(** An implementation of Unicode string. *)

(* Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Yamagata Yoriyuki. *)

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(** An implementation of Unicode string.
    Internally, it uses integer array.
    The semantics matches the description of UStorage. *)

(** Phantom type for distinguishing mutability *)
type mutability = [ `Mutable | `Immutable ]

type 'a text
type utext = [ `Immutable ] text
type ustring = [ `Mutable ] text
type t = utext

val utext_of_ustring : ustring -> utext
val ustring_of_utext : utext -> ustring
val get : 'a text -> int -> UChar.t

(** [set s i u] sets the [i]-th character in [s] to [u]. *)
val set : ustring -> int -> UChar.t -> unit

type index

val look : 'a text -> index -> UChar.t
val nth : 'a text -> int -> index
val first : 'a text -> index
val last : 'a text -> index
val out_of_range : 'a text -> index -> bool
val compare_index : 'a text -> index -> index -> int
val next : 'a text -> index -> index
val prev : 'a text -> index -> index
val move : 'a text -> index -> int -> index
val length : 'a text -> int

(** Conversion from Latin-1 strings. *)
val of_string : string -> utext

val init : int -> (int -> UChar.t) -> utext
val init_ustring : int -> (int -> UChar.t) -> ustring

(** The semantics of these function are similar to
    the equivalents of string. *)
val make : int -> UChar.t -> ustring

val copy : ustring -> ustring
val sub : 'a text -> int -> int -> 'a text
val fill : ustring -> int -> int -> UChar.t -> unit
val blit : 'a text -> int -> ustring -> int -> int -> unit
val append : 'a text -> 'b text -> 'a text
val iter : (UChar.t -> unit) -> 'a text -> unit
val compare : 'a text -> 'b text -> int

module Buf : sig
  type buf

  (** [create n] creates the buffer which initially can contain
      [n] Unicode characters. *)
  val create : int -> buf

  val contents : buf -> t
  val contents_string : buf -> ustring
  val length : buf -> int
  val clear : buf -> unit
  val reset : buf -> unit
  val add_char : buf -> UChar.t -> unit
  val add_string : buf -> 'a text -> unit
  val add_buffer : buf -> buf -> unit
end
