Document that Consume(Prefix|Suffix)() don't modify the input on failure

PiperOrigin-RevId: 448075898
Change-Id: Ia4047f833bf27c62752b41f4ba65ab3be88a0181
pull/1176/head
Abseil Team 3 years ago committed by Copybara-Service
parent 5073947530
commit abbeeef823
  1. 14
      absl/strings/strip.h

@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
// ConsumePrefix()
//
// Strips the `expected` prefix from the start of the given string, returning
// `true` if the strip operation succeeded or false otherwise.
// Strips the `expected` prefix, if found, from the start of `str`.
// If the operation succeeded, `true` is returned. If not, `false`
// is returned and `str` is not modified.
//
// Example:
//
@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ inline bool ConsumePrefix(absl::string_view* str, absl::string_view expected) {
}
// ConsumeSuffix()
//
// Strips the `expected` suffix from the end of the given string, returning
// `true` if the strip operation succeeded or false otherwise.
// Strips the `expected` prefix, if found, from the end of `str`.
// If the operation succeeded, `true` is returned. If not, `false`
// is returned and `str` is not modified.
//
// Example:
//
@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ inline bool ConsumeSuffix(absl::string_view* str, absl::string_view expected) {
// StripPrefix()
//
// Returns a view into the input string 'str' with the given 'prefix' removed,
// Returns a view into the input string `str` with the given `prefix` removed,
// but leaving the original string intact. If the prefix does not match at the
// start of the string, returns the original string instead.
ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT inline absl::string_view StripPrefix(
@ -76,7 +78,7 @@ ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT inline absl::string_view StripPrefix(
// StripSuffix()
//
// Returns a view into the input string 'str' with the given 'suffix' removed,
// Returns a view into the input string `str` with the given `suffix` removed,
// but leaving the original string intact. If the suffix does not match at the
// end of the string, returns the original string instead.
ABSL_MUST_USE_RESULT inline absl::string_view StripSuffix(

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