From b628dbd1874090b5fc29ef85068d2d221c6f61c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland Conybeare <rconybeare@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:17:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] xo-object2: + StringOps::from_cstr + utest

---
 include/xo/object2/StringOps.hpp | 11 +++++++++++
 utest/StringOps.test.cpp         | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/xo/object2/StringOps.hpp b/include/xo/object2/StringOps.hpp
index 3cc7198..a8e231e 100644
--- a/include/xo/object2/StringOps.hpp
+++ b/include/xo/object2/StringOps.hpp
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ namespace xo {
             template <typename AFacet = AGCObject>
             static obj<AFacet,DString> empty(obj<AAllocator> mm,
                                              size_type cap);
+
+            template <typename AFacet = AGCObject>
+            static obj<AFacet,DString> from_cstr(obj<AAllocator> mm,
+                                                 const char * cstr);
         };
 
         template <typename AFacet>
@@ -30,6 +34,13 @@ namespace xo {
         {
             return obj<AFacet,DString>(DString::empty(mm, cap));
         }
+
+        template <typename AFacet>
+        obj<AFacet,DString>
+        StringOps::from_cstr(obj<AAllocator> mm, const char * cstr)
+        {
+            return obj<AFacet,DString>(DString::from_cstr(mm, cstr));
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/utest/StringOps.test.cpp b/utest/StringOps.test.cpp
index 60069b5..bfd3fbd 100644
--- a/utest/StringOps.test.cpp
+++ b/utest/StringOps.test.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace xo {
             DArena arena = DArena::map(cfg);
             auto alloc = with_facet<AAllocator>::mkobj(&arena);
 
-            obj<AGCObject, DString> s = StringOps::empty(alloc, 16);
+            auto s = StringOps::empty(alloc, 16);
 
             REQUIRE(s.data() != nullptr);
             REQUIRE(s.data()->capacity() == 16);
@@ -41,13 +41,29 @@ namespace xo {
             DArena arena = DArena::map(cfg);
             auto alloc = with_facet<AAllocator>::mkobj(&arena);
 
-            obj<AGCObject, DString> s = StringOps::empty(alloc, 32);
+            auto s = StringOps::empty(alloc, 32);
 
             s.data()->sprintf("hello %s %d", "world", 42);
 
             REQUIRE(s.data()->size() == 14);
             REQUIRE(std::strcmp(s.data()->chars(), "hello world 42") == 0);
         }
+
+        TEST_CASE("StringOps-from_cstr", "[object2][StringOps]")
+        {
+            ArenaConfig cfg { .name_ = "testarena",
+                              .size_ = 4*1024 };
+            DArena arena = DArena::map(cfg);
+            auto alloc = with_facet<AAllocator>::mkobj(&arena);
+
+            const char * cstr = "hello world";
+            auto s = StringOps::from_cstr(alloc, cstr);
+
+            REQUIRE(s.data() != nullptr);
+            REQUIRE(s.data()->capacity() == 12);
+            REQUIRE(s.data()->size() == 11);
+            REQUIRE(std::strcmp(s.data()->chars(), cstr) == 0);
+        }
     } /*namespace ut*/
 } /*namespace xo*/