bees: remove local cruft, throw at github

include/crucible/string.h

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+#ifndef CRUCIBLE_STRING_H
+#define CRUCIBLE_STRING_H
+
+#include "crucible/error.h"
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace crucible {
+	using namespace std;
+
+	// Zero-initialize a base class object (usually a C struct)
+	template <class Base>
+	void
+	memset_zero(Base *that)
+	{
+		memset(that, 0, sizeof(Base));
+	}
+
+	// Copy a base class object (usually a C struct) into a vector<char>
+	template <class Base>
+	vector<char>
+	vector_copy_struct(Base *that)
+	{
+		const char *begin_that = reinterpret_cast<const char *>(static_cast<const Base *>(that));
+		return vector<char>(begin_that, begin_that + sizeof(Base));
+	}
+
+	// int->hex conversion with sprintf
+	string to_hex(uint64_t i);
+
+	// hex->int conversion with stoull
+	uint64_t from_hex(const string &s);
+
+	// asprintf with string output and exceptions
+	template<class... Args>
+	string
+	astringprintf(const char *fmt, Args... args)
+	{
+		char *rv = NULL;
+		DIE_IF_MINUS_ONE(asprintf(&rv, fmt, args...));
+		string rv_string = rv;
+		free(rv);
+		return rv_string;
+	}
+
+	template<class... Args>
+	string
+	astringprintf(const string &fmt, Args... args)
+	{
+		return astringprintf(fmt.c_str(), args...);
+	}
+
+	vector<string> split(string delim, string s);
+
+	// Shut up and give me the difference between two pointers
+	template <class P1, class P2>
+	ptrdiff_t
+	pointer_distance(const P1 *a, const P2 *b)
+	{
+		return reinterpret_cast<const char *>(a) - reinterpret_cast<const char *>(b);
+	}
+};
+
+#endif // CRUCIBLE_STRING_H