From f375b5f7a7d29c166be41ed7edbdcfa0f2b7a209 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 13:41:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] lib/core: Added an optimized `to_hex` function to `FlatText`

Signed-off-by: Lucas Bajolet <r4pass@hotmail.com>
---
 lib/core/text/flat.nit |   17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/core/text/flat.nit b/lib/core/text/flat.nit
index c3332d0..b2336e6 100644
--- a/lib/core/text/flat.nit
+++ b/lib/core/text/flat.nit
@@ -278,6 +278,23 @@ redef class FlatText
 	end
 
 	redef fun [](index) do return _items.char_at(char_to_byte_index(index))
+
+	# If `self` contains only digits and alpha <= 'f', return the corresponding integer.
+	#
+	#     assert "ff".to_hex == 255
+	redef fun to_hex(pos, ln) do
+		var res = 0
+		if pos == null then pos = 0
+		if ln == null then ln = length - pos
+		pos = char_to_byte_index(pos)
+		var its = _items
+		var max = pos + ln
+		for i in [pos .. max[ do
+			res <<= 4
+			res += its[i].ascii.from_hex
+		end
+		return res
+	end
 end
 
 # Immutable strings of characters.
-- 
1.7.9.5