drop math library

README.md

@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ It is not production-ready. Use at your own risk.
 
 - Hashmaps - Thread-safe (MT Safe)
 - Dynamic strings - Thread-safe (MT Safe)
-  > Requires linking with the C math library (`-lm`)
 - Circular Queue - Thread-safe (MT Safe)

examples/string/str1.c

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 #include "../../string/mystring.h"
 
 int main(void) {
 	size_t length;
 	size_t capacity;
-	const char *c_str;
+	char *c_str;
 
 	/* Allocate a new dynamic string with an initial capacity */
 	/* Always remember to check return values */
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	length = mcl_string_length(str);
 	capacity = mcl_string_capacity(str);
 	printf("%s\nlength: %ld, capacity: %ld\n", c_str, length, capacity);
+	free(c_str);
 
 	/* Append text to a mcl_string */
 	mcl_string_append(str, " How are you?");
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ int main(void) {
 	length = mcl_string_length(str);
 	capacity = mcl_string_capacity(str);
 	printf("%s\nsize: %ld, cap: %ld\n", c_str, length, capacity);
+	free(c_str);
 
 	/* Always deallocate memory */
 	mcl_string_free(str);

examples/string/str2.c

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "../../string/mystring.h"
+
+int main(void) {
+	mcl_string *str = mcl_string_new("Hello, world!", 0);
+	mcl_string_append(str, " How are you?");
+
+	char *c_str = mcl_string_cstr(str);
+	size_t len = mcl_string_length(str);
+	size_t cap = mcl_string_capacity(str);
+
+	fprintf(stdout, "%s\nlen: %ld\ncapacity: %ld\n", c_str, len, cap);
+
+	mcl_string_free(str);
+	free(c_str);
+
+	return 0;
+}

string/mystring.c

@@ -1,11 +1,21 @@
 #include "mystring.h"
 
-#include <math.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
-mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, long initial_capacity) {
+static size_t mcl_next_power_two(size_t len) {
+	len--;
+	len |= len >> 1;
+	len |= len >> 2;
+	len |= len >> 4;
+	len |= len >> 8;
+	len |= len >> 16;
+	len++;
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, size_t initial_capacity) {
 	if (text == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -16,26 +26,18 @@ mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, long initial_capacity) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* Init pthread mutex */
-	int ret = pthread_mutex_init(&str->lock, NULL);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		free(str);
-
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
 	/* Calculate size and capacity */
 	str->size = strlen(text);
 	size_t capacity = initial_capacity;
 
-	if (capacity != -1 && capacity - 1 < str->size) {
+	if (capacity != 0 && capacity - 1 < str->size) {
 		free(str);
 
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (capacity == -1) {
-		capacity = (unsigned long)pow(2, (unsigned)log2(str->size) + 1);
+	if (capacity == 0) {
+		capacity = mcl_next_power_two(str->size + 1);
 	}
 
 	str->capacity = capacity;
@@ -49,10 +51,18 @@ mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, long initial_capacity) {
 	}
 
 	/* Copy the text and ensure null termination */
-	memset(str->data, 0, str->capacity);
 	memcpy(str->data, text, str->size);
 	str->data[str->size] = '\0';
 
+	/* Init pthread mutex */
+	int ret = pthread_mutex_init(&str->lock, NULL);
+	if (ret != 0) {
+		free(str->data);
+		free(str);
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	return str;
 }
 
@@ -79,7 +89,7 @@ int mcl_string_append(mcl_string *string, const char *text) {
 
 	/* Check if we need to resize */
 	if (new_size + 1 > string->capacity) {
-		size_t new_capacity = (unsigned long)pow(2, (unsigned)log2(new_size) + 1);
+		size_t new_capacity = mcl_next_power_two(new_size + 1);
 		/* Reallocate the buffer */
 		void *new_data = realloc(string->data, sizeof(char) * new_capacity);
 		if (!new_data) {
@@ -114,16 +124,10 @@ void mcl_string_free(mcl_string *string) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	int ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&string->lock);
-	if (ret != 0) {
-		return;
-	}
-
 	if (string->data) {
 		free(string->data);
 	}
 
-	pthread_mutex_unlock(&string->lock);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&string->lock);
 
 	free(string);
@@ -163,9 +167,9 @@ size_t mcl_string_capacity(mcl_string *string) {
 	return cap;
 }
 
-const char *mcl_string_cstr(mcl_string *string) {
+char *mcl_string_cstr(mcl_string *string) {
 	if (string == NULL || string->data == NULL) {
-		return "";
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	int ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&string->lock);
@@ -173,7 +177,14 @@ const char *mcl_string_cstr(mcl_string *string) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	char *data = string->data;
+	char *data = malloc(sizeof(char) * string->size + 1);
+	if (data == NULL) {
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&string->lock);
+
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	memcpy(data, string->data, string->size + 1);
 
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&string->lock);
 

string/mystring.h

@@ -5,69 +5,68 @@
 #include <stddef.h>
 
 /**
- * @brief Thread-safe dynamic string structure
+ * @brief Thread-safe dynamic string structure.
  */
 typedef struct mcl_string_t {
 	size_t size;		  /**< Current length of the string (excluding null terminator) */
-	size_t capacity;	  /**< Allocated capacity */
-	char *data;			  /**< Pointer to string data */
+	size_t capacity;	  /**< Allocated capacity including null terminator */
+	char *data;			  /**< Pointer to string data (null-terminated) */
 	pthread_mutex_t lock; /**< Mutex for thread safety */
 } mcl_string;
 
 /**
- * @brief Create a new string initialized with given text
+ * @brief Create a new string initialized with the given text.
  *
- * @param text Initial text (cannot be NULL)
- * @param initial_capacity Initial buffer capacity; pass -1 to auto-calculate
- * @return Pointer to new string, or NULL on failure
+ * @param text Initial text (must not be NULL)
+ * @param initial_capacity Initial buffer capacity (0 to auto-calculate)
+ * @return Pointer to new string on success, or NULL on failure.
  *
- * @note Caller must free the string with mcl_string_free()
+ * @note Caller must release the string using mcl_string_free().
  */
-mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, long initial_capacity);
+mcl_string *mcl_string_new(const char *text, size_t initial_capacity);
 
 /**
- * @brief Append text to an existing string
+ * @brief Append text to the string.
  *
- * @param string The string to append to
- * @param text Text to append (can be empty)
+ * @param string String to modify
+ * @param text Text to append (must not be NULL, can be empty)
  * @return 0 on success, -1 on failure
  *
- * @note Original string remains unchanged if append fails
+ * @note On failure, the original string remains unchanged.
  */
 int mcl_string_append(mcl_string *string, const char *text);
 
 /**
- * @brief Free a string and its resources
+ * @brief Free the string and its resources.
  *
- * @param string String to free (NULL is safe)
+ * @param string String to free (safe to call with NULL)
  */
 void mcl_string_free(mcl_string *string);
 
 /**
- * @brief Get the current length of the string
+ * @brief Get the current length of the string.
  *
  * @param string String to query
- * @return Length of string, or 0 if NULL
+ * @return Length of the string (excluding null terminator), or 0 if NULL
  */
 size_t mcl_string_length(mcl_string *string);
 
 /**
- * @brief Get the current capacity of the string buffer
+ * @brief Get the total allocated capacity of the string buffer.
  *
  * @param string String to query
- * @return Capacity, or 0 if NULL
+ * @return Capacity (in bytes, including null terminator), or 0 if NULL
  */
 size_t mcl_string_capacity(mcl_string *string);
 
 /**
- * @brief Get a read-only C-string pointer
+ * @brief Get a copy of the string as a null-terminated C-string.
  *
- * @param string String to access
- * @return Null-terminated string pointer, or "" if NULL
+ * @param string String to copy
+ * @return Newly allocated copy of the string, or NULL on failure
  *
- * @warning Do not modify returned pointer.
- *          Pointer may become invalid after string modifications.
+ * @warning Caller is responsible for freeing the returned pointer.
  */
-const char *mcl_string_cstr(mcl_string *string);
+char *mcl_string_cstr(mcl_string *string);
 
 #endif /* MYCLIB_STRING_H */