced by format_piece::string. Change
this to an std::string, while keeping its purpose (use the std::string
as a buffer with embedded null characters).
However, because the std::string's internal buffer can be reallocated as
it grows, and I do not want to hardcode a big reserved size like we have
now, it's not possible to store the direct pointer to the string in
format_piece::string. Those pointers would become stale as the buffer
gets reallocated. Therefore, change format_piece to hold an index into
the storage instead. Add format_pieces::piece_str for the callers to be
able to access the piece's string. This requires changing the few
callers, but in a trivial way.
The selftest also needs to be updated. I want to keep the test cases
as-is, where the expected pieces contain the expected string, and not
hard-code an expected index. To achieve this, add the
expected_format_piece structure. Note that the previous
format_piece::operator== didn't compare the n_int_args fields, while the
test provides expected values for that field. I guess that was a
mistake. The new code checks it, and the test still passes.
Change-Id: I80630ff60e01c8caaa800ae22f69a9a7660bc9e9
Reviewed-By: Keith Seitz <keiths@redhat.com>
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