Commit 650ec515 authored by Gary Guo's avatar Gary Guo Committed by Miguel Ojeda

rust: str: add `b_str!` macro

Add the `b_str!` macro, which creates a new `BStr` from
a string literal.

It is usable in const contexts, for instance:

    const X: &BStr = b_str!("Example");
Signed-off-by: default avatarGary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
[Reworded, adapted for upstream and applied latest changes]
Signed-off-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
parent 7c597746
......@@ -9,6 +9,27 @@
/// `BStr` is simply an alias to `[u8]`, but has a more evident semantical meaning.
pub type BStr = [u8];
/// Creates a new [`BStr`] from a string literal.
///
/// `b_str!` converts the supplied string literal to byte string, so non-ASCII
/// characters can be included.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// ```
/// # use kernel::b_str;
/// # use kernel::str::BStr;
/// const MY_BSTR: &BStr = b_str!("My awesome BStr!");
/// ```
#[macro_export]
macro_rules! b_str {
($str:literal) => {{
const S: &'static str = $str;
const C: &'static $crate::str::BStr = S.as_bytes();
C
}};
}
/// Allows formatting of [`fmt::Arguments`] into a raw buffer.
///
/// It does not fail if callers write past the end of the buffer so that they can calculate the
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