Re: [bug-libunistring] Detecting word breaks one by one

[Aleksander Morgado]

Hi Bruno!

> 
> > I was wondering if instead u8_wordbreaks() where the whole input string
> > is processed looking for wordbreaks, it would be possible to have a new
> > method to find just 'the next' wordbreak position.
> > 
> > This would help cases where for example there's a maximum number of
> > words to detect, as the whole string doesn't need to be processed. And
> > also wouldn't therefore need allocation of a new array just to store the
> > flags.
> 
> This is a good suggestion. I'm considering to introduce new functions
>   extern size_t u8_wordbreak_next (const uint8_t *s, size_t n, size_t 
> startpos, bool inclusive);
>   extern size_t u8_wordbreak_prev (const uint8_t *s, size_t n, size_t endpos, 
> bool inclusive);
> 
> I'm putting this on my TODO list. Thanks!
> 

Great! Thanks