refactored logic to test special file names

1 files changed, 33 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/programs/util.h b/programs/util.h
index 2840179..99bcca9 100644
--- a/programs/util.h
+++ b/programs/util.h
@@ -175,6 +175,39 @@ extern "C" {
 #endif
 
 
+
+/*-****************************************
+*  Allocation functions
+******************************************/
+/*
+ * A modified version of realloc().
+ * If UTIL_realloc() fails the original block is freed.
+*/
+UTIL_STATIC void* UTIL_realloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
+{
+    void* const newptr = realloc(ptr, size);
+    if (newptr) return newptr;
+    free(ptr);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+
+/*-****************************************
+*  String functions
+******************************************/
+/*
+ * A modified version of realloc().
+ * If UTIL_realloc() fails the original block is freed.
+*/
+UTIL_STATIC int UTIL_sameString(const char* a, const char* b)
+{
+    assert(a!=NULL && b!=NULL);  /* unsupported scenario */
+    if (a==NULL) return 0;
+    if (b==NULL) return 0;
+    return !strcmp(a,b);
+}
+
+
 /*-****************************************
 *  Time functions
 ******************************************/
@@ -451,19 +484,6 @@ UTIL_STATIC U64 UTIL_getTotalFileSize(const char** fileNamesTable, unsigned nbFi
 }
 
 
-/*
- * A modified version of realloc().
- * If UTIL_realloc() fails the original block is freed.
-*/
-UTIL_STATIC void* UTIL_realloc(void* ptr, size_t size)
-{
-    void* const newptr = realloc(ptr, size);
-    if (newptr) return newptr;
-    free(ptr);
-    return NULL;
-}
-
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #  define UTIL_HAS_CREATEFILELIST