Apply some refactoring/cleanup to mainly util functions

src/client/client.cpp

@@ -1642,11 +1642,6 @@ void Client::inventoryAction(InventoryAction *a)
 	delete a;
 }
 
-float Client::getAnimationTime()
-{
-	return m_animation_time;
-}
-
 int Client::getCrackLevel()
 {
 	return m_crack_level;

src/client/client.h

@@ -277,7 +277,10 @@ public:
 		return m_env.getPlayerNames();
 	}
 
-	float getAnimationTime();
+	float getAnimationTime() const
+	{
+		return m_animation_time;
+	}
 
 	int getCrackLevel();
 	v3s16 getCrackPos();
@@ -294,7 +297,7 @@ public:
 	bool getChatMessage(std::wstring &message);
 	void typeChatMessage(const std::wstring& message);
 
-	u64 getMapSeed(){ return m_map_seed; }
+	u64 getMapSeed() const { return m_map_seed; }
 
 	void addUpdateMeshTask(v3s16 blockpos, bool ack_to_server=false, bool urgent=false);
 	// Including blocks at appropriate edges

src/filesys.cpp

@@ -136,20 +136,23 @@ bool IsDir(const std::string &path)
 			(attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
 }
 
+bool IsFile(const std::string &path)
+{
+	DWORD attr = GetFileAttributes(path.c_str());
+	return (attr != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
+			!(attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
+}
+
 bool IsExecutable(const std::string &path)
 {
 	DWORD type;
 	return GetBinaryType(path.c_str(), &type) != 0;
 }
 
-bool IsDirDelimiter(char c)
-{
-	return c == '/' || c == '\\';
-}
-
 bool RecursiveDelete(const std::string &path)
 {
 	infostream << "Recursively deleting \"" << path << "\"" << std::endl;
+	assert(IsPathAbsolute(path));
 	if (!IsDir(path)) {
 		infostream << "RecursiveDelete: Deleting file  " << path << std::endl;
 		if (!DeleteFile(path.c_str())) {
@@ -181,19 +184,9 @@ bool RecursiveDelete(const std::string &path)
 
 bool DeleteSingleFileOrEmptyDirectory(const std::string &path)
 {
-	DWORD attr = GetFileAttributes(path.c_str());
-	bool is_directory = (attr != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES &&
-			(attr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
-	if(!is_directory)
-	{
-		bool did = DeleteFile(path.c_str());
-		return did;
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		bool did = RemoveDirectory(path.c_str());
-		return did;
-	}
+	if (!IsDir(path))
+		return DeleteFile(path.c_str());
+	return RemoveDirectory(path.c_str());
 }
 
 std::string TempPath()
@@ -336,8 +329,7 @@ bool CreateDir(const std::string &path)
 
 bool PathExists(const std::string &path)
 {
-	struct stat st{};
-	return (stat(path.c_str(),&st) == 0);
+	return access(path.c_str(), F_OK) == 0;
 }
 
 bool IsPathAbsolute(const std::string &path)
@@ -353,16 +345,24 @@ bool IsDir(const std::string &path)
 	return ((statbuf.st_mode & S_IFDIR) == S_IFDIR);
 }
 
+bool IsFile(const std::string &path)
+{
+	struct stat statbuf{};
+	if (stat(path.c_str(), &statbuf))
+		return false;
+#ifdef S_IFSOCK
+	// sockets cannot be opened in any way, so they are not files.
+	if ((statbuf.st_mode & S_IFSOCK) == S_IFSOCK)
+		return false;
+#endif
+	return ((statbuf.st_mode & S_IFDIR) != S_IFDIR);
+}
+
 bool IsExecutable(const std::string &path)
 {
 	return access(path.c_str(), X_OK) == 0;
 }
 
-bool IsDirDelimiter(char c)
-{
-	return c == '/';
-}
-
 bool RecursiveDelete(const std::string &path)
 {
 	/*
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ const char *GetFilenameFromPath(const char *path)
 {
 	const char *filename = strrchr(path, DIR_DELIM_CHAR);
 	// Consistent with IsDirDelimiter this function handles '/' too
-	if (DIR_DELIM_CHAR != '/') {
+	if constexpr (DIR_DELIM_CHAR != '/') {
 		const char *tmp = strrchr(path, '/');
 		if (tmp && tmp > filename)
 			filename = tmp;

src/filesys.h

@@ -49,15 +49,14 @@ bool IsDir(const std::string &path);
 
 bool IsExecutable(const std::string &path);
 
-inline bool IsFile(const std::string &path)
+bool IsFile(const std::string &path);
+
+inline bool IsDirDelimiter(char c)
 {
-	return PathExists(path) && !IsDir(path);
+	return c == '/' || c == DIR_DELIM_CHAR;
 }
 
-bool IsDirDelimiter(char c);
-
-// Only pass full paths to this one. True on success.
-// NOTE: The WIN32 version returns always true.
+// Only pass full paths to this one. returns true on success.
 bool RecursiveDelete(const std::string &path);
 
 bool DeleteSingleFileOrEmptyDirectory(const std::string &path);

src/porting.cpp

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ const std::string &get_sysinfo()
 }
 
 
-bool getCurrentWorkingDir(char *buf, size_t len)
+[[maybe_unused]] static bool getCurrentWorkingDir(char *buf, size_t len)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	DWORD ret = GetCurrentDirectory(len, buf);

src/unittest/test_utilities.cpp

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public:
 	void testIsBlockInSight();
 	void testColorizeURL();
 	void testSanitizeUntrusted();
+	void testReadSeed();
 };
 
 static TestUtilities g_test_instance;
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@ void TestUtilities::runTests(IGameDef *gamedef)
 	TEST(testIsBlockInSight);
 	TEST(testColorizeURL);
 	TEST(testSanitizeUntrusted);
+	TEST(testReadSeed);
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -753,3 +755,11 @@ void TestUtilities::testSanitizeUntrusted()
 		UASSERTEQ(auto, sanitize_untrusted("\x1b(", keep), "(");
 	}
 }
+
+void TestUtilities::testReadSeed()
+{
+	UASSERTEQ(int, read_seed("123"), 123);
+	UASSERTEQ(int, read_seed("0x123"), 0x123);
+	// hashing should produce some non-zero number
+	UASSERT(read_seed("hello") != 0);
+}

src/util/container.h

@@ -362,12 +362,11 @@ public:
 		// This conditional block was converted from a ternary to ensure no
 		// temporary values are created in evaluating the return expression,
 		// which could cause a dangling reference.
-		if (it != m_values.end()) {
+		if (it != m_values.end())
 			return it->second;
-		} else {
+		else
 			return null_value;
 	}
-	}
 
 	void put(const K &key, const V &value) {
 		if (!value) {
@@ -430,7 +429,7 @@ public:
 		return !!take(key);
 	}
 
-	// Warning: not constant-time!
+	/// @warning not constant-time!
 	size_t size() const {
 		if (m_iterating) {
 			// This is by no means impossible to determine, it's just annoying
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ public:
 		return n;
 	}
 
-	// Warning: not constant-time!
+	/// @warning not constant-time!
 	bool empty() const {
 		if (m_iterating)
 			return false; // maybe

src/util/hashing.cpp

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "hashing.h"
 
+#define IN_HASHING_CPP
+
 #include "debug.h"
 #include "config.h"
 #if USE_OPENSSL

src/util/hex.h

@@ -9,27 +9,22 @@
 
 static const char hex_chars[] = "0123456789abcdef";
 
-static inline std::string hex_encode(const char *data, unsigned int data_size)
+static inline std::string hex_encode(std::string_view data)
 {
 	std::string ret;
-	ret.reserve(data_size * 2);
-
-	char buf2[3];
-	buf2[2] = '\0';
-
-	for (unsigned int i = 0; i < data_size; i++) {
-		unsigned char c = (unsigned char)data[i];
-		buf2[0] = hex_chars[(c & 0xf0) >> 4];
-		buf2[1] = hex_chars[c & 0x0f];
-		ret.append(buf2);
+	ret.reserve(data.size() * 2);
+	for (unsigned char c : data) {
+		ret.push_back(hex_chars[(c & 0xf0) >> 4]);
+		ret.push_back(hex_chars[c & 0x0f]);
 	}
-
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static inline std::string hex_encode(std::string_view data)
+static inline std::string hex_encode(const char *data, size_t data_size)
 {
-	return hex_encode(data.data(), data.size());
+	if (!data_size)
+		return "";
+	return hex_encode(std::string_view(data, data_size));
 }
 
 static inline bool hex_digit_decode(char hexdigit, unsigned char &value)

src/util/numeric.cpp

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "log.h"
 #include "constants.h" // BS, MAP_BLOCKSIZE
-#include "noise.h" // PseudoRandom, PcgRandom
+#include "noise.h" // PcgRandom
 #include <cstring>
 #include <cmath>
 
@@ -47,10 +47,7 @@ float myrand_range(float min, float max)
 }
 
 
-/*
-	64-bit unaligned version of MurmurHash
-*/
-u64 murmur_hash_64_ua(const void *key, int len, unsigned int seed)
+u64 murmur_hash_64_ua(const void *key, size_t len, unsigned int seed)
 {
 	const u64 m = 0xc6a4a7935bd1e995ULL;
 	const int r = 47;
@@ -90,13 +87,7 @@ u64 murmur_hash_64_ua(const void *key, int len, unsigned int seed)
 	return h;
 }
 
-/*
-	blockpos_b: position of block in block coordinates
-	camera_pos: position of camera in nodes
-	camera_dir: an unit vector pointing to camera direction
-	range: viewing range
-	distance_ptr: return location for distance from the camera
-*/
+
 bool isBlockInSight(v3s16 blockpos_b, v3f camera_pos, v3f camera_dir,
 		f32 camera_fov, f32 range, f32 *distance_ptr)
 {
@@ -149,6 +140,7 @@ bool isBlockInSight(v3s16 blockpos_b, v3f camera_pos, v3f camera_dir,
 	return true;
 }
 
+
 inline float adjustDist(float dist, float zoom_fov)
 {
 	// 1.775 ~= 72 * PI / 180 * 1.4, the default FOV on the client.

src/util/numeric.h

@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ inline bool isInArea(v3s16 p, v3s16 d)
 	);
 }
 
-inline void sortBoxVerticies(v3s16 &p1, v3s16 &p2)
+template <typename T>
+inline void sortBoxVerticies(core::vector3d<T> &p1, core::vector3d<T> &p2)
 {
 	if (p1.X > p2.X)
 		std::swap(p1.X, p2.X);
@@ -125,14 +126,18 @@ inline void sortBoxVerticies(v3s16 &p1, v3s16 &p2)
 		std::swap(p1.Z, p2.Z);
 }
 
-inline v3s16 componentwise_min(const v3s16 &a, const v3s16 &b)
+template <typename T>
+inline constexpr core::vector3d<T> componentwise_min(const core::vector3d<T> &a,
+	const core::vector3d<T> &b)
 {
-	return v3s16(std::min(a.X, b.X), std::min(a.Y, b.Y), std::min(a.Z, b.Z));
+	return {std::min(a.X, b.X), std::min(a.Y, b.Y), std::min(a.Z, b.Z)};
 }
 
-inline v3s16 componentwise_max(const v3s16 &a, const v3s16 &b)
+template <typename T>
+inline constexpr core::vector3d<T> componentwise_max(const core::vector3d<T> &a,
+	const core::vector3d<T> &b)
 {
-	return v3s16(std::max(a.X, b.X), std::max(a.Y, b.Y), std::max(a.Z, b.Z));
+	return {std::max(a.X, b.X), std::max(a.Y, b.Y), std::max(a.Z, b.Z)};
 }
 
 /// @brief Describes a grid with given step, oirginating at (0,0,0)
@@ -277,8 +282,22 @@ inline u32 calc_parity(u32 v)
 	return (0x6996 >> v) & 1;
 }
 
-u64 murmur_hash_64_ua(const void *key, int len, unsigned int seed);
+/**
+ * Calculate MurmurHash64A hash for an arbitrary block of data.
+ * @param key data to hash (does not need to be aligned)
+ * @param len length in bytes
+ * @param seed initial seed value
+ * @return hash value
+ */
+u64 murmur_hash_64_ua(const void *key, size_t len, unsigned int seed);
 
+/**
+ * @param blockpos_b position of block in block coordinates
+ * @param camera_pos position of camera in nodes
+ * @param camera_dir an unit vector pointing to camera direction
+ * @param range viewing range
+ * @param distance_ptr return location for distance from the camera
+ */
 bool isBlockInSight(v3s16 blockpos_b, v3f camera_pos, v3f camera_dir,
 		f32 camera_fov, f32 range, f32 *distance_ptr=NULL);
 
@@ -399,13 +418,6 @@ inline void paging(u32 length, u32 page, u32 pagecount, u32 &minindex, u32 &maxi
 	}
 }
 
-inline float cycle_shift(float value, float by = 0, float max = 1)
-{
-	if (value + by < 0)   return value + by + max;
-	if (value + by > max) return value + by - max;
-	return value + by;
-}
-
 constexpr inline bool is_power_of_two(u32 n)
 {
 	return n != 0 && (n & (n - 1)) == 0;
@@ -469,31 +481,40 @@ inline v3f getPitchYawRoll(const core::matrix4 &m)
 }
 
 // Muliply the RGB value of a color linearly, and clamp to black/white
-inline irr::video::SColor multiplyColorValue(const irr::video::SColor &color, float mod)
+inline video::SColor multiplyColorValue(const video::SColor &color, float mod)
 {
-	return irr::video::SColor(color.getAlpha(),
+	return video::SColor(color.getAlpha(),
 			core::clamp<u32>(color.getRed() * mod, 0, 255),
 			core::clamp<u32>(color.getGreen() * mod, 0, 255),
 			core::clamp<u32>(color.getBlue() * mod, 0, 255));
 }
 
-template <typename T> inline T numericAbsolute(T v) { return v < 0 ? T(-v) : v;                }
-template <typename T> inline T numericSign(T v)     { return T(v < 0 ? -1 : (v == 0 ? 0 : 1)); }
-
-inline v3f vecAbsolute(v3f v)
+template <typename T> constexpr inline T numericAbsolute(T v)
 {
-	return v3f(
+	return v < 0 ? T(-v) : v;
+}
+
+template <typename T> constexpr inline T numericSign(T v)
+{
+	return T(v < 0 ? -1 : (v == 0 ? 0 : 1));
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+inline constexpr core::vector3d<T> vecAbsolute(const core::vector3d<T> &v)
+{
+	return {
 		numericAbsolute(v.X),
 		numericAbsolute(v.Y),
 		numericAbsolute(v.Z)
-	);
+	};
 }
 
-inline v3f vecSign(v3f v)
+template <typename T>
+inline constexpr core::vector3d<T> vecSign(const core::vector3d<T> &v)
 {
-	return v3f(
+	return {
 		numericSign(v.X),
 		numericSign(v.Y),
 		numericSign(v.Z)
-	);
+	};
 }

src/util/pointer.h

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 #include <string_view>
 
 
-template<typename T> class ConstSharedPtr {
+template<typename T>
+class ConstSharedPtr {
 public:
 	ConstSharedPtr(T *ptr) : ptr(ptr) {}
 	ConstSharedPtr(const std::shared_ptr<T> &ptr) : ptr(ptr) {}
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public:
 		m_size = 0;
 		data = nullptr;
 	}
-	Buffer(unsigned int size)
+	Buffer(size_t size)
 	{
 		m_size = size;
 		if (size != 0) {
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 	// Copies whole buffer
-	Buffer(const T *t, unsigned int size)
+	Buffer(const T *t, size_t size)
 	{
 		m_size = size;
 		if (size != 0) {
@@ -77,9 +78,8 @@ public:
 
 	Buffer& operator=(Buffer &&buffer)
 	{
-		if (this == &buffer) {
+		if (this == &buffer)
 			return *this;
-		}
 		drop();
 		m_size = buffer.m_size;
 		if (m_size != 0) {
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
-	T & operator[](unsigned int i) const
+	T & operator[](size_t i) const
 	{
 		return data[i];
 	}
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public:
 		return data;
 	}
 
-	unsigned int getSize() const
+	size_t getSize() const
 	{
 		return m_size;
 	}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ private:
 		delete[] data;
 	}
 	T *data;
-	unsigned int m_size;
+	size_t m_size;
 };
 
 /************************************************
@@ -149,11 +149,12 @@ public:
 	SharedBuffer()
 	{
 		m_size = 0;
-		data = NULL;
-		refcount = new unsigned int;
+		data = nullptr;
+		refcount = new u32;
 		(*refcount) = 1;
 	}
-	SharedBuffer(unsigned int size)
+
+	SharedBuffer(size_t size)
 	{
 		m_size = size;
 		if (m_size != 0) {
@@ -162,10 +163,11 @@ public:
 			data = nullptr;
 		}
 
-		refcount = new unsigned int;
+		refcount = new u32;
 		memset(data, 0, sizeof(T) * m_size);
 		(*refcount) = 1;
 	}
+
 	SharedBuffer(const SharedBuffer &buffer)
 	{
 		m_size = buffer.m_size;
@@ -173,12 +175,11 @@ public:
 		refcount = buffer.refcount;
 		(*refcount)++;
 	}
+
 	SharedBuffer & operator=(const SharedBuffer &buffer)
 	{
-		if (this == &buffer) {
+		if (this == &buffer)
 			return *this;
-		}
-
 		drop();
 		m_size = buffer.m_size;
 		data = buffer.data;
@@ -186,8 +187,9 @@ public:
 		(*refcount)++;
 		return *this;
 	}
+
 	//! Copies whole buffer
-	SharedBuffer(const T *t, unsigned int size)
+	SharedBuffer(const T *t, size_t size)
 	{
 		m_size = size;
 		if (m_size != 0) {
@@ -196,34 +198,41 @@ public:
 		} else {
 			data = nullptr;
 		}
-		refcount = new unsigned int;
+		refcount = new u32;
 		(*refcount) = 1;
 	}
+
 	//! Copies whole buffer
 	SharedBuffer(const Buffer<T> &buffer) : SharedBuffer(*buffer, buffer.getSize())
 	{
 	}
+
 	~SharedBuffer()
 	{
 		drop();
 	}
-	T & operator[](unsigned int i) const
+
+	T & operator[](size_t i) const
 	{
 		assert(i < m_size);
 		return data[i];
 	}
+
 	T * operator*() const
 	{
 		return data;
 	}
-	unsigned int getSize() const
+
+	size_t getSize() const
 	{
 		return m_size;
 	}
+
 	operator Buffer<T>() const
 	{
 		return Buffer<T>(data, m_size);
 	}
+
 private:
 	void drop()
 	{
@@ -234,9 +243,10 @@ private:
 			delete refcount;
 		}
 	}
+
 	T *data;
-	unsigned int m_size;
-	unsigned int *refcount;
+	size_t m_size;
+	u32 *refcount;
 };
 
 // This class is not thread-safe!

src/util/serialize.h

@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 // not represent the full range, but rather the largest safe range, of values on
 // all supported architectures.  Note: This definition makes assumptions on
 // platform float-to-int conversion behavior.
-#define F1000_MIN ((float)(s32)((float)(-0x7FFFFFFF - 1) / FIXEDPOINT_FACTOR))
-#define F1000_MAX ((float)(s32)((float)(0x7FFFFFFF) / FIXEDPOINT_FACTOR))
+static constexpr float F1000_MIN = (s32)((float)(S32_MIN) / FIXEDPOINT_FACTOR);
+static constexpr float F1000_MAX = (s32)((float)(S32_MAX) / FIXEDPOINT_FACTOR);
 
 #define STRING_MAX_LEN 0xFFFF
 #define WIDE_STRING_MAX_LEN 0xFFFF
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ inline void writeU64(u8 *data, u64 i)
 
 inline u8 readU8(const u8 *data)
 {
-	return ((u8)data[0] << 0);
+	return data[0];
 }
 
 inline s8 readS8(const u8 *data)

src/util/sha1.cpp

@@ -29,37 +29,29 @@ SOFTWARE.
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <cassert>
 
+#define IN_SHA1_CPP
+
 #include "sha1.h"
 
-// print out memory in hexadecimal
-void SHA1::hexPrinter( unsigned char* c, int l )
-{
-	assert( c );
-	assert( l > 0 );
-	while( l > 0 )
-	{
-		printf( " %02x", *c );
-		l--;
-		c++;
-	}
-}
+namespace {
 
 // circular left bit rotation.  MSB wraps around to LSB
-Uint32 SHA1::lrot( Uint32 x, int bits )
+inline Uint32 lrot( Uint32 x, int bits )
 {
 	return (x<<bits) | (x>>(32 - bits));
-};
+}
 
 // Save a 32-bit unsigned integer to memory, in big-endian order
-void SHA1::storeBigEndianUint32( unsigned char* byte, Uint32 num )
+inline void storeBigEndianUint32( unsigned char* byte, Uint32 num )
 {
-	assert( byte );
 	byte[0] = (unsigned char)(num>>24);
 	byte[1] = (unsigned char)(num>>16);
 	byte[2] = (unsigned char)(num>>8);
 	byte[3] = (unsigned char)num;
 }
 
+}
+
 
 // Constructor *******************************************************
 SHA1::SHA1()
@@ -81,7 +73,6 @@ SHA1::~SHA1()
 void SHA1::process()
 {
 	assert( unprocessedBytes == 64 );
-	//printf( "process: " ); hexPrinter( bytes, 64 ); printf( "\n" );
 	int t;
 	Uint32 a, b, c, d, e, K, f, W[80];
 	// starting values

src/util/sha1.h

@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ SOFTWARE.
 
 #pragma once
 
+#if !defined(IN_HASHING_CPP) && !defined(IN_SHA1_CPP)
+#error do not include directly
+#endif
+
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
@@ -59,9 +63,4 @@ public:
 		getDigest(reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(ret.data()));
 		return ret;
 	}
-
-	// utility methods
-	static Uint32 lrot(Uint32 x, int bits);
-	static void storeBigEndianUint32(unsigned char *byte, Uint32 num);
-	static void hexPrinter(unsigned char *c, int l);
 };

src/util/srp.h

@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
+#include <cstddef>
+
 struct SRPVerifier;
 struct SRPUser;
 

src/util/string.cpp

@@ -189,35 +189,37 @@ std::string urlencode(std::string_view str)
 	// Encodes reserved URI characters by a percent sign
 	// followed by two hex digits. See RFC 3986, section 2.3.
 	static const char url_hex_chars[] = "0123456789ABCDEF";
-	std::ostringstream oss(std::ios::binary);
+	std::string ret;
+	ret.reserve(str.size());
 	for (unsigned char c : str) {
 		if (isalnum(c) || c == '-' || c == '.' || c == '_' || c == '~') {
-			oss << c;
+			ret.push_back(c);
 		} else {
-			oss << "%"
-				<< url_hex_chars[(c & 0xf0) >> 4]
-				<< url_hex_chars[c & 0x0f];
+			ret.push_back('%');
+			ret.push_back(url_hex_chars[(c & 0xf0) >> 4]);
+			ret.push_back(url_hex_chars[c & 0x0f]);
 		}
 	}
-	return oss.str();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 std::string urldecode(std::string_view str)
 {
 	// Inverse of urlencode
-	std::ostringstream oss(std::ios::binary);
+	std::string ret;
+	ret.reserve(str.size());
 	for (u32 i = 0; i < str.size(); i++) {
 		unsigned char highvalue, lowvalue;
-		if (str[i] == '%' &&
+		if (str[i] == '%' && i+2 < str.size() &&
 				hex_digit_decode(str[i+1], highvalue) &&
 				hex_digit_decode(str[i+2], lowvalue)) {
-			oss << (char) ((highvalue << 4) | lowvalue);
+			ret.push_back(static_cast<char>((highvalue << 4) | lowvalue));
 			i += 2;
 		} else {
-			oss << str[i];
+			ret.push_back(str[i]);
 		}
 	}
-	return oss.str();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 u32 readFlagString(std::string str, const FlagDesc *flagdesc, u32 *flagmask)
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ char *mystrtok_r(char *s, const char *sep, char **lasts) noexcept
 
 u64 read_seed(const char *str)
 {
-	char *endptr;
+	char *endptr = nullptr;
 	u64 num;
 
 	if (str[0] == '0' && str[1] == 'x')
@@ -327,7 +329,7 @@ u64 read_seed(const char *str)
 		num = strtoull(str, &endptr, 10);
 
 	if (*endptr)
-		num = murmur_hash_64_ua(str, (int)strlen(str), 0x1337);
+		num = murmur_hash_64_ua(str, strlen(str), 0x1337);
 
 	return num;
 }

src/util/string.h

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ std::string writeFlagString(u32 flags, const FlagDesc *flagdesc, u32 flagmask);
 size_t mystrlcpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size) noexcept;
 char *mystrtok_r(char *s, const char *sep, char **lasts) noexcept;
 
+/// @brief turn string into a map seed. either directly if it's a number or by hashing it.
 u64 read_seed(const char *str);
+
 bool parseColorString(const std::string &value, video::SColor &color, bool quiet,
 		unsigned char default_alpha = 0xff);
 std::string encodeHexColorString(video::SColor color);
@@ -330,7 +332,7 @@ inline bool my_isspace(const wchar_t c)
  * @return A view of \p str with leading and trailing whitespace removed.
  */
 template<typename T>
-inline std::basic_string_view<T> trim(const std::basic_string_view<T> &str)
+inline std::basic_string_view<T> trim(std::basic_string_view<T> str)
 {
 	size_t front = 0;
 	size_t back = str.size();

src/util/thread.h

@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ public:
 	MutexedVariable(const T &value):
 		m_value(value)
 	{}
+	MutexedVariable(T &&value):
+		m_value(std::move(value))
+	{}
 
 	T get()
 	{
@@ -31,9 +34,14 @@ public:
 		m_value = value;
 	}
 
-	// You pretty surely want to grab the lock when accessing this
-	T m_value;
+	void set(T &&value)
+	{
+		MutexAutoLock lock(m_mutex);
+		m_value = std::move(value);
+	}
+
 private:
+	T m_value;
 	std::mutex m_mutex;
 };