Wildcards: use vectors instead of varargs + tests

Varargs make it very hard to pass strings in flexibly
when they (and the number of them) are not known
at compile time.

For example, this allows up to now amalgamate the "single
ext" and "multiple ext" unit tests.

common/wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp

@@ -69,37 +69,30 @@ static wxString formatWildcardExt( const wxString& aWildcard )
 }
 
 
-wxString AddFileExtListToFilter( int aArgCnt, ... )
+wxString AddFileExtListToFilter( const std::vector<std::string>& aExts )
 {
     wxString files_filter = " (";
 
-    va_list args;
-    va_start( args, aArgCnt );
-
     // Add extensions to the info message:
-    for( int ii = 0; ii < aArgCnt; ii++)
+    for( const auto& ext : aExts )
     {
-        const char* ext = va_arg(args, char*);
         files_filter << " *." << ext;
     }
 
     files_filter << ")|*.";
 
-    va_start( args, aArgCnt );
-
     // Add extensions to the filter list, using a formated string (GTK specific):
-    for( int ii = 0; ii < aArgCnt; ii++)
+    bool first = true;
+    for( const auto& ext : aExts )
     {
-        const char* ext = va_arg( args, const char* );
+        if( !first )
-
-        if( ii > 0 )
             files_filter << ";*.";
 
+        first = false;
+
         files_filter << formatWildcardExt( ext );
     }
 
-    va_end( args );
-
     return files_filter;
 }
 
@@ -148,271 +141,271 @@ const wxString AllFilesWildcard( _( "All files (*)|*" ) );
 
 wxString SchematicSymbolFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad drawing symbol files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "sym" );
+    return _( "KiCad drawing symbol files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "sym" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SchematicLibraryFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad symbol library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "lib" );
+    return _( "KiCad symbol library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "lib" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString ProjectFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad project files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pro" );
+    return _( "KiCad project files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pro" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SchematicFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad schematic files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "sch" );
+    return _( "KiCad schematic files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "sch" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString EagleSchematicFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Eagle XML schematic files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "sch" );
+    return _( "Eagle XML schematic files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "sch" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString EagleFilesWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Eagle XML files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 2, "sch", "brd" );
+    return _( "Eagle XML files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "sch", "brd" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString NetlistFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad netlist files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "net" );
+    return _( "KiCad netlist files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "net" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString GerberFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Gerber files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pho" );
+    return _( "Gerber files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pho" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString LegacyPcbFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad printed circuit board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "brd" );
+    return _( "KiCad printed circuit board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "brd" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString EaglePcbFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Eagle ver. 6.x XML PCB files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "brd" );
+    return _( "Eagle ver. 6.x XML PCB files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "brd" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PCadPcbFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "P-Cad 200x ASCII PCB files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pcb" );
+    return _( "P-Cad 200x ASCII PCB files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pcb" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PcbFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad printed circuit board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "kicad_pcb" );
+    return _( "KiCad printed circuit board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "kicad_pcb" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString KiCadFootprintLibFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad footprint files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "kicad_mod" );
+    return _( "KiCad footprint files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "kicad_mod" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString KiCadFootprintLibPathWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad footprint library paths" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pretty" );
+    return _( "KiCad footprint library paths" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pretty" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString LegacyFootprintLibPathWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Legacy footprint library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "mod" );
+    return _( "Legacy footprint library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "mod" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString EagleFootprintLibPathWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Eagle ver. 6.x XML library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "lbr" );
+    return _( "Eagle ver. 6.x XML library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "lbr" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString GedaPcbFootprintLibFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Geda PCB footprint library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "fp" );
+    return _( "Geda PCB footprint library files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "fp" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PageLayoutDescrFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Page layout design files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "kicad_wks" );
+    return _( "Page layout design files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "kicad_wks" } );
 }
 
 
 // Wildcard for cvpcb component to footprint link file
 wxString ComponentFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "KiCad symbol footprint link files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "cmp" );
+    return _( "KiCad symbol footprint link files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "cmp" } );
 }
 
 
 // Wildcard for reports and fabrication documents
 wxString DrillFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Drill files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 3, "drl", "nc", "xnc" );
+    return _( "Drill files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "drl", "nc", "xnc" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SVGFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "SVG files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "svg" );
+    return _( "SVG files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "svg" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString HtmlFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "HTML files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 2, "htm" , "html" );
+    return _( "HTML files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "htm", "html" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString CsvFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "CSV Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "csv" );
+    return _( "CSV Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "csv" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PdfFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Portable document format files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pdf" );
+    return _( "Portable document format files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pdf" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PSFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "PostScript files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "ps" );
+    return _( "PostScript files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "ps" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString ReportFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Report files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "rpt" );
+    return _( "Report files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "rpt" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString FootprintPlaceFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Footprint place files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "pos" );
+    return _( "Footprint place files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "pos" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString Shapes3DFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "VRML and X3D files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 2, "wrl", "x3d" );
+    return _( "VRML and X3D files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "wrl", "x3d" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString IDF3DFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "IDFv3 footprint files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "idf" );
+    return _( "IDFv3 footprint files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "idf" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString TextFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Text files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "txt" );
+    return _( "Text files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "txt" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString ModLegacyExportFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Legacy footprint export files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "emp" );
+    return _( "Legacy footprint export files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "emp" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString ErcFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Electronic rule check file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "erc" );
+    return _( "Electronic rule check file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "erc" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SpiceLibraryFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Spice library file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "lib" );
+    return _( "Spice library file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "lib" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SpiceNetlistFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "SPICE netlist file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "cir" );
+    return _( "SPICE netlist file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "cir" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString CadstarNetlistFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "CadStar netlist file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "frp" );
+    return _( "CadStar netlist file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "frp" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString EquFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Symbol footprint association files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "equ" );
+    return _( "Symbol footprint association files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "equ" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString ZipFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Zip file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "zip" );
+    return _( "Zip file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "zip" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString GencadFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "GenCAD 1.4 board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "cad" );
+    return _( "GenCAD 1.4 board files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "cad" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString DxfFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "DXF Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "dxf" );
+    return _( "DXF Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "dxf" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString GerberJobFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Gerber job file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "gbrjob" );
+    return _( "Gerber job file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "gbrjob" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString SpecctraDsnFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Specctra DSN file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "dsn" );
+    return _( "Specctra DSN file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "dsn" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString IpcD356FileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "IPC-D-356 Test Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "d356" );
+    return _( "IPC-D-356 Test Files" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "d356" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString WorkbookFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Workbook file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "wbk" );
+    return _( "Workbook file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "wbk" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString PngFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "PNG file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "png" );
+    return _( "PNG file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "png" } );
 }
 
 
 wxString JpegFileWildcard()
 {
-    return _( "Jpeg file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( 2, "jpg", "jpeg" );
+    return _( "Jpeg file" ) + AddFileExtListToFilter( { "jpg", "jpeg" } );
 }

include/wildcards_and_files_ext.h

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
 
 #include <wx/wx.h>
 
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
 /**
  * \defgroup file_extensions File Extension Definitions
  *
@@ -47,20 +50,24 @@
  */
 
 /**
- * build the wildcard extension file dialog wildcard filter to add to the base message dialog.
+ * Build the wildcard extension file dialog wildcard filter to add to the base message dialog.
- * for instance, to open .txt files in a file dialog:
+ *
+ * For instance, to open .txt files in a file dialog:
  * the base message is for instance "Text files"
  * the ext list is " (*.txt)|*.txt"
  * and the returned string to add to the base message is " (*.txt)|*.txt"
  * the message to display in the dialog is  "Text files (*.txt)|*.txt"
  *
- * @param aArgCnt is the count of file ext to add to the filter
+ * This function produces a case-insensitive filter (so .txt, .TXT and .tXT
- * other params are the const char* file ext to add to the filter
+ * are all match if you pass "txt" into the function).
+ *
+ * @param aExts is the list of exts to add to the filter. Do not include the
+ * leading dot.
  *
  * @return the appropriate file dialog wildcard filter list.
  */
 
-wxString AddFileExtListToFilter( int aArgCnt, ... );
+wxString AddFileExtListToFilter( const std::vector<std::string>& aExts );
 
 
 // Do NOT use wxString for these.  wxStrings are not thread-safe, even when const.  (For the

qa/common/test_wildcards_and_files_ext.cpp

@@ -73,26 +73,17 @@ static constexpr bool should_use_regex_filters()
 /**
  * Check correct handling of filter strings (as used by WX)
  */
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( SingleFilter )
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( BasicFilter )
 {
-    const auto&       c = ext_wildcard_cases[0];
+    for( const auto& c : ext_wildcard_cases )
-    const std::string exp_filter =
+    {
-            should_use_regex_filters() ? c.m_re_filter : c.m_filter_case_insenstive;
+        const std::string exp_filter =
+                should_use_regex_filters() ? c.m_re_filter : c.m_filter_case_insenstive;
 
-    const auto resp = AddFileExtListToFilter( 1, "png" );
+        const auto resp = AddFileExtListToFilter( c.m_exts );
 
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( resp, exp_filter );
+        BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( resp, exp_filter );
-}
+    }
-
-BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( MultipleFilter )
-{
-    const auto&       c = ext_wildcard_cases[1];
-    const std::string exp_filter =
-            should_use_regex_filters() ? c.m_re_filter : c.m_filter_case_insenstive;
-
-    const auto resp = AddFileExtListToFilter( 2, "png", "gif" );
-
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( resp, exp_filter );
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()