Add a split function that does not take an escape and returns StringViews

When an escape character is not present, split can just return sub
strings of the parameter, so we can avoid duplicating the original
string data.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/unit_tests.cc b/src/unit_tests.cc
index 82dd3ca2..a74326fc 100644
--- a/src/unit_tests.cc
+++ b/src/unit_tests.cc
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ void test_string()
     kak_assert(splited[3] == "tchou:kanaky");
     kak_assert(splited[4] == "hihi:");
 
+    std::vector<StringView> splitedview = split("youpi:matin::tchou\\:kanaky:hihi\\:", ':');
+    kak_assert(splitedview[0] == "youpi");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[1] == "matin");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[2] == "");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[3] == "tchou\\");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[4] == "kanaky");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[5] == "hihi\\");
+    kak_assert(splitedview[6] == "");
+
     String escaped = escape("youpi:matin:tchou:", ':', '\\');
     kak_assert(escaped == "youpi\\:matin\\:tchou\\:");