From 07c447e68a4a86697e5bcce9caeabc6c5f61cdbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tristan Riehs <tristan.riehs@inria.fr>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 15:32:26 +0200
Subject: Try to handle blanks in config file

---
 src/uconfig.c | 61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/uconfig.c b/src/uconfig.c
index 431f76a..ec06bd0 100644
--- a/src/uconfig.c
+++ b/src/uconfig.c
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ struct uconfig_s {
 	struct uconfig_pair_s *tail;
 };
 
-static struct uconfig_pair_s *uconfig_pair_new(char *line, int sep_idx)
+/* Create a new Uconfig pair. KEY and VALUE are copied to create the new
+ * pair. */
+static struct uconfig_pair_s *uconfig_pair_new(const char *key, const char *value)
 {
-	assert(line[sep_idx] == '=');
-	line[sep_idx] = '\0';
 	struct uconfig_pair_s *pair = malloc(sizeof(struct uconfig_pair_s));
-	pair->key   = strdup(line);
-	pair->value = strdup(line + sep_idx + 1);
+	pair->key   = strdup(key);
+	pair->value = strdup(value);
 	pair->next = NULL;
 	return pair;
 }
@@ -41,31 +41,50 @@ static void uconfig_add_tail(struct uconfig_s *uconfig,
 	}
 }
 
+static int char_is_blank(int c)
+{
+	return c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n';
+}
+
+/* Remove all the leading and trailing blank characters from STR. STR is
+ * modified in-place. */
+static char *trim(char *str)
+{
+	int len = strlen(str);
+	while ((len > 0) && char_is_blank(*str)) {
+		str++;
+		len--;
+	}
+	while ((len > 0) && char_is_blank(str[len - 1])) {
+		str[len - 1] = '\0';
+		len--;
+	}
+	if (len == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr,
+			"%s: warning: returning empty string\n",
+			__func__);
+	}
+	return str;
+}
+
 static int uconfig_parse_line(struct uconfig_s *uconfig,
 			       const char *file,
 			       int line_number,
-			       char *line,
-			       ssize_t line_len)
+			       char *line)
 {
-	/* Remove trailing newline, if any */
-	if (line[line_len - 1] == '\n') {
-		line[line_len - 1] = '\0';
-		line_len--;
-	}
-
-	/* Find index of '=' character in the line */
-	int sep_idx = 0;
-	while ((sep_idx < line_len) && (line[sep_idx] != '=')) {
-		sep_idx++;
-	}
-	if (sep_idx == line_len) {
+	char *sep_ptr = strchr(line, '=');
+	if (sep_ptr == NULL) {
 		fprintf(stderr,
 			"%s: %s:%d: no '=' character found\n",
 			__func__, file, line_number);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	struct uconfig_pair_s *pair = uconfig_pair_new(line, sep_idx);
+	*sep_ptr = '\0';
+	char *key = trim(line);
+	char *value = trim(sep_ptr + 1);
+
+	struct uconfig_pair_s *pair = uconfig_pair_new(key, value);
 	uconfig_add_tail(uconfig, pair);
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -90,7 +109,7 @@ struct uconfig_s *uconfig_new(const char*file)
 	line = malloc(line_size);
 
 	while ((line_len = getline(&line, &line_size, input)) != -1) {
-		rc = uconfig_parse_line(uconfig, file, line_number, line, line_len);
+		rc = uconfig_parse_line(uconfig, file, line_number, line);
 		if (rc == -1)
 			goto err;
 		line_number++;
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