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// Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,
//             2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
//           Vladimír Vondruš <mosra@centrum.cz> and contributors
// Copyright © 2020-2024 Dan R.
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

#pragma once

#include "Containers.h"
#include "StringView.h" /* needs to be included for comparison operators */
#include "Tags.h"

#include <type_traits>

namespace Death { namespace Containers {
//###==##====#=====--==~--~=~- --- -- -  -  -   -

	namespace Implementation
	{
		enum : std::size_t {
			SmallStringBit = 0x40,
			SmallStringSize = sizeof(std::size_t) * 3 - 1
		};

		template<class> struct StringConverter;
	}

	/**
		@brief Allocated initialization tag type

		Used to distinguish @ref String construction that bypasses small string optimization.
	*/
	struct AllocatedInitT {
#ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		struct Init {};
		// Explicit constructor to avoid ambiguous calls when using {}
		constexpr explicit AllocatedInitT(Init) {}
#endif
	};

	/**
		@brief Allocated initialization tag

		Use for @ref String construction that bypasses small string optimization.
	*/
	constexpr AllocatedInitT AllocatedInit{AllocatedInitT::Init{}};

	/**
		@brief String

		A lightweight non-templated alternative to @ref std::string with support for
		custom deleters. A non-owning version of this container is a
		@ref StringView and a @ref MutableStringView, implemented using a generic
		@ref BasicStringView.

		@section Containers-String-usage Usage

		It's recommended to prefer using @ref StringView / @ref MutableStringView in
		most cases, and only create a @ref String instance if you need to extend
		lifetime of the data or perform an operation that can't be done by mutating a
		view in-place. The @ref String is implicitly convertible from C string
		literals, but the designated way to instantiate a string is using the
		@link operator""_s() @endlink literal. While both expressions are *mostly*
		equivalent, the implicit conversion has some runtime impact due to
		@ref std::strlen(), and it won't preserve zero bytes inside the string.

		The @ref String class provides access, slicing and lookup APIs similar to
		@ref BasicStringView "StringView", see @ref Containers-BasicStringView-usage "its usage docs"
		for details. All @ref String slicing APIs return a (mutable)
		@ref BasicStringView "StringView", additionally @ref String instances are
		implicitly convertible from and to (mutable) @ref BasicStringView "StringView".
		All instances (including an empty string) are guaranteed to be null-terminated,
		which means a conversion to @ref BasicStringView "StringView" will always have
		@ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.

		As with @ref BasicStringView "StringView", the class is implicitly convertible
		to @ref ArrayView. In addition it's also move-convertible to @ref Array,
		transferring the ownership of the internal data array to it. Ownership transfer
		in the other direction is not provided because it's not possible to implicitly
		guarantee null termination of the input @ref Array. In that case use the
		explicit @ref String(char*, std::size_t, Deleter) constructor together with
		@ref Array::release() and @ref Array::deleter(). See also
		@ref Containers-String-usage-wrapping below.

		@subsection Containers-String-usage-sso Small string optimization

		The class stores data size, data pointer and a deleter pointer, which is 24
		bytes on 64-bit platforms (and 12 bytes on 32-bit). To avoid allocations for
		small strings, small strings up to 22 bytes on 64-bit (23 including the null
		terminator) and up to 10 bytes on 32-bit (11 including the null terminator) are
		by default stored inside the class.

		Such optimization is completely transparent to the user, the only difference is
		that @ref deleter() and @ref release() can't be called on SSO strings, as there
		is nothing to delete / release. Presence of SSO on an instance can be queried
		using @ref isSmall().

		@attention For consistency with @ref StringView and in order to allow the small
			string optimization, on 32-bit systems the size is limited to 1 GB. That
			should be more than enough for real-world strings (as opposed to arbitrary
			binary data), if you need more please use an @ref Array instead.

		In cases where SSO isn't desired --- for example when strings are stored in a
		growable array, are externally referenced via @ref StringView instances or
		@cpp char* @ce and pointer stability is required after a reallocation --- the
		string can be constructed with @ref String(AllocatedInitT, const char*) and
		related APIs using the @ref AllocatedInit tag, which bypasses this optimization
		and always allocates. This property is then also preserved on all moves and
		copies regardless of the actual string size, i.e., small strings don't suddenly
		become SSO instances if the growable array gets reallocated. An
		@ref AllocatedInit small string can be turned into an SSO instance again by
		explicitly using the @ref String(StringView) constructor.

		@subsection Containers-String-usage-initialization String initialization

		In addition to creating a @ref String from an existing string (literal) or
		wrapping an externally allocated memory as mentioned above, explicit
		initialization constructors are provided, similarly to the @ref Array class:

		-   @ref String(ValueInitT, std::size_t) zero-initializes the string, meaning
			each of its characters is @cpp '\0' @ce. For heap-allocated strings this is
			equivalent to @cpp new char[size + 1]{} @ce (the one extra character is
			for the null terminator).
		-   @ref String(DirectInitT, std::size_t, char) fills the whole string with
			given character and zero-initializes the null terminator. For
			heap-allocated strings this is equivalent to
			@cpp new char[size + 1]{c, c, c, …, '\0'} @ce.
		-   @ref String(NoInitT, std::size_t) keeps the contents uninitialized, except
			for the null terminator. Equivalent to @cpp new char[size + 1] @ce followed
			by @cpp string[size] = '\0' @ce.

		@subsection Containers-String-usage-wrapping Wrapping externally allocated strings

		Similarly to @ref Array, by default the class makes all allocations using
		@cpp operator new[] @ce and deallocates using @cpp operator delete[] @ce. It's
		however also possible to wrap an externally allocated string using
		@ref String(char*, std::size_t, Deleter) together with specifying which
		function to use for deallocation.

		@subsection Containers-String-usage-c-string-conversion Converting String instances to null-terminated C strings

		If possible when interacting with 3rd party APIs, passing a string together
		with the size information is always preferable to passing just a plain
		@cpp const char* @ce. Apart from saving an unnecessary @ref std::strlen() call
		it can avoid unbounded memory reads in security-critical scenarios.

		As said above, a @ref String is guaranteed to always be null-terminated, even
		in case it's empty. However, unlike with @ref Array, there's no implicit
		conversion to @cpp const char* @ce, because the string can still contain a
		@cpp '\0' @ce anywhere in the middle --- thus you have to get the pointer
		explicitly using @ref data(). In case your string can contain null bytes, you
		should only pass it together with @ref size() or as a range of pointers using
		@ref begin() and @ref end() instead, assuming the target API supports such
		input.

		Extra attention is needed when the originating @ref String instance can move
		after the C string pointer got stored somewhere. Pointers to heap-allocated
		strings will not get invalidated but @ref Containers-String-usage-sso "SSO strings"
		will, leading to nasty crashes when accessing the original pointer. Apart from
		ensuring the instances won't get moved, another solution is to force the
		strings to be always allocated with @ref String(AllocatedInitT, String&&) and
		other variants using the @ref AllocatedInit tag.

		@section Containers-String-stl STL compatibility

		Instances of @ref String are *implicitly* convertible from and to
		@ref std::string if you include @ref Containers/StringStl.h. The
		conversion is provided in a separate header to avoid unconditional @cpp
		#include <string> @ce, which significantly affects compile times.

		Because @ref std::string doesn't provide any way to transfer ownership of its
		underlying memory, conversion either way always involves a data copy. To
		mitigate the conversion impact, it's recommended to convert @ref std::string
		instances to @ref BasicStringView "StringView" instead where possible.

		On compilers that support C++17 and @ref std::string_view, *implicit*
		conversion from and to it is provided in @ref Containers/StringStlView.h.
		For similar reasons, it's a dedicated header to avoid unconditional
		@cpp #include <string_view> @ce, but this one is even significantly heavier
		than the @ref string "<string>" include on certain implementations, so it's
		separate from a @ref std::string as well. The @ref std::string_view type doesn't
		have any mutable counterpart, so there's no differentiation for a @cpp const
		@ce variant. While creating a @ref std::string_view from a @ref String creates
		a non-owning reference without allocations or copies, converting the other way
		involves a data copy. To mitigate the conversion impact, it's recommended to
		convert @ref std::string_view instances to @ref BasicStringView "StringView"
		instead where possible.
	*/
	class String
	{
	public:
		typedef void(*Deleter)(char*, std::size_t); /**< @brief Deleter type */

		/**
		 * @brief Turn a view into a null-terminated string
		 *
		 * If the view is @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated, returns a
		 * non-owning reference to it without any extra allocations or copies
		 * involved, propagating also @ref StringViewFlags::Global to
		 * @ref viewFlags() if present. Otherwise creates a null-terminated
		 * owning copy using @ref String(StringView).
		 *
		 * This function is primarily meant for efficiently passing
		 * @ref BasicStringView "StringView" instances to APIs that expect
		 * null-terminated @cpp const char* @ce. Mutating the result in any way
		 * is undefined behavior.
		 */
		static String nullTerminatedView(StringView view);

		/**
		 * @brief Turn a view into a null-terminated string, bypassing SSO
		 *
		 * Compared to @ref nullTerminatedView(StringView) the null-terminated
		 * copy is always allocated.
		 */
		static String nullTerminatedView(AllocatedInitT, StringView view);

		/**
		 * @brief Turn a view into a null-terminated global string
		 *
		 * If the view is both @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated and
		 * @ref StringViewFlags::Global, returns a non-owning reference to it
		 * without any extra allocations or copies involved, propagating also
		 * @ref StringViewFlags::Global to @ref viewFlags(). Otherwise creates
		 * a null-terminated owning copy using @ref String(StringView).
		 *
		 * This function is primarily meant for efficiently storing
		 * @ref BasicStringView "StringView" instances, ensuring the
		 * memory stays in scope and then passing them to APIs that expect
		 * null-terminated @cpp const char* @ce. Mutating the result in any way
		 * is undefined behavior.
		 */
		static String nullTerminatedGlobalView(StringView view);

		/**
		 * @brief Turn a view into a null-terminated global string, bypassing SSO
		 *
		 * Compared to @ref nullTerminatedGlobalView(StringView) the
		 * null-terminated copy is always allocated.
		 */
		static String nullTerminatedGlobalView(AllocatedInitT, StringView view);

		/**
		 * @brief Default constructor
		 *
		 * Creates an empty string.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ String() noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a string view
		 *
		 * Creates a null-terminated owning copy of @p view. Contrary to the
		 * behavior of @ref std::string, @p view is allowed to be
		 * @cpp nullptr @ce, but only if it's size is zero. Depending on the
		 * size, it's either stored allocated or in a SSO.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ String(StringView view);
		/** @overload */
		/*implicit*/ String(ArrayView<const char> view);
		/* Without these there's ambiguity between StringView / ArrayView and char* */
		/** @overload */
		/*implicit*/ String(MutableStringView view);
		/** @overload */
		/*implicit*/ String(ArrayView<char> view);

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a null-terminated C string
		 *
		 * Creates a null-terminated owning copy of @p data. Contrary to the
		 * behavior of @ref std::string, @p data is allowed to be
		 * @cpp nullptr @ce --- in that case an empty string is constructed.
		 * Depending on the size, it's either stored allocated or in a SSO.
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		/*implicit*/ String(const char* data);
#else
		/* To avoid ambiguity in certain cases of passing 0 to overloads that take either a String or std::size_t */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, const char*>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> /*implicit*/ String(T data) : String{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, data} {}
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a sized C string
		 *
		 * Creates a null-terminated owning copy of @p data. Contrary to the
		 * behavior of @ref std::string, @p data is allowed to be
		 * @cpp nullptr @ce, but only if @p size is zero. Depending on the
		 * size, it's either stored allocated or in a SSO.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ String(const char* data, std::size_t size);

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a string view, bypassing SSO
		 *
		 * Compared to @ref String(StringView) the data is always allocated.
		 */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, StringView view);
		/** @overload */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, ArrayView<const char> view);
		/* Without these there's ambiguity between StringView / ArrayView and char* */
		/** @overload */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, MutableStringView view);
		/** @overload */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, ArrayView<char> view);

		/**
		 * @brief Create a string instance bypassing SSO
		 *
		 * If @p other already has allocated data, the data ownership is
		 * transferred. Otherwise a copy is allocated.
		 */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, String&& other);
		/** @overload */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, const String& other);

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a null-terminated C string, bypassing SSO
		 *
		 * Compared to @ref String(const char*) the data is always allocated.
		 */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, const char* data);

		/**
		 * @brief Construct from a sized C string
		 *
		 * Compared to @ref String(const char*, std::size_t) the data is always
		 * allocated.
		 */
		explicit String(AllocatedInitT, const char* data, std::size_t size);

		/**
		 * @brief Take ownership of an external data array
		 * @param data      String. Can't be @cpp nullptr @ce.
		 * @param size      Size of the string, excluding the null terminator
		 * @param deleter   Deleter. Use @cpp nullptr @ce for the standard
		 *      @cpp delete[] @ce.
		 *
		 * Since the @ref String class provides a guarantee of null-terminated
		 * strings, the @p data array is expected to be null-terminated (which
		 * implies @p data *can't* be @cpp nullptr @ce), but the null
		 * terminator not being included in @p size. For consistency and
		 * interoperability with @ref Array (i.e., an empty string turning to a
		 * zero-sized array) this in turn means the size passed to @p deleter
		 * is one byte less than the actual memory size, and if the deleter
		 * does sized deallocation, it has to account for that.
		 *
		 * The @p deleter will be *unconditionally* called on destruction with
		 * @p data and @p size as an argument. In particular, it will be also
		 * called if @p size is @cpp 0 @ce (@p data isn't allowed to be
		 * @cpp nullptr @ce).
		 *
		 * In case of a moved-out instance, the deleter gets reset to a
		 * default-constructed value alongside the array pointer and size. It
		 * effectively means @cpp delete[] nullptr @ce gets called when
		 * destructing a moved-out instance (which is a no-op).
		 */
		explicit String(char* data, std::size_t size, Deleter deleter) noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Take ownership of an external data array with implicit size
		 *
		 * Calculates the size using @ref std::strlen() and calls
		 * @ref String(char*, std::size_t, Deleter).
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		explicit String(char* data, Deleter deleter) noexcept;
#else
		/* Gets ambigous when calling String{ptr, 0}. FFS, zero as null pointerwas deprecated in C++11 already, why is this still a problem?! */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, Deleter>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> String(char* data, T deleter) noexcept : String{deleter, nullptr, data} {}
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief Take ownership of an immutable external data array
		 *
		 * Casts away the @cpp const @ce and delegates to
		 * @ref String(char*, std::size_t, Deleter). This constructor is
		 * provided mainly to allow a @ref String instance to reference global
		 * immutable data (such as C string literals) without having to make a
		 * copy, it's the user responsibility to avoid mutating the data in any
		 * way.
		 */
		explicit String(const char* data, std::size_t size, Deleter deleter) noexcept : String{const_cast<char*>(data), size, deleter} {}

		/**
		 * @brief Take ownership of an external data array with implicit size
		 *
		 * Calculates the size using @ref std::strlen() and calls
		 * @ref String(const char*, std::size_t, Deleter).
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		explicit String(const char* data, Deleter deleter) noexcept;
#else
		/* Gets ambigous when calling String{ptr, 0}. FFS, zero as null pointer was deprecated in C++11 already, why is this still a problem?! */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, Deleter>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> String(const char* data, T deleter) noexcept : String{deleter, nullptr, const_cast<char*>(data)} {}
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief Taking ownership of a null pointer is not allowed
		 *
		 * Since the @ref String class provides a guarantee of null-terminated
		 * strings, @p data *can't* be @cpp nullptr @ce.
		 */
		explicit String(std::nullptr_t, std::size_t size, Deleter deleter) = delete;

		/**
		 * @brief Taking ownership of a null pointer is not allowed
		 *
		 * Since the @ref String class provides a guarantee of null-terminated
		 * strings, @p data *can't* be @cpp nullptr @ce.
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		explicit String(std::nullptr_t, Deleter deleter) = delete;
#else
		/* Gets ambigous when calling String{nullptr, 0}. FFS, zero as null pointer was deprecated in C++11 already, why is this still a problem?! */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, Deleter>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> String(std::nullptr_t, T) noexcept = delete;
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief Create a zero-initialized string
		 * @param size      Size excluding the null terminator
		 */
		explicit String(ValueInitT, std::size_t size);

		/**
		 * @brief Create an uninitialized string
		 * @param size      Size excluding the null terminator
		 *
		 * While the string contents are left untouched, the null terminator
		 * *does* get initialized to @cpp '\0' @ce. Useful if you're going to
		 * overwrite the contents anyway.
		 */
		explicit String(NoInitT, std::size_t size);

		/**
		 * @brief Create a string initialized to a particular character
		 * @param size      Size excluding the null terminator
		 * @param c         Character value
		 */
		explicit String(DirectInitT, std::size_t size, char c);

		/** @brief Construct from an external representation */
		/* There's no restriction that would disallow creating StringView from e.g. std::string<T>&& because that would break uses like
		   `consume(foo());`, where `consume()` expects a view but `foo()` returns a std::vector. Besides that, to simplify the implementation,
		   there's no const-adding conversion. Instead, the implementer is supposed to add an ArrayViewConverter variant for that. */
		template<class T, class = decltype(Implementation::StringConverter<typename std::decay<T&&>::type>::from(std::declval<T&&>()))> /*implicit*/ String(T&& other) noexcept : String{Implementation::StringConverter<typename std::decay<T&&>::type>::from(Death::forward<T>(other))} {}

		/**
		 * @brief Destructor
		 *
		 * Calls @ref deleter() on the owned @ref data(); in case of a SSO does nothing.
		 */
		~String();

		/**
		 * @brief Copy constructor
		 *
		 * If @p other is a SSO instance, the copy is as well, otherwise a copy is allocated using the default @cpp operator new[] @ce.
		 * The actual string size isn't taken into account. See @ref Containers-String-usage-sso for more information.
		 */
		String(const String& other);

		/** @brief Move constructor */
		String(String&& other) noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Copy assignment
		 *
		 * If @p other is a SSO instance, the copy is as well, otherwise a copy is allocated using the default @cpp operator new[] @ce.
		 * The actual string size isn't taken into account. See @ref Containers-String-usage-sso for more information.
		 */
		String& operator=(const String& other);

		/** @brief Move assignment */
		String& operator=(String&& other) noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Convert to a const @ref ArrayView
		 *
		 * The resulting view has the same size as this string @ref size() ---
		 * the null terminator is not counted into it.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ operator ArrayView<const char>() const noexcept;
		/** @overload */
		/*implicit*/ operator ArrayView<const void>() const noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Convert to an @ref ArrayView
		 *
		 * The resulting view has the same size as this string @ref size() ---
		 * the null terminator is not counted into it. Note that with custom
		 * deleters the returned view is not guaranteed to be actually mutable.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ operator ArrayView<char>() noexcept;
		/** @overload */
		/*implicit*/ operator ArrayView<void>() noexcept;

		/**
		 * @brief Move-convert to an @ref Array
		 *
		 * The data and the corresponding @ref deleter() is transferred to the
		 * returned array. In case of a SSO, a copy of the string is allocated
		 * and a default deleter is used. The string then resets data pointer,
		 * size and deleter to be equivalent to a default-constructed instance.
		 * In both the allocated and the SSO case the returned array contains a
		 * sentinel null terminator (i.e., not counted into its size). Note
		 * that with custom deleters the array is not guaranteed to be actually
		 * mutable.
		 */
		/*implicit*/ operator Array<char>() &&;

		/** @brief Convert the string to external representation */
		/* To simplify the implementation, there's no const-adding conversion. Instead, the implementer is supposed to add an StringViewConverter variant for that. */
		template<class T, class = decltype(Implementation::StringConverter<T>::to(std::declval<String>()))> /*implicit*/ operator T() const {
			return Implementation::StringConverter<T>::to(*this);
		}

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string is non-empty
		 *
		 * Returns @cpp true @ce if the string is non-empty, @cpp false @ce
		 * otherwise. Compared to @ref BasicStringView::operator bool(), a
		 * @ref String can never be @cpp nullptr @ce, so the pointer value
		 * isn't taken into account here.
		 */
		explicit operator bool() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string is stored using small string optimization
		 *
		 * It's not allowed to call @ref deleter() or @ref release() on a SSO
		 * instance. See @ref Containers-String-usage-sso for more information.
		 */
		bool isSmall() const {
			return _small.size & Implementation::SmallStringBit;
		}

		/**
		 * @brief View flags
		 *
		 * A @ref BasicStringView "StringView" constructed from this instance
		 * will have these flags. @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated is
		 * present always, @ref StringViewFlags::Global if the string was
		 * originally created from a global null-terminated view with
		 * @ref nullTerminatedView() or @ref nullTerminatedGlobalView().
		 */
		StringViewFlags viewFlags() const;

		/**
		 * @brief String data
		 *
		 * The pointer is always guaranteed to be non-null and the data to be
		 * null-terminated, however note that the actual string might contain
		 * null bytes earlier than at the end.
		 */
		char* data();
		/** @overload */
		const char* data() const;

		/**
		 * @brief String deleter
		 *
		 * If set to @cpp nullptr @ce, the contents are deleted using standard
		 * @cpp operator delete[] @ce. Can be called only if the string is not
		 * stored using SSO --- see @ref Containers-String-usage-sso for more
		 * information.
		 */
		Deleter deleter() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string is empty
		 */
		bool empty() const;

		/**
		 * @brief String size
		 *
		 * Excludes the null terminator.
		 */
		std::size_t size() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Pointer to the first byte
		 */
		char* begin();
		/** @overload */
		const char* begin() const;
		/** @overload */
		const char* cbegin() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Pointer to (one item after) the last byte
		 */
		char* end();
		/** @overload */
		const char* end() const;
		/** @overload */
		const char* cend() const;

		/**
		 * @brief First byte
		 *
		 * Expects there is at least one byte.
		 */
		char& front();
		/** @overload */
		char front() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Last byte
		 *
		 * Expects there is at least one byte.
		 */
		char& back();
		/** @overload */
		char back() const;

		/** @brief Element access */
		char& operator[](std::size_t i);
		/** @overload */
		char operator[](std::size_t i) const;

		/**
		 * @brief String concatenation
		 *
		 * For joining more than one string prefer to use @ref StringView::join() to avoid
		 * needless temporary allocations.
		 */
		String operator+=(const StringView& other);

		/**
		 * @brief View on a slice
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::slice(). Both arguments are
		 * expected to be in range. If @p end points to (one item after) the
		 * end of the original (null-terminated) string, the result has
		 * @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 * @m_keywords{substr()}
		 */
		MutableStringView slice(char* begin, char* end);
		/** @overload */
		StringView slice(const char* begin, const char* end) const;
		/** @overload */
		MutableStringView slice(std::size_t begin, std::size_t end);
		/** @overload */
		StringView slice(std::size_t begin, std::size_t end) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View on a slice of given size
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::sliceSize(). Both arguments are
		 * expected to be in range. If `begin + size` points to (one item
		 * after) the end of the original (null-terminated) string, the result
		 * has @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 * @m_keywords{substr()}
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		MutableStringView sliceSize(char* begin, std::size_t size);
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, char*>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> MutableStringView sliceSize(T begin, std::size_t size) {
			return sliceSizePointerInternal(begin, size);
		}
#endif
		/** @overload */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		StringView sliceSize(const char* begin, std::size_t size) const;
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, const char*>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> StringView sliceSize(T begin, std::size_t size) const {
			return sliceSizePointerInternal(begin, size);
		}
#endif
		/** @overload */
		MutableStringView sliceSize(std::size_t begin, std::size_t size);
		/** @overload */
		StringView sliceSize(std::size_t begin, std::size_t size) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View on a prefix until a pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::prefix(T*) const. If @p end
		 * points to (one item after) the end of the original (null-terminated)
		 * string, the result has @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		MutableStringView prefix(char* end);
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, char*>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> MutableStringView prefix(T end) {
			return prefixPointerInternal(end);
		}
#endif
		/** @overload */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		StringView prefix(const char* end) const;
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_convertible<T, const char*>::value && !std::is_convertible<T, std::size_t>::value, int>::type = 0> StringView prefix(T end) const {
			return prefixPointerInternal(end);
		}
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief View on a suffix after a pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::suffix(T*) const. The result has
		 * always @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
		MutableStringView suffix(char* begin);
		/** @overload */
		StringView suffix(const char* begin) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View on the first @p size bytes
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::prefix(std::size_t) const. If
		 * @p size is equal to @ref size(), the result has
		 * @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
		MutableStringView prefix(std::size_t size);
		/** @overload */
		StringView prefix(std::size_t size) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View except the first @p size bytes
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::exceptPrefix(). The result has
		 * always @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
		MutableStringView exceptPrefix(std::size_t size);
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptPrefix(std::size_t size) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View except the last @p size bytes
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::exceptSuffix(). If
		 * @p size is @cpp 0 @ce, the result has
		 * @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
		MutableStringView exceptSuffix(std::size_t size);
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptSuffix(std::size_t size) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Split on given character
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::split(char) const.
		 */
		Array<MutableStringView> split(char delimiter);
		/** @overload */
		Array<StringView> split(char delimiter) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Split on given substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::split(StringView) const.
		 */
		Array<MutableStringView> split(StringView delimiter);
		/** @overload */
		Array<StringView> split(StringView delimiter) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Split on given character, removing empty parts
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::splitWithoutEmptyParts(char) const.
		 */
		Array<MutableStringView> splitWithoutEmptyParts(char delimiter);
		/** @overload */
		Array<StringView> splitWithoutEmptyParts(char delimiter) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Split on any character from given set, removing empty parts
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::splitOnAnyWithoutEmptyParts(StringView) const.
		 */
		Array<MutableStringView> splitOnAnyWithoutEmptyParts(StringView delimiters);
		/** @overload */
		Array<StringView> splitOnAnyWithoutEmptyParts(StringView delimiters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Split on whitespace, removing empty parts
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::splitOnWhitespaceWithoutEmptyParts() const.
		 */
		Array<MutableStringView> splitOnWhitespaceWithoutEmptyParts();
		/** @overload */
		Array<StringView> splitOnWhitespaceWithoutEmptyParts() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Partition
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::partition(char) const. The last returned
		 * value has always @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated set.
		 */
		StaticArray<3, MutableStringView> partition(char separator);
		/** @overload */
		StaticArray<3, StringView> partition(char separator) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Partition
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::partition(StringView) const. The
		 * last returned value has always @ref StringViewFlags::NullTerminated
		 * set.
		 */
		StaticArray<3, MutableStringView> partition(StringView separator);
		/** @overload */
		StaticArray<3, StringView> partition(StringView separator) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Join strings with this view as the delimiter
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::join().
		 */
		String join(ArrayView<const StringView> strings) const;
		/** @overload */
		String join(std::initializer_list<StringView> strings) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Join strings with this view as the delimiter, skipping empty parts
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::joinWithoutEmptyParts().
		 */
		String joinWithoutEmptyParts(ArrayView<const StringView> strings) const;
		/** @overload */
		String joinWithoutEmptyParts(std::initializer_list<StringView> strings) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string begins with given prefix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::hasPrefix().
		 */
		bool hasPrefix(StringView prefix) const;
		/** @overload */
		bool hasPrefix(char prefix) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string ends with given suffix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::hasSuffix().
		 */
		bool hasSuffix(StringView suffix) const;
		/** @overload */
		bool hasSuffix(char suffix) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with given prefix stripped
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::exceptPrefix().
		 */
		MutableStringView exceptPrefix(StringView prefix);
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptPrefix(StringView prefix) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Using char literals for prefix stripping is not allowed
		 *
		 * To avoid accidentally interpreting a @cpp char @ce literal as a size
		 * and calling @ref exceptPrefix(std::size_t) instead, or vice versa,
		 * you have to always use a string literal to call this function.
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		MutableStringView exceptPrefix(char prefix) = delete;
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptPrefix(char prefix) const = delete;
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<typename std::decay<T>::type, char>::value, int>::type = 0> MutableStringView exceptPrefix(T&& prefix) = delete;
		/** @overload */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<typename std::decay<T>::type, char>::value, int>::type = 0> StringView exceptPrefix(T&& prefix) const = delete;
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief View with given suffix stripped
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::exceptSuffix().
		 */
		MutableStringView exceptSuffix(StringView suffix);
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptSuffix(StringView suffix) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Using char literals for suffix stripping is not allowed
		 *
		 * To avoid accidentally interpreting a @cpp char @ce literal as a size
		 * and calling @ref exceptSuffix(std::size_t) instead, or vice versa,
		 * you have to always use a string literal to call this function.
		 */
#ifdef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		MutableStringView exceptSuffix(char suffix) = delete;
		/** @overload */
		StringView exceptSuffix(char suffix) const = delete;
#else
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<typename std::decay<T>::type, char>::value, int>::type = 0> MutableStringView exceptSuffix(T&& suffix) = delete;
		/** @overload */
		template<class T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_same<typename std::decay<T>::type, char>::value, int>::type = 0> StringView exceptSuffix(T&& suffix) const = delete;
#endif

		/**
		 * @brief View with given characters trimmed from prefix and suffix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmed(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmed(StringView characters);
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmed(StringView characters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with whitespace trimmed from prefix and suffix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmed() const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmed();
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmed() const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with given characters trimmed from prefix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmedPrefix(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmedPrefix(StringView characters);
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmedPrefix(StringView characters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with whitespace trimmed from prefix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmedPrefix() const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmedPrefix();
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmedPrefix() const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with given characters trimmed from suffix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmedSuffix(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmedSuffix(StringView characters);
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmedSuffix(StringView characters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief View with whitespace trimmed from suffix
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::trimmedSuffix() const.
		 */
		MutableStringView trimmedSuffix();
		/** @overload */
		StringView trimmedSuffix() const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find a substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::find(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView find(StringView substring);
		/** @overload */
		StringView find(StringView substring) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find a substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::find(char) const, which in turn
		 * is a specialization of @ref BasicStringView::find(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView find(char character);
		/** @overload */
		StringView find(char character) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find a substring with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findOr(StringView, T*) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findOr(StringView substring, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findOr(StringView substring, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find a substring with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findOr(char, T*) const, which in
		 * turn is a specialization of @ref BasicStringView::findOr(StringView, T*) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findOr(char character, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findOr(char character, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of a substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLast(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findLast(StringView substring);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLast(StringView substring) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of a substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLast(char) const, which in
		 * turn is a specialization of @ref BasicStringView::findLast(StringView) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findLast(char character);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLast(char character) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of a substring with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLastOr(StringView, T*) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findLastOr(StringView substring, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLastOr(StringView substring, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of a substring with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLastOr(char, T*) const,
		 * which in turn is a specialization of @ref BasicStringView::findLastOr(StringView, T*) const.
		 */
		MutableStringView findLastOr(char character, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLastOr(char character, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string contains a substring
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::contains(StringView) const.
		 */
		bool contains(StringView substring) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string contains a character
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::contains(char) const.
		 */
		bool contains(char character) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find any character from given set
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findAny().
		 */
		MutableStringView findAny(StringView characters);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findAny(StringView characters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find any character from given set with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findAnyOr().
		 */
		MutableStringView findAnyOr(StringView characters, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findAnyOr(StringView characters, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of any character from given set
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLastAny().
		 */
		MutableStringView findLastAny(StringView characters);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLastAny(StringView characters) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Find the last occurence of any character from given set with a custom failure pointer
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::findLastAnyOr().
		 */
		MutableStringView findLastAnyOr(StringView characters, char* fail);
		/** @overload */
		StringView findLastAnyOr(StringView characters, const char* fail) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Whether the string contains any character from given set
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::containsAny().
		 */
		bool containsAny(StringView substring) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Count of occurences of given character
		 *
		 * Equivalent to @ref BasicStringView::count(char) const.
		 */
		std::size_t count(char character) const;

		/**
		 * @brief Release data storage
		 *
		 * Returns the data pointer and resets data pointer, size and deleter
		 * to be equivalent to a default-constructed instance. Can be called
		 * only if the string is not stored using SSO --- see
		 * @ref Containers-String-usage-sso for more information. Deleting the
		 * returned array is user responsibility --- note the string might have
		 * a custom @ref deleter() and so @cpp delete[] @ce might not be always
		 * appropriate. Note also that with custom deleters the returned
		 * pointer is not guaranteed to be actually mutable.
		 */
		char* release();

	private:
		// Delegated to from the (templated) String(const char*). THREE extra nullptr arguments to avoid accidental ambiguous overloads.
		explicit String(std::nullptr_t, std::nullptr_t, std::nullptr_t, const char* data);
		// Delegated to from the (templated) String(char*, Deleter). Argument order shuffled together with a null parameter to avoid accidental ambiguous overloads.
		explicit String(Deleter deleter, std::nullptr_t, char* data) noexcept;

		void construct(NoInitT, std::size_t size);
		void construct(const char* data, std::size_t size);
		void copyConstruct(const String& other);
		void destruct();

#ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		// Doxygen 1.12.0 outputs also private structs/unions even if it shouldn't
		struct Data {
			const char* data;
			std::size_t size;
		};
#endif

		Data dataInternal() const;

		MutableStringView sliceSizePointerInternal(char* begin, std::size_t size);
		StringView sliceSizePointerInternal(const char* begin, std::size_t size) const;
		MutableStringView prefixPointerInternal(char* end);
		StringView prefixPointerInternal(const char* end) const;

		/* Small string optimization. Following size restrictions from
		   StringView (which uses the top two bits for marking global and
		   null-terminated views), we can use the second highest bit of the
		   size to denote a small string. The highest bit, marked as G in the
		   below diagram, is used to preserve StringViewFlags::Global in case of
		   a nullTerminatedGlobalView() and a subsequent conversion back to a
		   StringView. In case of a large string, there's size, data pointer
		   and deleter pointer, either 24 (or 12) bytes in total. In case of a
		   small string, we can store the size only in one byte out of 8 (or
		   4), which then gives us 23 (or 11) bytes for storing the actual
		   data, excluding the null terminator that's at most 22 / 10 ASCII
		   chars. With the two topmost bits reserved, it's still 6 bits left
		   for the size, which is more than enough in this case.

		   On LE the layout is as follows (bits inside a byte are flipped for
		   clarity as well). A useful property of this layout is that the SSO
		   data are pointer-aligned as well:

			+-------------------------------+---------+
			|             string            | si | 1G |
			|              data             | ze |    |
			|             23B/11B           | 6b | 2b |
			+-------------------+-----+++++++---------+
								| LSB |||||||   MSB   |
			+---------+---------+-----+++++++---------+
			|  data   |  data   |      size      | 0G |
			| pointer | deleter |                |    |
			|  8B/4B  |  8B/4B  |  56b/24b  | 6b | 2b |
			+---------+---------+-----------+---------+

		   On BE it's like this. In this case it's however not possible to
		   have both the global/SSO bits in the same positions *and* the SSO
		   data aligned. Having consistent access to the G0/G1 bits made more
		   sense from the implementation perspective, so that won.

			+---------+-------------------------------+
			| G1 | si |             string            |
			|    | ze |              data             |
			| 2b | 6b |             23B/11B           |
			+---------+++++++-----+-------------------+
			|   MSB   ||||||| LSB |
			+---------+++++++-----+---------+---------+
			| G0 |     size       |  data   |  data   |
			|    |                | pointer | deleter |
			| 2b | 6b |  56b/24b  |  8B/4B  |  8B/4B  |
			+---------+-----------+---------+---------+

		   I originally tried storing the "small string" bit in the lowest bit
		   of the deleter pointer, but function pointers apparently can have
		   odd addresses on some platforms as well:

			http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/llvm-dev/2018-March/121953.html

		   The above approach is consistent with StringView, which is the
		   preferrable solution after all. */
#ifndef DOXYGEN_GENERATING_OUTPUT
		// Doxygen 1.12.0 outputs also private structs/unions even if it shouldn't
		struct Small {
#if defined(DEATH_TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN)
			unsigned char size;
			char data[Implementation::SmallStringSize];
#else
			char data[Implementation::SmallStringSize];
			unsigned char size;
#endif
		};
		struct Large {
#if defined(DEATH_TARGET_BIG_ENDIAN)
			std::size_t size;
			char* data;
			void(*deleter)(char*, std::size_t);
#else
			char* data;
			void(*deleter)(char*, std::size_t);
			std::size_t size;
#endif
		};
		union {
			Small _small;
			Large _large;
		};
#endif
	};

}}