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

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Aleksander,

> 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!

Bruno