exported strutils.abbrev

doc/nimrodc.txt

@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ The `incompleteStruct`:idx: pragma tells the compiler to not use the
 underlying C ``struct`` in a ``sizeof`` expression:
 
 .. code-block:: Nimrod
-type
-  TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", 
-          final, pure, incompleteStruct.} = object
+  type
+    TDIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>", 
+            final, pure, incompleteStruct.} = object
 
 
 Compile pragma

lib/pure/cgi.nim

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #            Nimrod's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2010 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.

lib/pure/gentabs.nim

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 #
 #            Nimrod's Runtime Library
-#        (c) Copyright 2010 Andreas Rumpf
+#        (c) Copyright 2012 Andreas Rumpf
 #
 #    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.

lib/pure/strutils.nim

@@ -542,19 +542,18 @@ proc allCharsInSet*(s: string, theSet: TCharSet): bool =
     if c notin theSet: return false
   return true
 
-# 012345
-#    345
-
-when false:
-  proc abbrev(s: string, possibilities: openarray[string]): int =
-    ## returns the index of the first item in `possibilities` if not
-    ## ambiguous; -1 if no item has been found; -2 if multiple items
-    ## match.
-    result = -1 # none found
-    for i in 0..possibilities.len-1:
-      if possibilities[i].startsWith(s):
-        if result >= 0: return -2 # ambiguous
-        result = i
+proc abbrev*(s: string, possibilities: openarray[string]): int =
+  ## returns the index of the first item in `possibilities` if not
+  ## ambiguous; -1 if no item has been found; -2 if multiple items
+  ## match.
+  result = -1 # none found
+  for i in 0..possibilities.len-1:
+    if possibilities[i].startsWith(s):
+      if possibilities[i] == s:
+        # special case: exact match shouldn't be ambiguous
+        return i
+      if result >= 0: return -2 # ambiguous
+      result = i
 
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