class String
  def undent
    gsub(/^.{#{slice(/^ +/).length}}/, '')
  end

  # eg:
  #   if foo then <<-EOS.undent_________________________________________________________72
  #               Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
  #               eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad
  #               minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip
  #               ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in
  #               voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur
  #               sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt
  #               mollit anim id est laborum.
  #               EOS
  alias_method :undent_________________________________________________________72, :undent

  unless String.method_defined?(:start_with?)
    def start_with? prefix
      prefix = prefix.to_s
      self[0, prefix.length] == prefix
    end
  end

  # String.chomp, but if result is empty: returns nil instead.
  # Allows `chuzzle || foo` short-circuits.
  def chuzzle
    s = chomp
    s unless s.empty?
  end
end

class NilClass
  def chuzzle; end
end

# used by the inreplace function (in utils.rb)
module StringInreplaceExtension
  # Warn if nothing was replaced
  def gsub! before, after, audit_result=true
    sub = super(before, after)
    if audit_result and sub.nil?
      opoo "inreplace: replacement of '#{before}' with '#{after}' failed"
    end
    return sub
  end

  # Looks for Makefile style variable defintions and replaces the
  # value with "new_value", or removes the definition entirely.
  def change_make_var! flag, new_value
    new_value = "#{flag}=#{new_value}"
    sub = gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}[ \\t]*=[ \\t]*(.*)$"), new_value, false
    opoo "inreplace: changing '#{flag}' to '#{new_value}' failed" if sub.nil?
  end

  # Removes variable assignments completely.
  def remove_make_var! flags
    # Next line is for Ruby 1.9.x compatibility
    flags = [flags] unless flags.kind_of? Array
    flags.each do |flag|
      # Also remove trailing \n, if present.
      sub = gsub! Regexp.new("^#{flag}[ \\t]*=(.*)$\n?"), "", false
      opoo "inreplace: removing '#{flag}' failed" if sub.nil?
    end
  end

  # Finds the specified variable
  def get_make_var flag
    m = match Regexp.new("^#{flag}[ \\t]*=[ \\t]*(.*)$")
    return m[1] if m
    return nil
  end
end