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#
# Copyright 2006 Floréal Morandat <morandat@lirmm.fr>
# Copyright 2008 Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>
#
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# Access to the environment variables of the process
module environ

import string

# TODO prevoir une structure pour recup tout un environ, le modifier et le passer a process

redef class String
	# Return environment value for this symbol
	# If there is no such environment value, then return ""
	fun environ: String
	do
		var res = self.to_cstring.get_environ
		# FIXME: There is no proper way to handle NULL C string yet. What a pitty.
		var nulstr = once ("".to_cstring.get_environ)
		if res != nulstr then
			return new String.from_cstring(res)
		else
			return ""
		end
	end
	fun setenv( v : String ) do to_cstring.setenv( v.to_cstring )
end

redef class NativeString
	private fun get_environ: NativeString is extern "string_NativeString_NativeString_get_environ_0"
	private fun setenv( v : NativeString ) is extern "string_NativeString_NativeString_setenv_1"
end