RE: [PATCH v3] telemetry: use portable syntax to initialize array

[Konstantin Ananyev <konstantin.ananyev@huawei.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 3, 2023 7:59 PM
> To: dev@dpdk.org
> Cc: ciara.power@intel.com; bruce.richardson@intel.com; david.marchand@redhat.com; thomas@monjalon.net; Tyler Retzlaff
> <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> Subject: [PATCH v3] telemetry: use portable syntax to initialize array
> 
> Use of ranges in designated initialization are a non-standard gcc
> extension. Use loops to initialize permitted characters on first use.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tyler Retzlaff <roretzla@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c | 22 +++++++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
> index 2bac2de..562b387 100644
> --- a/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
> +++ b/lib/telemetry/telemetry_data.c
> @@ -152,13 +152,21 @@
>  static bool
>  valid_name(const char *name)
>  {
> -	char allowed[128] = {
> -			['0' ... '9'] = 1,
> -			['A' ... 'Z'] = 1,
> -			['a' ... 'z'] = 1,
> -			['_'] = 1,
> -			['/'] = 1,
> -	};
> +	int index;
> +	static bool initialized;
> +	static char allowed[128];
> +
> +	if (!initialized) {
> +		for (index = '0'; index <= '9'; index++)
> +			allowed[index] = 1;
> +		for (index = 'A'; index <= 'Z'; index++)
> +			allowed[index] = 1;
> +		for (index = 'a'; index <= 'z'; index++)
> +			allowed[index] = 1;
> +		allowed[(int)'_'] = allowed[(int)'/'] = 1;
> +		initialized = true;
> +	}
> +
>  	while (*name != '\0') {
>  		if ((size_t)*name >= RTE_DIM(allowed) || allowed[(int)*name] == 0)
>  			return false;

Wonder isn't the same as:
while (*name != 0)
	if (!isascii(name[0] || (!isalnum(name[0])  && name[0] != '_' && name[0] != '/'))
		return false; 

Or MSVC doesn't support these  macros?
 


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