// vstream — Hare-shaped vtable wrappers over an fd sink. Project #94 // fold-e3 (Option C, parallel API for lib/fmt). // // Adds four wrappers that take a raw fd and dispatch through an // [[io.vstream]] (= `*io.vtable`, the Hare-shape from // lib/io/stream.ww) alongside the pre-vtable fdprint / fdprintln / // fdprintf / fdprintfln in fmt.ww. The OLD surface stays untouched // here — fold-eFinal (task #50) atomically flips the package shape: // deletes the OLD wrappers + callbacks, renames `_v` suffix off, and // migrates the few callers. // // Hare routes fmt's fd sinks through `io::handle = (io::file | int)` // (ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:9-25); ww doesn't have the handle sum yet // so the pure-vstream sink — drew-deferred per fold-d/fold-e3 — // stands in until io fold-2 lands the handle port. fd_ctx is the // minimum carrier: one tagged field (vt) + one i32 (fd). Single- // tagged-field shape lets direct struct-lit init through (sibling // task #207 only bites multi-tagged-field copies); ken's escape-risk // discipline holds — every wrapper stack-allocates fd_ctx inside its // own frame, gets `vs = &c.vt` from the same frame, and dispatches // without returning &c outside it. // // Cast workaround per #206: bare `&fn_name` does not type-check as a // `(* | void)` field-init / let-binding. Explicit // `(&fn_name): *io.` cast at each store site is the Hare- // faithful minimum-touch route — same workaround memio/vstream.ww // uses (2 cast tokens here at the vtable wire-up site; both drop out // wholesale once #206 closes). // // Dispatch chain (per wrapper): // fd{print,println,printf,printfln}_v // → vfprint / vfprintf (internal vstream-side formatter) // → io.st_write(vs, buf) // → vs.writer (= fdsinkwrite_v after the cast) // → os.write(c.fd, ...) // // The internal vfprint/vfprintf duplicate the per-arg and {n}- // placeholder loops from fmt.ww (fprint at line 177, fprintf at 676) // because the OLD versions take `*io.stream` (the legacy struct) and // fmt.ww must stay UNCHANGED this fold. Shared bits — `i64dec`, // `modsinit`, `scandigits`, `scanmods`, `formattable`, `field`, // `mods`, `fmtabort`, `signof`, `digitsu64`, `basenum`, the modifier // enums (`neg`, `alignment`) — are reused directly from fmt.ww (same // package). The v* modifier-formatting helpers (vrawleni64 / vrawlenstr // / vrawlenf64 / vrawlen / vformatraw / vformatone) mirror the OLD // rawlen* / formatraw / formatone verbatim (compute body identical; // vputbytes + (size | io.error) routing instead of putbytes + // (i32 | io.closed)) — #94 fold-e6 ports them V-side so V's printf // honours modifiers (fold-e3 dropped them after parse). eFinal (#50) // collapses both surfaces. // // Sibling tasks parked here (filed, NOT fixed): // // - io fold-2 (handle port): drew-deferred. Hare's // ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:9-25 routes through io::handle; // fdNNN_v collapses into bare fNNN_v once handle = (file | int) // lands and the V API graduates over the OLD per-fd surface. // - #206 (bare &fn → (*alias|void)): 2 cast sites here; drops // out wholesale on close. // - #173 (TRY-on-tagged-return both-stages broken): fdsinkwrite_v // constructs nomem and widens to io.error explicitly rather // than using `os.trywrite(...)?`; same shape memio.vstream.ww // adopted at line 71-74. package fmt; import io; import memio; import os; import strconv; import strings; // fd_ctx — vt at offset 0 for the intrusive vstream→*fd_ctx cast. // Mirrors lib/memio.fixed_ctx (memio/vstream.ww:48); single tagged // field (vt) means the multi-tagged-field drop in #207 doesn't bite. export type fd_ctx = struct { vt: io.vtable, fd: i32, }; // fdsinkread_v — eof-only sink; the fd half of fmt is write-only. // Mirrors OLD fdsinkread (fmt.ww:765). The unused-`buf` parameter // matches io.reader's signature. fn fdsinkread_v(s: io.vstream, buf: []u8) (size | io.eof | io.error) = { let e: io.eof; return e; }; // fdsinkwrite_v — recover fd via intrusive cast, dispatch one // os.write. -errno collapses to a nomem-widened io.error: the OLD // fdsinkwrite (fmt.ww:768) flattens this to io.closed; we keep the // Hare-shape error here because the V surface returns io.error // directly. Construction-then-widen (vs `os.trywrite(...)?`) // sidesteps #173 same as memio.vstream.ww (line 71-74 note). fn fdsinkwrite_v(s: io.vstream, buf: []u8) (size | io.error) = { let c: *fd_ctx = s: *fd_ctx; let r: i64 = os.write(c.fd, buf.ptr, buf.len: u64); if (r < 0) { let nm: nomem; let e: io.error = nm; return e; }; return r: size; }; // ---- internal vstream-side formatters ------------------------------- // vputbytes — io.st_write(vs, [ptr..ptr+n)). Internal helper; the // inline `let v` slice synthesis mirrors fmt.putbytes (fmt.ww:160) // for the legacy *io.stream sink. fn vputbytes(vs: io.vstream, p: *u8, n: i32) (size | io.error) = { let v: []u8; v.ptr = p; v.len = n; return io.st_write(vs, v); }; // vwriteone — emit one formattable through io.st_write. Mirror of // the per-arm dispatch in fmt.fdprint (fmt.ww:103-138) and fmt.fprint // (fmt.ww:188-234); shape matches OLD modulo the (size | io.error) // return instead of i64 / (i32 | io.closed). fn vwriteone(vs: io.vstream, a: formattable) (size | io.error) = { match (a) { case let n: i64 => { let s: str = i64dec(n); return vputbytes(vs, s.ptr, s.len); }; case let s: str => return vputbytes(vs, s.ptr, s.len); case let b: bool => { let s: str = "false"; if (b) { s = "true"; }; return vputbytes(vs, s.ptr, s.len); }; case let r: rune => { let buf: [4]u8; buf[0] = r: u8; return vputbytes(vs, &buf[0], 1); }; case let v: f64 => { // strconv.f64tos static-buffer view consumed before next // strconv call — same shape as fmt.fdprint (fmt.ww:130). let s: str = strconv.f64tos(v); return vputbytes(vs, s.ptr, s.len); }; }; return 0: size; }; // ---- V-side modifier formatting (port of OLD rawlen*/formatraw/ // formatone from fmt.ww:443-641). Project #94 fold-e6. // // V-side mirror of the OLD modifier-formatting machinery so the V // printf path honours width / alignment / pad / sign / base / prec // instead of dropping mods after parse. Drew-signoff: NaN/Inf safe // — strconv.f64tos / f32tos render "nan"/"infinity" with no leading // '-', so the sign-peel in vrawlenf64 / vformatraw f64 arm is a // no-op on those views (sibling of OLD rawlenf64's same path). Ken- // signoff: cs==ww mechanical — both stages compile the new V-side // identically; eFinal (#50) graduates the V-side over the OLD. // // Helpers mirror fmt.ww verbatim (compute-only, no I/O) rather than // reusing OLD by call — fold-eFinal (#50) atomically deletes the OLD // surface AND collapses these v* names back, so the duplication is // transient. Mirror sites: // // vrawleni64 fmt.ww:443 rawleni64 // vrawlenstr fmt.ww:457 rawlenstr // vrawlenf64 fmt.ww:569 rawlenf64 // vrawlen fmt.ww:585 rawlen // vformatraw fmt.ww:465 formatraw // vformatone fmt.ww:598 formatone // vrawleni64 — bytes the raw render of `v` under `m` would emit; the // signof / digitsu64 / basenum helpers are read from fmt.ww (same // package). Mirror fmt.ww:443. fn vrawleni64(v: i64, m: *mods) i32 = { let neg_flag: bool = v < 0; let u: u64 = v: u64; if (neg_flag) { u = (-v): u64; }; let signlen: i32 = 0; if (signof(neg_flag, m) != 0u8) { signlen = 1; }; let dlen: i32 = digitsu64(u, basenum(m.base)); let inner: i32 = dlen; if (m.prec > signlen + dlen) { inner = m.prec - signlen; }; return signlen + inner; }; // vrawlenstr — bytes the raw render of `s` would emit (after `prec` // truncation). Mirror fmt.ww:457. fn vrawlenstr(s: str, m: *mods) i32 = { if (m.prec > 0 && m.prec < s.len) { return m.prec; }; return s.len; }; // vrawlenf64 — bytes the raw render of `v` under `m` would emit; the // strconv.f64tos static-buffer view is consumed by reading view.len // + view.ptr[0] before the sign byte is folded into signof. Mirror // fmt.ww:569; drew NaN/Inf safe (strconv emits no leading '-' on // nan/inf, so the peel is a no-op on those views). fn vrawlenf64(v: f64, m: *mods) i32 = { let view: str = strconv.f64tos(v); let body: i32 = view.len; let had_neg: bool = false; if (body > 0 && view.ptr[0] == 45u8) { had_neg = true; body -= 1; }; let signlen: i32 = 0; if (signof(had_neg, m) != 0u8) { signlen = 1; }; return signlen + body; }; // vrawlen — dispatch the rawlen sum over formattable. Mirror fmt.ww:585. fn vrawlen(arg: formattable, m: *mods) i32 = { match (arg) { case let v: i64 => return vrawleni64(v, m); case let v: str => return vrawlenstr(v, m); case let b: bool => { if (b) { return 4; }; return 5; }; case let r: rune => return 1; case let v: f64 => return vrawlenf64(v, m); }; return 0; // unreachable — match is exhaustive }; // vformatraw — write the bare value (no width padding) to `vs`. Mirror // fmt.ww:465 formatraw, vputbytes-routed and (size | io.error)-typed. // `prec` ignored on f64 (strconv.f64tos is shortest-G with no precision // knob); base ignored on f64 (Hare too — base is int-only). Drew- // signoff: NaN/Inf strings emitted unchanged via vputbytes. fn vformatraw(vs: io.vstream, arg: formattable, m: *mods) (size | io.error) = { match (arg) { case let v: i64 => { let neg_flag: bool = v < 0; let u: u64 = v: u64; if (neg_flag) { u = (-v): u64; }; let sb: u8 = signof(neg_flag, m); let total: size = 0; if (sb != 0u8) { let buf: [1]u8; buf[0] = sb; let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, &buf[0], 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; }; let dlen: i32 = digitsu64(u, basenum(m.base)); let signlen: i32 = 0; if (sb != 0u8) { signlen = 1; }; let pad0: i32 = 0; if (m.prec > signlen + dlen) { pad0 = m.prec - signlen - dlen; }; let pi: i32 = 0; for (pi < pad0) { let buf: [1]u8; buf[0] = 48u8; // '0' let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, &buf[0], 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; pi += 1; }; let view: str = strconv.u64tos(u, m.base); let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, view.ptr, view.len); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; case let v: str => { let n: i32 = vrawlenstr(v, m); return vputbytes(vs, v.ptr, n); }; case let b: bool => { let v: str = "false"; if (b) { v = "true"; }; return vputbytes(vs, v.ptr, v.len); }; case let r: rune => { let buf: [4]u8; buf[0] = r: u8; return vputbytes(vs, &buf[0], 1); }; case let v: f64 => { // strconv.f64tos prepends '-' for negative values; peel // here so signof folds neg/plus/space mods uniformly with // the i64 arm. Drew NaN/Inf signoff: nan/infinity views // have no leading '-', so this peel is a no-op for them // (sign-mod on a nan emits e.g. "+nan" — a fmt-layer edge, // not strconv's; same OLD behaviour at fmt.ww:520-562). let view: str = strconv.f64tos(v); let neg_flag: bool = false; if (view.len > 0 && view.ptr[0] == 45u8) { // '-' neg_flag = true; view.ptr = view.ptr + 1u64; view.len -= 1; }; let sb: u8 = signof(neg_flag, m); let total: size = 0; if (sb != 0u8) { let buf: [1]u8; buf[0] = sb; let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, &buf[0], 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; }; let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, view.ptr, view.len); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; }; let z: size = 0; return z; // unreachable — match is exhaustive }; // vformatone — render `arg` to `vs` with `m`'s width / alignment / pad // applied. Mirror fmt.ww:598 formatone; the tail-pad loop drives on // a counter (mirrors OLD) because vputbytes over memio.fixed reports // a full buffer as a 0-byte partial write, not io.error — looping on // `total < m.width` would spin on bsprintf_v when the sink runs out. fn vformatone(vs: io.vstream, arg: formattable, m: *mods) (size | io.error) = { let start: i32 = 0; if (m.width > 0 && m.alignment != alignment.LEFT) { let raw: i32 = vrawlen(arg, m); let pad: i32 = 0; if (raw < m.width) { pad = m.width - raw; }; if (m.alignment == alignment.CENTER) { start = (pad + 1) / 2; } else { start = pad; }; }; let total: size = 0; let i: i32 = 0; let padb: [1]u8; padb[0] = m.pad: u8; for (i < start) { let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, &padb[0], 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; i += 1; }; let r1: (size | io.error) = vformatraw(vs, arg, m); match (r1) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; let need: i32 = 0; let twidth: size = m.width: size; if (twidth > total) { need = (twidth - total): i32; }; let j: i32 = 0; for (j < need) { let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, &padb[0], 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; j += 1; }; return total; }; // vformatfield — field→formattable inline-per-arm dispatch through // vformatone. The for-loop call site in vfprintf would trip task #18 // (silent miscompile of 24B return-by-value in for-loop context) if // widened via a helper; inline-per-arm sidesteps it — same shape OLD // formatfield uses at fmt.ww:648. `*mods` arm aborts (parametric '%' // form not implemented; OLD fprintf aborts identically). #94 fold-e6 // widens the signature with `*mods` so the V path honours modifiers // (fold-e3 dropped them after parse). fn vformatfield(vs: io.vstream, f: field, m: *mods) (size | io.error) = { match (f) { case let v: i64 => { let a: formattable = v; return vformatone(vs, a, m); }; case let v: str => { let a: formattable = v; return vformatone(vs, a, m); }; case let b: bool => { let a: formattable = b; return vformatone(vs, a, m); }; case let r: rune => { let a: formattable = r; return vformatone(vs, a, m); }; case let v: f64 => { let a: formattable = v; return vformatone(vs, a, m); }; case let p: *mods => { fmtabort(); let z: size = 0; return z; }; }; }; // vfprint — vstream-side fprint. Mirror of fmt.fprint (fmt.ww:177). // Per-arg loop with a space separator; returns total bytes written // or the first io.error. Exported so lib/log's V API (fold-e5) can // dispatch through it; eFinal (#50) collapses fprint over the unified // surface. export fn vfprint(vs: io.vstream, args: formattable...) (size | io.error) = { let total: size = 0; let i: i32 = 0; for (i < args.len) { if (i > 0) { let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, " ".ptr, 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; }; let r: (size | io.error) = vwriteone(vs, args[i]); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; i += 1; }; return total; }; // vfprintf — vstream-side fprintf. Mirror of fmt.fprintf (fmt.ww:676). // {n}-placeholder parser routed through vformatfield + vputbytes // instead of fmt.formatfield + fmt.putbytes; the placeholder language // (incl. `{N:mods}` modifier subset) is identical — scandigits / // scanmods / modsinit reused directly from fmt.ww. Exported (same // rationale as vfprint above) so lib/log's V API dispatches through it. export fn vfprintf(vs: io.vstream, fmt: str, args: field...) (size | io.error) = { let total: size = 0; let i: i32 = 0; let nextimpl: i32 = 0; let checkunused: bool = true; for (i < fmt.len) { let c: u8 = fmt[i]; if (c == 123u8) { // '{' i += 1; if (i >= fmt.len) { fmtabort(); }; if (fmt[i] == 123u8) { // '{{' literal let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, fmt.ptr + i: u64, 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; i += 1; } else { let idx: i32 = 0; let d: u8 = fmt[i]; if (d >= 48u8 && d <= 57u8) { checkunused = false; idx = scandigits(fmt, &i); } else { idx = nextimpl; nextimpl += 1; }; let m: mods; modsinit(&m); if (i < fmt.len && fmt[i] == 58u8) { // ':' i += 1; scanmods(fmt, &i, &m); }; if (i >= fmt.len || fmt[i] != 125u8) { fmtabort(); }; i += 1; if (idx >= args.len) { fmtabort(); }; let r: (size | io.error) = vformatfield(vs, args[idx], &m); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; }; } else if (c == 125u8) { // '}' i += 1; if (i >= fmt.len || fmt[i] != 125u8) { fmtabort(); }; let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, fmt.ptr + i: u64, 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; i += 1; } else { let r: (size | io.error) = vputbytes(vs, fmt.ptr + i: u64, 1); match (r) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; i += 1; }; }; if (checkunused && nextimpl != args.len) { fmtabort(); }; return total; }; // ---- public fd-sink wrappers (V API) --------------------------------- // fdprint_v — fdprint over io.vstream. Stack-allocates fd_ctx; the // &c.vt vstream pointer never escapes this frame (ken's escape-risk // discipline). Mirrors fmt.fdprint (fmt.ww:94). export fn fdprint_v(fd: i32, args: formattable...) (size | io.error) = { let c: fd_ctx; c.fd = fd; c.vt.reader = (&fdsinkread_v): *io.reader; c.vt.writer = (&fdsinkwrite_v): *io.writer; let vs: io.vstream = &c.vt; return vfprint(vs, args...); }; // fdprintln_v — fdprint_v + trailing newline. Mirrors fmt.fdprintln // (fmt.ww:145). export fn fdprintln_v(fd: i32, args: formattable...) (size | io.error) = { let c: fd_ctx; c.fd = fd; c.vt.reader = (&fdsinkread_v): *io.reader; c.vt.writer = (&fdsinkwrite_v): *io.writer; let vs: io.vstream = &c.vt; let total: size = 0; match (vfprint(vs, args...)) { case let n: size => { total = n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; match (vputbytes(vs, "\n".ptr, 1)) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; // fdprintf_v — fdprintf over io.vstream. Mirrors fmt.fdprintf // (fmt.ww:786). export fn fdprintf_v(fd: i32, fmt: str, args: field...) (size | io.error) = { let c: fd_ctx; c.fd = fd; c.vt.reader = (&fdsinkread_v): *io.reader; c.vt.writer = (&fdsinkwrite_v): *io.writer; let vs: io.vstream = &c.vt; return vfprintf(vs, fmt, args...); }; // fdprintfln_v — fdprintf_v + trailing newline. Mirrors // fmt.fdprintfln (fmt.ww:797) and Hare's wrappers.ha:69. export fn fdprintfln_v(fd: i32, fmt: str, args: field...) (size | io.error) = { let c: fd_ctx; c.fd = fd; c.vt.reader = (&fdsinkread_v): *io.reader; c.vt.writer = (&fdsinkwrite_v): *io.writer; let vs: io.vstream = &c.vt; let total: size = 0; match (vfprintf(vs, fmt, args...)) { case let n: size => { total = n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; match (vputbytes(vs, "\n".ptr, 1)) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; // ---- V-side compositions over the vfprint / vfprintf primitives. // Project #94 fold-e7. drew-approved bundle (memio.string_v is the // collapsed single accessor over the common `stream` header — direct // enabler, not churn — feedback_refactor_routing_same_class_drops); // ken cs==ww mechanical // (additive only). eFinal (#50) collapses both surfaces and renames // `v` suffix off. // // Mirror sites: // vfprintln fmt.ww:240 fprintln ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:48 // vfprintfln fmt.ww:740 fprintfln ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:69 // vbsprintf fmt.ww:839 bsprintf ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:42 // vasprintf fmt.ww:873 asprintf ref/hare/fmt/wrappers.ha:29 // vfprintln — vfprint + trailing newline. Mirror fmt.fprintln // (fmt.ww:240); vputbytes + (size | io.error) routing. export fn vfprintln(vs: io.vstream, args: formattable...) (size | io.error) = { let total: size = 0; match (vfprint(vs, args...)) { case let n: size => { total = n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; match (vputbytes(vs, "\n".ptr, 1)) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; // vfprintfln — vfprintf + trailing newline. Mirror fmt.fprintfln // (fmt.ww:740). export fn vfprintfln(vs: io.vstream, fmt: str, args: field...) (size | io.error) = { let total: size = 0; match (vfprintf(vs, fmt, args...)) { case let n: size => { total = n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; match (vputbytes(vs, "\n".ptr, 1)) { case let n: size => { total += n; }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; return total; }; // vbsprintf — render into `buf` through memio.fixed_vstream; return // the str view of bytes actually written. Mirror fmt.bsprintf // (fmt.ww:839). memio.fixed_vstream now returns the `stream` BY VALUE // (fold-eFinal PREP, ref/hare/memio/stream.ha:46) — no alloc, no // `nomem` arm. The stream lives in this frame; `&st.vt` is the // io.vstream and `&st` the accessor handle. Hare wrappers.ha:42 returns // `(const str | nomem)`; ww collapses to (str | io.error) so the // vfprintf path's io.error arm stays uniform. Short writes surface as a // prefix (memio.fixed contract, vstream.ww fixedwrite note). export fn vbsprintf(buf: []u8, fmt: str, args: field...) (str | io.error) = { let st: memio.stream = memio.fixed_vstream(buf); let vs: io.vstream = &st.vt; match (vfprintf(vs, fmt, args...)) { case let n: size => { return memio.string_v(&st); }; case let e: io.error => return e; }; }; // vasprintf — render `fmt`/`args` into a heap-allocated str through // memio.dynamic_vstream, shrink-copy to a tight allocation, close the // dynamic backing. Mirror fmt.asprintf (fmt.ww:873) modulo: bare `str` // return (Hare returns `(str | nomem)`; ww has no `nomem` variant on // the public surface — os.alloc faults on OOM per lib/os.ww). Caller // frees with `os.free(r.ptr, r.len: u64)` when r.len > 0; r.len == 0 // is a no-op free (same shape strings.dup uses at strings.ww:70). // Shrink-to-fit rationale: memio.dynamic_vstream's cap doubles past // pos during growth (memio dynamicgrow_v); io.st_close frees the // cap-sized mapping. Returning memio.string_v directly would // leak the cap-vs-len slack (skip close) or dangle the view (close // first); the copy lets the caller free with r.len. export fn vasprintf(fmt: str, args: field...) str = { let out: str; out.ptr = nil; out.len = 0; // memio.dynamic_vstream returns the `stream` BY VALUE (fold-eFinal // PREP, ref/hare/memio/stream.ha:58) — no alloc, no `nomem` arm. // The stream lives in this frame across the vfprintf + close; the // heap-grown backing (st.ptr) is freed by io.st_close. let st: memio.stream = memio.dynamic_vstream(); let vs: io.vstream = &st.vt; let wres: (size | io.error) = vfprintf(vs, fmt, args...); match (wres) { case let n: size => {}; case let e: io.error => {}; }; let view: str = memio.string_v(&st); if (view.len == 0) { let cres: (void | io.error) = io.st_close(vs); match (cres) { case void => {}; case let e: io.error => {}; }; return out; }; let tight: []u8 = alloc([], view.len: u64)!; let i: i32 = 0; for (i < view.len) { tight[i] = view.ptr[i]; i += 1; }; let cres: (void | io.error) = io.st_close(vs); match (cres) { case void => {}; case let e: io.error => {}; }; tight.len = view.len; return strings.frombytes(tight); };