# HG changeset patch
# User Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
# Date 1182994510 0
# Node ID 2f3bcf8fe6fc906ff1babcefccee3fbed004883e
# Parent  8fb0b13a76a76817e13ef53b4db249f93ee83b31
* pcvs-util.el (cvs-strings->string, cvs-string->strings): Rename
and move to...

* subr.el (strings->string, string->strings): ...here.

diff -r 8fb0b13a76a7 -r 2f3bcf8fe6fc lisp/subr.el
--- a/lisp/subr.el	Thu Jun 28 01:33:18 2007 +0000
+++ b/lisp/subr.el	Thu Jun 28 01:35:10 2007 +0000
@@ -2768,6 +2768,36 @@
 	      (cons (substring string start)
 		    list)))
     (nreverse list)))
+
+;; (string->strings (strings->string X)) == X
+(defun strings->string (strings &optional separator)
+  "Concatenate the STRINGS, adding the SEPARATOR (default \" \").
+This tries to quote the strings to avoid ambiguity such that
+  (string->strings (strings->string strs)) == strs
+Only some SEPARATORs will work properly."
+  (let ((sep (or separator " ")))
+    (mapconcat
+     (lambda (str)
+       (if (string-match "[\\\"]" str)
+	   (concat "\"" (replace-regexp-in-string "[\\\"]" "\\\\\\&" str) "\"")
+	 str))
+     strings sep)))
+
+;; (string->strings (strings->string X)) == X
+(defun string->strings (string &optional separator)
+  "Split the STRING into a list of strings.
+It understands elisp style quoting within STRING such that
+  (string->strings (strings->string strs)) == strs
+The SEPARATOR regexp defaults to \"\\s-+\"."
+  (let ((sep (or separator "\\s-+"))
+	(i (string-match "[\"]" string)))
+    (if (null i) (split-string string sep t)	; no quoting:  easy
+      (append (unless (eq i 0) (split-string (substring string 0 i) sep t))
+	      (let ((rfs (read-from-string string i)))
+		(cons (car rfs)
+		      (string->strings (substring string (cdr rfs))
+					   sep)))))))
+
 
 ;;;; Replacement in strings.