feat: refactor version comparisions

src/util.rs

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, AppError>;
 use std::string::ToString;
 
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 enum VersionComponent {
   Number(u64),
   Text(String),
@@ -29,72 +30,53 @@ impl std::cmp::Ord for VersionComponent {
       Number,
       Text,
     };
+
     match (self, other) {
       (Number(x), Number(y)) => x.cmp(y),
       (Text(x), Text(y)) => {
         match (x.as_str(), y.as_str()) {
-          ("pre", _) => Ordering::Less,
+          ("pre", _) => cmp::Ordering::Less,
-          (_, "pre") => Ordering::Greater,
+          (_, "pre") => cmp::Ordering::Greater,
           _ => x.cmp(y),
         }
       },
-      (Text(_), Number(_)) => Ordering::Less,
+      (Text(_), Number(_)) => cmp::Ordering::Less,
-      (Number(_), Text(_)) => Ordering::Greater,
+      (Number(_), Text(_)) => cmp::Ordering::Greater,
     }
   }
 }
 
-impl PartialOrd for VersionComponent {
+/// Yields [`VertionComponent`] from a version string.
-  fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+#[derive(Deref, DerefMut, From)]
-    Some(self.cmp(other))
+struct VersionComponentIter<'a>(&'a str);
-  }
-}
 
-// takes a version string and outputs the different components
+impl Iterator for VersionComponentIter<'_> {
-//
-// a component is delimited by '-' or '.' and consists of just digits or letters
-struct VersionComponentIterator<'a> {
-  v:   &'a [u8],
-  pos: usize,
-}
-
-impl<'a> VersionComponentIterator<'a> {
-  pub fn new<I: Into<&'a str>>(v: I) -> Self {
-    Self {
-      v:   v.into().as_bytes(),
-      pos: 0,
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-impl Iterator for VersionComponentIterator<'_> {
   type Item = VersionComponent;
 
   fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-    // skip all '-' and '.' in the beginning
+    // Skip all '-' and '.'.
-    while let Some(b'.' | b'-') = self.v.get(self.pos) {
+    while self.starts_with(['.', '-']) {
-      self.pos += 1;
+      **self = &self[1..];
     }
 
-    // get the next character and decide if it is a digit or char
+    // Get the next character and decide if it is a digit.
-    let c = self.v.get(self.pos)?;
+    let is_digit = self.chars().next()?.is_ascii_digit();
-    let is_digit = c.is_ascii_digit();
-    // based on this collect characters after this into the component
-    let component_len = self.v[self.pos..]
-      .iter()
-      .copied()
-      .take_while(|&c| c.is_ascii_digit() == is_digit && c != b'.' && c != b'-')
-      .count();
-    let component =
-      String::from_utf8_lossy(&self.v[self.pos..(self.pos + component_len)])
-        .into_owned();
 
-    // remember what chars we used
+    // Based on this collect characters after this into the component.
-    self.pos += component_len;
+    let component_len = self
+      .chars()
+      .take_while(|&c| {
+        c.is_ascii_digit() == is_digit && !matches!(c, '.' | '-')
+      })
+      .map(char::len_utf8)
+      .sum();
 
-    if component.is_empty() {
+    let component = self[..component_len].to_owned();
-      None
+    **self = &self[component_len..];
-    } else if is_digit {
+
+    assert!(!component.is_empty());
+
+    if is_digit {
       component.parse::<u64>().ok().map(VersionComponent::Number)
     } else {
       Some(VersionComponent::Text(component))
@@ -103,15 +85,11 @@ impl Iterator for VersionComponentIterator<'_> {
 }
 
 /// Compares two strings of package versions, and figures out the greater one.
-///
+pub fn compare_versions(this: &str, that: &str) -> cmp::Ordering {
-/// # Returns
+  let this = VersionComponentIter::from(this);
-///
+  let that = VersionComponentIter::from(that);
-/// * Ordering
-pub fn compare_versions(a: &str, b: &str) -> Ordering {
-  let iter_a = VersionComponentIterator::new(a);
-  let iter_b = VersionComponentIterator::new(b);
 
-  iter_a.cmp(iter_b)
+  this.cmp(that)
 }
 
 /// Parses a nix store path to extract the packages name and version
@@ -244,10 +222,10 @@ mod test {
       Number,
       Text,
     };
-    use crate::util::VersionComponentIterator;
+    use crate::util::VersionComponentIter;
     let v = "132.1.2test234-1-man----.--.......---------..---";
 
-    let comp: Vec<_> = VersionComponentIterator::new(v).collect();
+    let comp: Vec<_> = VersionComponentIter::new(v).collect();
     assert_eq!(comp, [
       Number(132),
       Number(1),