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#
# Copyright 2006 Floréal Morandat <morandat@lirmm.fr>
# Copyright 2008 Jean Privat <jean@pryen.org>
#
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import symbol

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

redef class Symbol
	# Return environement valued for this symbol
	fun environ: String
	do
		var res = to_s.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
			"env {self}=".output
			res.output
			return new String.from_cstring(res)
		else
			return ""
		end
	end
end

redef class NativeString
# Refinned to add environement bindings
	private fun get_environ: NativeString is extern "string_NativeString_NativeString_get_environ_0"
end