refactor: use string_view & improve argument parsing

3 files changed, 34 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/src/conversion.cpp b/src/conversion.cpp
index b8fb942..71ba1b2 100644
--- a/src/conversion.cpp
+++ b/src/conversion.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <climits>
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-unsigned int str_to_uint(std::string str)
+unsigned int str_to_uint(std::string_view str)
 {
 	if (str.at(0) == '-')
 	{
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ unsigned int str_to_uint(std::string str)
 
 	try
 	{
-		num = std::stoul(str, &waste_pos, NUMBER_BASE);
+		num = std::stoul(str.data(), &waste_pos, NUMBER_BASE);
 	}
 	catch (const std::invalid_argument &exc)
 	{
diff --git a/src/conversion.hpp b/src/conversion.hpp
index 460a3ac..6da7606 100644
--- a/src/conversion.hpp
+++ b/src/conversion.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 constexpr unsigned int NUMBER_BASE = 10U;
 
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ constexpr unsigned int NUMBER_BASE = 10U;
  * @param str A string that possibly is a unsigned integer
  * @returns A unsigned integer
  */
-unsigned int str_to_uint(std::string str);
+unsigned int str_to_uint(std::string_view str);
diff --git a/src/mazerator.cpp b/src/mazerator.cpp
index 6a0d1aa..a073615 100644
--- a/src/mazerator.cpp
+++ b/src/mazerator.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
-#include "conversion.hpp"
-
 #include "app/app.hpp"
+#include "conversion.hpp"
 #include "engine/vector2.hpp"
 #include "random_generator.hpp"
 
 #include <getopt.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <memory>
-#include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
 
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ constexpr std::string_view DEFAULT_MAZE_WALL = "█";
 
 namespace
 {
-void optarg_error(int arg, const std::string &error)
+void optarg_error(char arg, const std::string_view &error)
 {
 	std::cout << "Error: Invalid option argument for -" << arg << ". " << error
 			  << std::endl;
@@ -26,27 +24,38 @@ void optarg_error(int arg, const std::string &error)
 }
 
 /**
- * Parses a unsigned integer command-line argument.
+ * Returns the current optarg as a string view.
+ */
+std::string_view get_str_optarg()
+{
+	return std::string_view(optarg);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Returns the current optarg as a unsigned integer.
  *
- * @param num_dst A pointer to a place to store the result value
- * @param arg The command-line argument character
+ * @param arg The current command-line argument character
  * @param check_zero Whether or not to make sure that the result is not zero
  */
-void parse_uint_arg(unsigned int *num_dst, int arg, bool check_zero = false)
+unsigned int get_uint_optarg(char arg, bool check_zero = false)
 {
+	unsigned int num = 0;
+
 	try
 	{
-		*num_dst = str_to_uint(std::string(optarg));
+		num = str_to_uint(get_str_optarg());
 
-		if (check_zero && *num_dst == 0)
+		if (check_zero && num == 0)
 		{
 			throw "It should not be 0";
 		}
 	}
 	catch (const char *error)
 	{
-		optarg_error(arg, std::string(error));
+		optarg_error(arg, std::string_view(error));
 	}
+
+	return num;
 }
 } // namespace
 
@@ -62,7 +71,7 @@ const std::array<option, 8> options = {
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	auto args = std::vector<std::string>(argv, argv + argc);
+	auto args = std::vector<std::string_view>(argv, argv + argc);
 
 	AppOptions app_options;
 
@@ -75,46 +84,40 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	std::unique_ptr<unsigned int> start_x = nullptr;
 	std::unique_ptr<unsigned int> start_y = nullptr;
 
-	int arg = 0;
-	while ((arg = getopt_long(argc, argv, "w:h:W:s:x:y:", options.data(), nullptr)) != -1)
+	char arg = 0;
+	while ((arg = static_cast<char>(
+				getopt_long(argc, argv, "w:h:W:s:x:y:", options.data(), nullptr))) != -1)
 	{
 		switch (arg)
 		{
 		case 'w':
 		{
-			app_options.maze_bounds->width(
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(std::stoul(optarg, nullptr, NUMBER_BASE)));
+			app_options.maze_bounds->width(get_uint_optarg(arg, true));
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'h':
 		{
-			app_options.maze_bounds->height(
-				static_cast<unsigned int>(std::stoul(optarg, nullptr, NUMBER_BASE)));
+			app_options.maze_bounds->height(get_uint_optarg(arg, true));
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'x':
 		{
-			start_x = std::make_unique<unsigned int>();
-
-			parse_uint_arg(start_x.get(), arg);
+			start_x = std::make_unique<unsigned int>(get_uint_optarg(arg));
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'y':
 		{
-			start_y = std::make_unique<unsigned int>();
-
-			parse_uint_arg(start_y.get(), arg);
+			start_y = std::make_unique<unsigned int>(get_uint_optarg(arg));
 			break;
 		}
 		case 'W':
 		{
-			app_options.wall = optarg;
+			app_options.wall = get_str_optarg();
 			break;
 		}
 		case 's':
 		{
-			unsigned int seed = 0;
-			parse_uint_arg(&seed, arg, true);
+			auto seed = get_uint_optarg(arg, true);
 
 			app_options.random_gen = std::make_shared<RandomNumberGenerator>(seed);
 			break;