[ox/std] Cleanup serialize code

deps/ox/ox-docs.md

@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ All components have a platform indicator next to them:
 Ox provides ```ox::Error``` to report errors.
 ```ox::Error``` is a struct that has overloaded operators to behave like an
 integer error code, plus some extra fields to enhance debuggability.
-If instantiated through the ```OxError(x)``` macro, it will also include the
-file and line of the error.
-The ```OxError(x)``` macro should only be used for the initial instantiation of
-an ```ox::Error```.
+```ox::Error```s will also include the file and line of the error.
 
 In addition to ```ox::Error``` there is also the template ```ox::Result<T>```.
 ```ox::Result``` simply wraps the type T value in a struct that also includes
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ ox::Result<int> foo(int i) noexcept {
 	if (i < 10) {
 		return i + 1; // implicitly calls ox::Result<T>::Result(T)
 	}
-	return OxError(1); // implicitly calls ox::Result<T>::Result(ox::Error)
+	return ox::Error(1); // implicitly calls ox::Result<T>::Result(ox::Error)
 }
 
 int caller1() {
@@ -181,6 +178,216 @@ variant for creating a non-const value.
 
 * ```OX_REQUIRE_M``` - OX_REQUIRE Mutable
 
+### Ox String Types
+
+Ox has six different major string types.
+These types are divided into two categories: store types and view types.
+
+String stores maintain a copy of the string data, whereas view types only
+maintain a reference to the data.
+Views should be used where you otherwise might use a const reference to a
+string store type.
+
+Having all of these different string types may sound like an interoperability
+nightmare, but taking string view types extensively where applicable makes the
+imagined interoperability issues virtually non-existent.
+
+#### String Store Types
+
+##### String / BasicString
+
+```ox::String```, or really ```ox::BasicString```, is Ox's version of
+```std::string```.
+Like ```std::string```, ```String``` allocates to store the string data.
+Also like ```std::string```, ```String``` allows for small string
+optimization for strings under 8 bytes.
+Unlike ```std::string```, the template that ```String``` is based on,
+```BasicString```, takes a parameter that allows adjusting to different size
+small string buffers.
+```ox::String``` is an alias to ```ox::BasicString<8>```.
+
+```cpp
+// s can hold up to 100 bytes, plus one for a null terminator before allocating
+ox::BasicString<100> s;
+```
+Also unlike ```std::string```, ```ox::String``` has an explicit C-string conversion
+constructor.
+This prevents accidental instantiations of ```String```.
+
+Consider the following:
+
+```cpp
+void fStd(std::string const&);
+void fOx(ox::String const&);
+
+int main() {
+    // implicit and silent instantiation of std::string, which includes an
+    // allocation
+    fStd("123456789");
+    // Will fail to compile:
+    fOx("123456789");
+    // But explicit String instantiation will work:
+    fOx(ox::String{"123456789"});
+}
+```
+
+##### IString
+
+```IString```, or "inline string", is like ```BasicString```, but it will cut
+off strings that exceed that limit.
+
+```cpp
+ox::IString<5> s; // s can hold up to 5 characters, plus a null terminator
+s = "12345";      // valid
+s = "123456";     // will compile and run, but will get cut off at '5'
+```
+
+This is useful for certain string categories that have fixed lengths, like UUID
+strings or for numbers.
+
+Ox makes use of ```IString``` in the following ways:
+
+```cpp
+using UUIDStr = ox::IString<36>;
+
+// and
+
+template<Integer_c Integer>
+[[nodiscard]]
+constexpr auto intToStr(Integer v) noexcept {
+	constexpr auto Cap = [] {
+		auto out = 0;
+		switch (sizeof(Integer)) {
+			case 1:
+				out = 3;
+				break;
+			case 2:
+				out = 5;
+				break;
+			case 4:
+				out = 10;
+				break;
+			case 8:
+				out = 21;
+				break;
+		}
+		return out + ox::is_signed_v<Integer>;
+	}();
+	ox::IString<Cap> out;
+	std::ignore = out.resize(out.cap());
+	ox::CharBuffWriter w{{out.data(), out.cap()}};
+	std::ignore = writeItoa(v, w);
+	std::ignore = out.resize(w.tellp());
+	return out;
+}
+```
+
+##### StringParam
+
+```StringParam``` is a weird type.
+Because ```String::String(const char*)``` is explicit, it becomes a pain for
+functions to take ```String```s.
+
+```cpp
+struct Type {
+    ox::String m_s;
+    explicit Type(ox::String p): m_s(std::move(p)) {
+    }
+};
+
+void f() {
+    ox::String s{"asdf"};
+    Type t1{"asdf"};             // invalid - will not compile
+    Type t2{s};                  // invalid - will not compile
+    Type t3{std::move(s)};       // valid
+    Type t4{ox::String{"asdf"}}; // valid
+}
+```
+
+```StringParam``` has implicit conversion constructors, and will appropriately
+move from r-value ```String```s or create a ```String``` if not passed
+ownership of an existing ```String```.
+Think of ```StringParam``` as a way to opt-in to implicit instantiation with
+strings.
+
+```StringParam``` can access the string as a view through the ```view()```
+function, and the ```String``` inside can be accessed by moving from the
+```StringParam```.
+
+```cpp
+struct Type {
+    ox::String m_s;
+    explicit Type(ox::StringParam p): m_s(std::move(p)) {
+    }
+};
+
+void f() {
+    ox::String s{"asdf"};
+    Type t1{"asdf"};             // valid
+    Type t2{s};                  // valid
+    Type t3{std::move(s)};       // valid
+    Type t4{ox::String{"asdf"}}; // valid
+}
+```
+
+#### String View Types
+
+##### StringView
+
+```ox::StringView``` is Ox's version of ```std::string_view```.
+```StringView``` contains a pointer to a string, along with its size.
+
+This should be the normal type taken when a function needs a string that will
+exist until it returns.
+
+##### CStringView
+
+```CStringView``` is like ```StringView```, but it comes with the promise that
+the string ends with a null terminator.
+Accordingly, it has a ```c_str()``` function in addition to the ```data()```
+function that ```StringView``` has.
+
+```CStringView``` should be used when wrapping a C API that only takes C
+strings.
+
+##### StringLiteral
+
+```StringLiteral``` is a string view type, but it kind of straddles the line
+between view and store types.
+Creating a ```StringLiteral``` is a promise that you are passing a string
+literal into the constructor.
+This means you can treat it like a store, that can be safely used as a copy of
+the data.
+Functions that take ```StringLiteral```s are allowed to assume that the data
+will have no lifetime concerns and hold onto it without any need to make a
+copy.
+It has a consteval constructor to enforce the promise that it is a compile time
+string.
+
+```cpp
+void f(ox::StringLiteral const&);
+
+int main() {
+    f("123456789");                     // valid
+    f(ox::String{"123456789"}.c_str()); // invalid - will not compile
+}
+```
+
+#### Other Variants
+
+There are a few convenience aliases as well.
+
+* StringCR = String const&
+* StringViewCR = StringView const&
+* CStringViewCR = CStringView const&
+* CString = const char*
+
+String views do not generally need const references, but it does make debugging
+easier, as we can skip the constructor call if a string view already exists.
+
+These kind of aliases probably should not exist for most types, but strings are
+fundamental and ease of use is desirable.
+
 ### Logging and Output
 
 Ox provides for logging and debug prints via the ```oxTrace```, ```oxDebug```, and ```oxError``` macros.

deps/ox/src/ox/claw/read.cpp

@@ -106,15 +106,14 @@ Result<ModelObject> readClaw(TypeStore &ts, BufferView buff) noexcept {
 		{
 			ox::BufferReader br({header.data, header.dataSize});
 			MetalClawReader reader(br);
-			ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &obj));
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(reader.interface(), &obj));
 			return obj;
 		}
 		case ClawFormat::Organic:
 		{
 #ifdef OX_USE_STDLIB
 			OrganicClawReader reader({header.data, header.dataSize});
-			ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
+			ModelHandlerInterface handler(reader);
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &obj));
 			return obj;
 #else

deps/ox/src/ox/claw/read.hpp

@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ Error readClaw(ox::BufferView buff, T &val) {
 		{
 			ox::BufferReader br({header.data, header.dataSize});
 			MetalClawReader reader(br);
-			ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
-			return model(&handler, &val);
+			return model(reader.interface(), &val);
 		}
 		case ClawFormat::Organic:
 		{

deps/ox/src/ox/claw/test/tests.cpp

@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ static std::map<ox::StringView, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 				constexpr auto hdr = ox::StringLiteral("M2;com.drinkingtea.ox.claw.test.Header2;3;awefawf");
 				constexpr auto expected = ox::StringLiteral("com.drinkingtea.ox.claw.test.Header2;3");
 				OX_REQUIRE(actual, ox::readClawTypeId({hdr.data(), hdr.size() + 1}));
-				oxExpect(actual, expected);
+				ox::expect(actual, expected);
 				return ox::Error{};
 			}
 		},

deps/ox/src/ox/fs/test/tests.cpp

@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ const std::map<ox::StringView, std::function<ox::Error(ox::StringView)>> tests =
 				ox::PathIterator it(path);
 				ox::StringView buff;
 				oxAssert(it.next(buff), "PathIterator::next returned error");
-				oxExpect(buff, "usr");
+				ox::expect(buff, "usr");
 				oxAssert(it.next(buff), "PathIterator::next returned error");
-				oxExpect(buff, "share");
+				ox::expect(buff, "share");
 				return ox::Error(0);
 			}
 		},
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ const std::map<ox::StringView, std::function<ox::Error(ox::StringView)>> tests =
 				auto list = new (ox_alloca(buffLen)) ox::ptrarith::NodeBuffer<uint32_t, ox::FileStoreItem<uint32_t>>(buffLen);
 				oxAssert(ox::FileStore32::format(list, buffLen), "FileStore::format failed.");
 				ox::FileStore32 fileStore(list, buffLen);
-				oxAssert(fileStore.write(4, const_cast<char*>(str1), str1Len, 1), "FileStore::write 1 failed.");
-				oxAssert(fileStore.write(5, const_cast<char*>(str2), str2Len, 1), "FileStore::write 2 failed.");
+				oxAssert(fileStore.write(4, str1, str1Len, 1), "FileStore::write 1 failed.");
+				oxAssert(fileStore.write(5, str2, str2Len, 1), "FileStore::write 2 failed.");
 
 				char str1Read[str1Len];
 				size_t str1ReadSize = 0;

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 add_library(
 	OxMetalClaw
-		presenceindicator.cpp
 		read.cpp
 		write.cpp
 )

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/intops.hpp

@@ -18,25 +18,25 @@
 
 namespace ox::mc {
 
-template<typename T>
+template<Integer_c T>
 static constexpr auto Bits = sizeof(T) << 3;
 
 /**
  * Returns highest bit other than possible signed bit.
  * Bit numbering starts at 0.
  */
-template<typename I>
+template<Integer_c I>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr std::size_t highestBit(I val) noexcept {
+constexpr size_t highestBit(I const val) noexcept {
 	unsigned shiftStart = sizeof(I) * 8 - 1;
-	// find most significant non-sign indicator bit
-	std::size_t highestBit = 0;
+	// find the most significant non-sign indicator bit
+	size_t highestBit = 0;
 	// start at one bit lower if signed
 	if constexpr(is_signed_v<I>) {
 		--shiftStart;
 	}
 	for (auto i = shiftStart; i > 0; --i) {
-		const auto bitValue = (val >> i) & 1;
+		auto const bitValue = (val >> i) & 1;
 		if (bitValue) {
 			highestBit = i;
 			break;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ constexpr std::size_t highestBit(I val) noexcept {
 	return highestBit;
 }
 
-static_assert(highestBit(int8_t(0b10000000)) == 0);
+static_assert(highestBit(static_cast<int8_t>(0b10000000)) == 0);
 static_assert(highestBit(~static_cast<int8_t>(-1)) == 0);
 static_assert(highestBit(~static_cast<int8_t>(-2)) == 0);
 static_assert(highestBit(~static_cast<int8_t>(-3)) == 1);
@@ -53,42 +53,39 @@ static_assert(highestBit(1) == 0);
 static_assert(highestBit(2) == 1);
 static_assert(highestBit(4) == 2);
 static_assert(highestBit(8) == 3);
-static_assert(highestBit(uint64_t(1) << 31) == 31);
-static_assert(highestBit(uint64_t(1) << 63) == 63);
+static_assert(highestBit(static_cast<uint64_t>(1) << 31) == 31);
+static_assert(highestBit(static_cast<uint64_t>(1) << 63) == 63);
 
 struct McInt {
-	ox::Array<uint8_t, 9> data{};
+	Array<uint8_t, 9> data{};
 	// length of integer in bytes
-	std::size_t length = 0;
+	size_t length = 0;
 };
 
-template<typename I>
+template<Integer_c I>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr McInt encodeInteger(I pInput) noexcept {
-	auto const input = ox::ResizedInt_t<I, 64>{pInput};
+constexpr McInt encodeInteger(I const pInput) noexcept {
+	auto const input = ResizedInt_t<I, 64>{pInput};
 	McInt out;
-	const auto inputNegative = is_signed_v<I> && input < 0;
-	// move input to uint64_t to allow consistent bit manipulation, and to avoid
+	auto const inputNegative = is_signed_v<I> && input < 0;
+	// move input to uint64_t to allow consistent bit manipulation and to avoid
 	// overflow concerns
-	uint64_t val = 0;
-	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
-	ox::memcpy(&val, &input, sizeof(input));
-	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
+	auto const val = std::bit_cast<uint64_t>(input);
 	if (val) {
 		// bits needed to represent number factoring in space possibly
 		// needed for signed bit
-		const auto highBit = inputNegative ? highestBit(~val) : highestBit(val);
-		const auto bits = highBit + 1 + (is_signed_v<I> ? 1 : 0);
+		auto const highBit = inputNegative ? highestBit(~val) : highestBit(val);
+		auto const bits = highBit + 1 + (is_signed_v<I> ? 1 : 0);
 		// bytes needed to store value
-		std::size_t bytes = bits / 8 + (bits % 8 != 0);
-		const auto bitsAvailable = bytes * 8; // bits available to integer value
-		const auto bitsNeeded = bits + bytes;
+		size_t bytes = bits / 8 + (bits % 8 != 0);
+		auto const bitsAvailable = bytes * 8; // bits available to integer value
+		auto const bitsNeeded = bits + bytes;
 		// factor in bits needed for bytesIndicator (does not affect bytesIndicator)
 		// bits for integer + bits needed to represent bytes > bits available
 		if (bitsNeeded > bitsAvailable && bytes != 9) {
 			++bytes;
 		}
-		const auto bytesIndicator = onMask<uint8_t>(bytes - 1);
+		auto const bytesIndicator = onMask<uint8_t>(bytes - 1);
 		// ensure we are copying from little endian representation
 		LittleEndian<uint64_t> leVal = val;
 		if (inputNegative) {
@@ -103,9 +100,9 @@ constexpr McInt encodeInteger(I pInput) noexcept {
 				out.data[1] |= 0b1000'0000;
 			}
 		} else {
-			const auto valBits = bytes * 8;
-			uint64_t negBit = inputNegative ? 1 : 0;
-			auto intermediate =
+			auto const valBits = bytes * 8;
+			uint64_t const negBit = inputNegative ? 1 : 0;
+			auto const intermediate =
 				static_cast<uint64_t>(leVal.raw() | (negBit << (valBits - 1))) << bytes |
 				static_cast<uint64_t>(bytesIndicator);
 			OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
@@ -122,8 +119,8 @@ constexpr McInt encodeInteger(I pInput) noexcept {
  * length integer.
  */
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr std::size_t countBytes(unsigned b) noexcept {
-	std::size_t i = 0;
+constexpr size_t countBytes(unsigned const b) noexcept {
+	size_t i = 0;
 	while ((b >> i) & 1) ++i;
 	return i + 1;
 }
@@ -138,39 +135,39 @@ static_assert(countBytes(0b0011'1111) == 7);
 static_assert(countBytes(0b0111'1111) == 8);
 static_assert(countBytes(0b1111'1111) == 9);
 
-template<typename I>
-constexpr Result<I> decodeInteger(Reader_c auto&rdr, std::size_t *bytesRead) noexcept {
+template<Integer_c I>
+constexpr Result<I> decodeInteger(Reader_c auto &rdr, size_t &bytesRead) noexcept {
 	uint8_t firstByte = 0;
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(rdr.read(&firstByte, 1));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(rdr.seekg(-1, ox::ios_base::cur));
-	const auto bytes = countBytes(firstByte);
+	auto const bytes = countBytes(firstByte);
 	if (bytes == 9) {
-		*bytesRead = bytes;
+		bytesRead = bytes;
 		I out = 0;
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(rdr.seekg(1, ox::ios_base::cur));
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(rdr.read(&out, sizeof(I)));
 		return fromLittleEndian<I>(out);
 	}
-	*bytesRead = bytes;
+	bytesRead = bytes;
 	uint64_t decoded = 0;
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(rdr.read(&decoded, bytes));
 	decoded >>= bytes;
 	// move sign bit
 	if constexpr(is_signed_v<I>) {
-		const auto negBit = bytes * 8 - bytes - 1;
+		auto const negBit = bytes * 8 - bytes - 1;
 		// move sign
-		const auto negative = (decoded >> negBit) == 1;
+		auto const negative = (decoded >> negBit) == 1;
 		if (negative) {
 			// fill in all bits between encoded sign and real sign with 1s
 			// split it up because the 32-bit ARM can't shift more than 32 bits
-			ox::Array<uint32_t, 2> d = {};
+			Array<uint32_t, 2> d = {};
 			//d[0] = decoded & 0xffff'ffff;
 			//d[1] = decoded >> 32;
 		 	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 			ox::memcpy(&d[0], &decoded, sizeof(decoded));
 		 	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 			auto bit = negBit;
-			for (; bit < ox::min<std::size_t>(Bits<I>, 32); ++bit) {
+			for (; bit < ox::min<size_t>(Bits<I>, 32); ++bit) {
 				d[0] |= 1 << bit;
 			}
 			bit -= 32;
@@ -179,7 +176,7 @@ constexpr Result<I> decodeInteger(Reader_c auto&rdr, std::size_t *bytesRead) noe
 			}
 			I out = 0;
 			if constexpr(ox::defines::BigEndian) {
-				const auto d0Tmp = d[0];
+				auto const d0Tmp = d[0];
 				d[0] = d[1];
 				d[1] = d0Tmp;
 			}
@@ -192,11 +189,11 @@ constexpr Result<I> decodeInteger(Reader_c auto&rdr, std::size_t *bytesRead) noe
 	return static_cast<I>(decoded);
 }
 
-template<typename I>
-Result<I> decodeInteger(McInt m) noexcept {
-	std::size_t bytesRead{};
+template<Integer_c I>
+Result<I> decodeInteger(McInt const &m) noexcept {
+	size_t bytesRead{};
 	BufferReader br({reinterpret_cast<const char*>(m.data.data()), 9});
-	return decodeInteger<I>(br, &bytesRead);
+	return decodeInteger<I>(br, bytesRead);
 }
 
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/presenceindicator.cpp

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2015 - 2025 gary@drinkingtea.net
- *
- * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
- */
-
-#include "err.hpp"
-#include "presenceindicator.hpp"
-
-namespace ox {
-
-template class FieldBitmapWriterBase<uint8_t*>;
-template class FieldBitmapWriterBase<const uint8_t*>;
-
-}

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/presenceindicator.hpp

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <ox/std/array.hpp>
 #include <ox/std/bit.hpp>
 #include <ox/std/error.hpp>
+#include <ox/std/span.hpp>
 #include <ox/std/types.hpp>
 #include <ox/std/reader.hpp>
 
@@ -21,143 +22,101 @@ namespace ox {
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 class FieldBitmapReader {
 	protected:
-		mutable std::size_t m_mapBlockIdx = ~std::size_t{0};
-		mutable uint64_t m_mapBlock = 0;
-		std::size_t m_mapStart = 0;
+		mutable size_t m_mapBlockIdx = ~size_t{};
+		mutable uint64_t m_mapBlock{};
+		size_t m_mapStart{};
 		Reader &m_reader;
 
 	public:
-		explicit constexpr FieldBitmapReader(Reader &reader) noexcept;
+		explicit constexpr FieldBitmapReader(Reader &reader) noexcept:
+			m_mapStart(reader.tellg()),
+			m_reader(reader) {
+		}
 
-		constexpr Result<bool> get(std::size_t i) const noexcept;
+		constexpr Result<bool> get(size_t idx) const noexcept {
+			constexpr auto blockBits = sizeof(m_mapBlock);
+			auto const blockIdx = idx / blockBits;
+			if (m_mapBlockIdx != blockIdx) [[unlikely]] {
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(loadMapBlock(blockIdx));
+			}
+			idx %= blockBits;
+			return (m_mapBlock >> idx) & 1;
+		}
 
 	private:
-		constexpr ox::Error loadMapBlock(std::size_t id) const noexcept;
-
-};
-
-template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr FieldBitmapReader<Reader>::FieldBitmapReader(Reader &reader) noexcept:
-	m_mapStart(reader.tellg()),
-	m_reader(reader) {
-}
-
-template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Result<bool> FieldBitmapReader<Reader>::get(std::size_t idx) const noexcept {
-	constexpr auto blockBits = sizeof(m_mapBlock);
-	auto const blockIdx = idx / blockBits;
-	if (m_mapBlockIdx != blockIdx) [[unlikely]] {
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(loadMapBlock(blockIdx));
-	}
-	idx %= blockBits;
-	return (m_mapBlock >> idx) & 1;
-}
-
-template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr ox::Error FieldBitmapReader<Reader>::loadMapBlock(std::size_t idx) const noexcept {
-	OX_REQUIRE(g, m_reader.tellg());
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(static_cast<int>(m_mapStart + idx), ox::ios_base::beg));
-	ox::Array<char, sizeof(m_mapBlock)> mapBlock{};
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.read(mapBlock.data(), sizeof(m_mapBlock)));
-	// Warning: narrow-conv
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(static_cast<int>(g), ox::ios_base::beg));
-	m_mapBlock = 0;
-	for (auto i = 0ull; auto b : mapBlock) {
-		m_mapBlock |= static_cast<uint64_t>(std::bit_cast<uint8_t>(b)) << i;
-		i += 8;
-	}
-	m_mapBlockIdx = idx;
-	return {};
-}
-
-
-template<typename T>
-class FieldBitmapWriterBase {
-	protected:
-		T m_map = nullptr;
-		std::size_t m_mapLen = 0;
-
-	public:
-		constexpr FieldBitmapWriterBase(T map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept;
-
-		constexpr auto setBuffer(T map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept;
-
-		constexpr Result<bool> get(std::size_t i) const noexcept;
-
-		constexpr void setFields(int) noexcept;
-
-		constexpr void setMaxLen(int) noexcept;
-
-		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr int64_t getMaxLen() const noexcept;
-
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::FieldBitmapWriterBase(T map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
-	m_map = map;
-	m_mapLen = maxLen;
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr auto FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::setBuffer(T map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept {
-	m_map = map;
-	m_mapLen = maxLen;
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr Result<bool> FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::get(std::size_t i) const noexcept {
-	if (i / 8 < m_mapLen) {
-		return (m_map[i / 8] >> (i % 8)) & 1;
-	} else {
-		return ox::Error(McPresenceMapOverflow);
-	}
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr void FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::setFields(int fields) noexcept {
-	m_mapLen = static_cast<std::size_t>((fields / 8 + 1) - (fields % 8 == 0));
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr void FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::setMaxLen(int maxLen) noexcept {
-	m_mapLen = static_cast<std::size_t>(maxLen);
-}
-
-template<typename T>
-constexpr int64_t FieldBitmapWriterBase<T>::getMaxLen() const noexcept {
-	return static_cast<int64_t>(m_mapLen);
-}
-
-extern template class FieldBitmapWriterBase<uint8_t*>;
-extern template class FieldBitmapWriterBase<const uint8_t*>;
-
-class FieldBitmap: public FieldBitmapWriterBase<uint8_t*> {
-
-	public:
-		constexpr FieldBitmap(uint8_t *map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept;
-
-		constexpr Error set(std::size_t i, bool on) noexcept;
-
-};
-
-constexpr FieldBitmap::FieldBitmap(uint8_t *map, std::size_t maxLen) noexcept:
-	FieldBitmapWriterBase<uint8_t*>(map, maxLen) {
-}
-
-constexpr Error FieldBitmap::set(std::size_t i, bool on) noexcept {
-	if (i / 8 < m_mapLen) {
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
-		if (on) {
-			m_map[i / 8] |= 1 << (i % 8);
-		} else {
-			m_map[i / 8] &= ~static_cast<uint8_t>(1 << (i % 8));
+		constexpr Error loadMapBlock(size_t const idx) const noexcept {
+			OX_REQUIRE(g, m_reader.tellg());
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(static_cast<int>(m_mapStart + idx), ox::ios_base::beg));
+			Array<char, sizeof(m_mapBlock)> mapBlock{};
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.read(mapBlock.data(), sizeof(m_mapBlock)));
+			// Warning: narrow-conv
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(static_cast<int>(g), ox::ios_base::beg));
+			m_mapBlock = 0;
+			for (uint64_t i{}; auto b : mapBlock) {
+				m_mapBlock |= static_cast<uint64_t>(std::bit_cast<uint8_t>(b)) << i;
+				i += 8;
+			}
+			m_mapBlockIdx = idx;
+			return {};
 		}
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
-		return {};
-	} else {
-		return ox::Error(McPresenceMapOverflow);
-	}
-}
+
+};
+
+
+class FieldBitmapWriter {
+	protected:
+		Span<char> m_map;
+		size_t m_mapLen{};
+
+	public:
+		explicit constexpr FieldBitmapWriter(Span<char> const &map) noexcept:
+			m_map(map),
+			m_mapLen(m_map.size()) {
+		}
+
+		constexpr auto setBuffer(Span<char> const &map) noexcept {
+			m_map = map;
+			m_mapLen = map.size();
+		}
+
+		constexpr Result<bool> get(size_t const i) const noexcept {
+			if (i / 8 < m_mapLen) {
+				return (std::bit_cast<uint8_t>(m_map[i / 8]) >> (i % 8)) & 1;
+			}
+			return Error{McPresenceMapOverflow};
+		}
+
+		constexpr Error setFields(int const fields) noexcept {
+			m_mapLen = static_cast<size_t>((fields / 8 + 1) - (fields % 8 == 0));
+			if (m_mapLen > m_map.size()) [[unlikely]] {
+				return Error{McPresenceMapOverflow};
+			}
+			return {};
+		}
+
+		constexpr void setMaxLen(int const maxLen) noexcept {
+			m_mapLen = static_cast<size_t>(maxLen);
+		}
+
+		constexpr int64_t getMaxLen() const noexcept {
+			return static_cast<int64_t>(m_mapLen);
+		}
+
+		constexpr Error set(size_t const i, bool const on) noexcept {
+			if (i / 8 < m_mapLen) {
+				char &actual = m_map[i / 8];
+				uint8_t v = std::bit_cast<uint8_t>(actual);
+				if (on) {
+					v |= 1 << (i % 8);
+				} else {
+					v &= ~static_cast<uint8_t>(1 << (i % 8));
+				}
+				actual = std::bit_cast<char>(v);
+				return {};
+			}
+			return Error{McPresenceMapOverflow};
+		}
+
+};
 
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/read.hpp

@@ -32,58 +32,58 @@ class MetalClawReaderTemplate: public ModelHandlerBase<MetalClawReaderTemplate<R
 
 	private:
 		FieldBitmapReader<Reader> m_fieldPresence;
-		std::size_t m_fields = 0;
-		std::size_t m_field = 0;
-		ox::Optional<int> m_unionIdx;
+		size_t m_fields{};
+		size_t m_field{};
+		Optional<int> const m_unionIdx{};
 		Reader &m_reader;
 
 	public:
 		explicit constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate(
 				Reader &reader,
-				ox::Optional<int> const&unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
+				Optional<int> const &unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
 
 		constexpr ~MetalClawReaderTemplate() noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, int8_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, int16_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, int32_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, int64_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int8_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int16_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int32_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int64_t *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, uint8_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, uint16_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, uint32_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, uint64_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint8_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint16_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint32_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint64_t *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, bool *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, bool *val) noexcept;
 
 		// array handler
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, auto *val, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, auto *val, size_t valLen) noexcept;
 
 		// map handler
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept;
 
 		// array handler, with callback to allow handling individual elements
 		template<typename T, typename CB>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, CB cb) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, CB cb) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, T *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, T *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename U, bool force>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t SmallStringSize>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t SmallStringSize>
+		constexpr Error field(CString, BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, IString<L> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t L>
+		constexpr Error field(CString, IString<L> *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char*, char *val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString, char *val, size_t buffLen) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char*, char **val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString, char **val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char*, char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString, char **val, size_t buffLen) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * Reads an array length from the current location in the buffer.
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ class MetalClawReaderTemplate: public ModelHandlerBase<MetalClawReaderTemplate<R
 				const char *name = T::TypeName,
 				int version = T::TypeVersion,
 				const Vector<String>& = {},
-				std::size_t fields = ModelFieldCount_v<T>) noexcept;
+				size_t fields = ModelFieldCount_v<T>) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * Returns a MetalClawReader to parse a child object.
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader> child(const char *name, ox::Optional<int> unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
+		constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader> child(const char *name, Optional<int> unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * Indicates whether or not the next field to be read is present.
@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ class MetalClawReaderTemplate: public ModelHandlerBase<MetalClawReaderTemplate<R
 		constexpr bool fieldPresent(int fieldNo) const noexcept;
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr int whichFieldPresent(const char *name, const ModelUnion&) const noexcept;
+		constexpr int whichFieldPresent(const char *name, ModelUnion const&) const noexcept;
 
 		constexpr void nextField() noexcept;
 
 	private:
 		template<typename I>
-		constexpr Error readInteger(I *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error readInteger(I &val) noexcept;
 
 };
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::MetalClawReaderTemplate(
 		Reader &reader,
-		ox::Optional<int> const&unionIdx) noexcept:
+		Optional<int> const &unionIdx) noexcept:
 		m_fieldPresence(reader),
 		m_unionIdx(unionIdx),
 		m_reader(reader) {
@@ -149,50 +149,50 @@ constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::~MetalClawReaderTemplate() noexcept {
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, int8_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, int8_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, int16_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, int16_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, int32_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, int32_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, int64_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, int64_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, uint8_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, uint8_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, uint16_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, uint16_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, uint32_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, uint32_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, uint64_t *val) noexcept {
-	return readInteger(val);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, uint64_t *val) noexcept {
+	return readInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, bool *val) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		auto const result = m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field));
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, bool *val) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		auto const result = m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field));
 		*val = result.value;
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(result);
 	}
@@ -202,18 +202,19 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, bool *val) n
 
 // array handler
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char *name, auto *val, std::size_t valLen) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(
+	const char *name, auto *val, size_t const valLen) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			// read the list
 			if (valLen >= len) {
 				auto reader = child({});
 				auto &handler = *reader.interface();
-				OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<std::size_t>(len)));
-				for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<size_t>(len)));
+				for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 					OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field({}, &val[i]));
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
@@ -230,18 +231,18 @@ OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename T>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
 			OX_REQUIRE(g, m_reader.tellg());
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(g));
 			// read the list
 			auto reader = child("");
 			auto &handler = *reader.interface();
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<std::size_t>(len)));
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<size_t>(len)));
 			// this loop body needs to be in a lambda because of the potential alloca call
 			constexpr auto loopBody = [](auto &handler, auto &val) {
 				OX_REQUIRE(keyLen, handler.stringLength(nullptr));
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, HashMap<Stri
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.fieldCString("", &wkeyPtr, keyLen + 1));
 				return handler.field("", &val[wkeyPtr]);
 			};
-			for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(loopBody(handler, *val));
 			}
 		}
@@ -263,9 +264,9 @@ template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename T>
 constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char *name, T *val) noexcept {
 	if constexpr(isVector_v<T>) {
-		if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
 			// set size of val if the field is present, don't worry about it if not
-			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 				OX_REQUIRE(len, arrayLength(name, false));
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(ox::resizeVector(*val, len));
 				return field(name, val->data(), val->size());
@@ -275,9 +276,9 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char *name, T *val)
 		++m_field;
 		return {};
 	} else if constexpr(isArray_v<T>) {
-		if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
 			// set size of val if the field is present, don't worry about it if not
-			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 				OX_REQUIRE(len, arrayLength(name, false));
 				if (len > val->size()) {
 					return ox::Error(1, "Input array is too long");
@@ -288,8 +289,8 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char *name, T *val)
 		++m_field;
 		return {};
 	} else {
-		if ((!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) && val) {
-			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+		if ((!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) && val) {
+			if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 				auto reader = child("");
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(reader.interface(), val));
 			}
@@ -301,9 +302,9 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char *name, T *val)
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename U, bool force>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
-	if ((!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) && val.get()) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
+	if ((!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) && val.get()) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			auto reader = child("", ox::Optional<int>(ox::in_place, val.idx()));
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(reader.interface(), val.get()));
 		}
@@ -313,13 +314,13 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, UnionView<U,
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-template<std::size_t SmallStringSize>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+template<size_t SmallStringSize>
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			const auto cap = size;
 			*val = BasicString<SmallStringSize>(cap);
 			auto data = val->data();
@@ -334,13 +335,13 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, BasicString<
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-template<std::size_t L>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, IString<L> *val) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+template<size_t L>
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, IString<L> *val) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			*val = IString<L>();
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(val->resize(size));
 			auto const data = val->data();
@@ -355,11 +356,12 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, IString<L> *
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char *val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-	if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(
+	CString, char *val, size_t const buffLen) noexcept {
+	if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 		// read the length
-		std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-		OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+		size_t bytesRead = 0;
+		OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 		if (size > buffLen) {
 			return ox::Error(McOutputBuffEnded);
 		}
@@ -374,11 +376,11 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char **val) noexcept {
-	if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(CString, char **val) noexcept {
+	if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 		// read the length
-		std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-		OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+		size_t bytesRead = 0;
+		OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 		// re-allocate in case too small
 		safeDelete(*val);
 		*val = new char[size + 1];
@@ -392,12 +394,12 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(CString, char **val, size_t buffLen) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(size, mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			// re-allocate if too small
 			if (buffLen < size + 1) {
 				safeDelete(*val);
@@ -420,13 +422,13 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldCString(const char*, char
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Result<ArrayLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::arrayLength(const char*, bool pass) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Result<ArrayLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::arrayLength(CString, bool const pass) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
 			OX_REQUIRE(g, m_reader.tellg());
-			OX_REQUIRE(out, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			OX_REQUIRE(out, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			if (!pass) {
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(g));
 			}
@@ -437,12 +439,12 @@ constexpr Result<ArrayLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::arrayLength(const
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr Result<StringLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::stringLength(const char*) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Result<StringLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::stringLength(CString) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			auto len = mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead);
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			auto len = mc::decodeInteger<StringLength>(m_reader, bytesRead);
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_reader.seekg(-static_cast<int64_t>(bytesRead), ox::ios_base::cur));
 			return len;
 		}
@@ -452,15 +454,15 @@ constexpr Result<StringLength> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::stringLength(con
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename I>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::readInteger(I *val) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			auto const result = mc::decodeInteger<I>(m_reader, &bytesRead);
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::readInteger(I &val) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			auto const result = mc::decodeInteger<I>(m_reader, bytesRead);
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(result);
-			*val = result.value;
+			val = result.value;
 		} else {
-			*val = 0;
+			val = 0;
 		}
 	}
 	++m_field;
@@ -469,17 +471,17 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::readInteger(I *val) noexcept {
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename T, typename CB>
-constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, CB cb) noexcept {
-	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<std::size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
-		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field))) {
+constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(CString, CB cb) noexcept {
+	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || static_cast<size_t>(*m_unionIdx) == m_field) {
+		if (m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field))) {
 			// read the length
-			std::size_t bytesRead = 0;
-			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, &bytesRead));
+			size_t bytesRead = 0;
+			OX_REQUIRE(len, mc::decodeInteger<ArrayLength>(m_reader, bytesRead));
 			// read the list
 			auto reader = child("");
 			auto &handler = *reader.interface();
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<std::size_t>(len)));
-			for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("List", 0, {}, static_cast<size_t>(len)));
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 				T val;
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field("", &val));
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(cb(i, &val));
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::field(const char*, CB cb) noexc
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 template<typename T>
 constexpr ox::Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::setTypeInfo(
-		const char*, int, const Vector<String>&, std::size_t fields) noexcept {
+		CString, int, const Vector<String>&, size_t const fields) noexcept {
 	m_fields = fields;
 	// Warning: narrow-conv
 	return m_reader.seekg(
@@ -503,24 +505,24 @@ constexpr ox::Error MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::setTypeInfo(
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 constexpr MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader> MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::child(
-		const char*,
-		ox::Optional<int> unionIdx) noexcept {
+		CString,
+		Optional<int> const unionIdx) noexcept {
 	return MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>(m_reader, unionIdx);
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr bool MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldPresent(const char*) const noexcept {
-	return m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field)).value;
+constexpr bool MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldPresent(CString) const noexcept {
+	return m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(m_field)).value;
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
-constexpr bool MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldPresent(int fieldNo) const noexcept {
-	return m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<std::size_t>(fieldNo)).value;
+constexpr bool MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::fieldPresent(int const fieldNo) const noexcept {
+	return m_fieldPresence.get(static_cast<size_t>(fieldNo)).value;
 }
 
 template<Reader_c Reader>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr int MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::whichFieldPresent(const char*, const ModelUnion &u) const noexcept {
+constexpr int MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::whichFieldPresent(CString, ModelUnion const &u) const noexcept {
 	FieldBitmapReader<Reader> p(m_reader);
 	for (auto i = 0u; i < u.fieldCount(); ++i) {
 		if (p.get(i)) {
@@ -538,11 +540,10 @@ constexpr void MetalClawReaderTemplate<Reader>::nextField() noexcept {
 using MetalClawReader = MetalClawReaderTemplate<ox::BufferReader>;
 
 template<typename T>
-Error readMC(ox::BufferView buff, T &val) noexcept {
+Error readMC(ox::BufferView const buff, T &val) noexcept {
 	BufferReader br(buff);
 	MetalClawReader reader(br);
-	ModelHandlerInterface<MetalClawReader, ox::OpType::Read> handler(&reader);
-	return model(&handler, &val);
+	return model(reader.interface(), &val);
 }
 
 template<typename T>

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/test/tests.cpp

@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ std::map<ox::StringView, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 				oxAssert(testIn.Int8                == testOut.Int8,                "Int8 value mismatch");
 				oxAssert(testIn.Union.Int           == testOut.Union.Int,           "Union.Int value mismatch");
 				oxAssert(testIn.String              == testOut.String,              "String value mismatch");
-				oxExpect(testIn.IString,               testOut.IString);
+				ox::expect(testIn.IString,               testOut.IString);
 				oxAssert(testIn.List[0]             == testOut.List[0],             "List[0] value mismatch");
 				oxAssert(testIn.List[1]             == testOut.List[1],             "List[1] value mismatch");
 				oxAssert(testIn.List[2]             == testOut.List[2],             "List[2] value mismatch");

deps/ox/src/ox/mc/write.hpp

@@ -29,71 +29,71 @@
 namespace ox {
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-class MetalClawWriter {
+class MetalClawWriter: public ModelHandlerBase<MetalClawWriter<Writer>, OpType::Write> {
 
 	private:
-		ox::Vector<uint8_t, 16> m_presenceMapBuff{};
-		FieldBitmap m_fieldPresence;
-		int m_field = 0;
-		ox::Optional<int> m_unionIdx;
-		std::size_t m_writerBeginP{};
+		Vector<char, 16> m_presenceMapBuff{};
+		FieldBitmapWriter m_fieldPresence{m_presenceMapBuff};
+		int m_field{};
+		Optional<int> m_unionIdx;
+		size_t m_writerBeginP{};
 		Writer &m_writer;
 
 	public:
-		constexpr explicit MetalClawWriter(Writer &writer, ox::Optional<int> const&unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
+		constexpr explicit MetalClawWriter(Writer &writer, Optional<int> const &unionIdx = {}) noexcept;
 
 		constexpr ~MetalClawWriter() noexcept = default;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const int8_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const int16_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const int32_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const int64_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int8_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int16_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int32_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, int64_t const *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const uint8_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const uint16_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const uint32_t *val) noexcept;
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const uint64_t *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint8_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint16_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint32_t const *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, uint64_t const *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const bool *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, bool const *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const T *val, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, T const *val, size_t len) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, const HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, HashMap<String, T> const *val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t SmallStringSize>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t SmallStringSize>
+		constexpr Error field(CString, BasicString<SmallStringSize> const *val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const IString<L> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t L>
+		constexpr Error field(CString, IString<L> const *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char *const*val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, CString const*val, size_t buffLen) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char **val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, CString *val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char *const*val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, CString const*val) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char *val, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, CString val, size_t strLen) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, const T *val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, T const *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename U, bool force = false>
-		constexpr Error field(const char*, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
+		constexpr Error field(CString, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T = std::nullptr_t>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(
-				const char *name = T::TypeName,
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(
+				CString name = T::TypeName,
 				int version = T::TypeVersion,
-		        const Vector<String>& = {},
-				std::size_t fields = ModelFieldCount_v<T>) noexcept;
+		        Vector<String> const& = {},
+				size_t fields = ModelFieldCount_v<T>) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * stringLength is not implemented in MetalClawWriter
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr auto stringLength(const char*) noexcept {
+		constexpr auto stringLength(CString) noexcept {
 			return 0;
 		}
 
@@ -101,26 +101,21 @@ class MetalClawWriter {
 		 * stringLength is not implemented in MetalClawWriter
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr auto arrayLength(const char*, bool = true) noexcept {
+		constexpr auto arrayLength(CString, bool = true) noexcept {
 			return 0;
 		}
 
-		[[nodiscard]]
-		static constexpr auto opType() noexcept {
-			return OpType::Write;
-		}
-
-		ox::Error finalize() noexcept;
+		constexpr Error finalize() noexcept;
 
 	private:
 		constexpr Error appendInteger(Integer_c auto val) noexcept {
 			bool fieldSet = false;
 			if (val && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 				auto mi = mc::encodeInteger(val);
-				OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(mi.data.data()), mi.length));
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(mi.data.data()), mi.length));
 				fieldSet = true;
 			}
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 			++m_field;
 			return {};
 		}
@@ -131,149 +126,147 @@ extern template class ModelHandlerInterface<MetalClawWriter<BufferWriter>>;
 extern template class ModelHandlerInterface<MetalClawWriter<CharBuffWriter>>;
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr MetalClawWriter<Writer>::MetalClawWriter(Writer &writer, ox::Optional<int> const&unionIdx) noexcept:
-	m_fieldPresence(m_presenceMapBuff.data(), m_presenceMapBuff.size()),
+constexpr MetalClawWriter<Writer>::MetalClawWriter(Writer &writer, Optional<int> const &unionIdx) noexcept:
 	m_unionIdx(unionIdx),
 	m_writerBeginP(writer.tellp()),
 	m_writer(writer) {
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const int8_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, int8_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const int16_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, int16_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const int32_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, int32_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const int64_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, int64_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const uint8_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, uint8_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const uint16_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, uint16_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const uint32_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, uint32_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const uint64_t *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, uint64_t const *val) noexcept {
 	return appendInteger(*val);
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const bool *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, bool const *val) noexcept {
 	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field) {
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), *val));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), *val));
 	}
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-template<std::size_t SmallStringSize>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const BasicString<SmallStringSize> *val) noexcept {
+template<size_t SmallStringSize>
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, BasicString<SmallStringSize> const *val) noexcept {
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (val->size() && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 		// write the length
-		const auto strLen = mc::encodeInteger(val->size());
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(strLen.data.data()), strLen.length));
+		auto const strLen = mc::encodeInteger(val->size());
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(strLen.data.data()), strLen.length));
 		// write the string
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(val->c_str(), static_cast<std::size_t>(val->size())));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(val->c_str(), static_cast<size_t>(val->size())));
 		fieldSet = true;
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-template<std::size_t L>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char *name, const IString<L> *val) noexcept {
+template<size_t L>
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString name, IString<L> const *val) noexcept {
 	return fieldCString(name, val->data(), val->size());
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(const char*, const char *const*val, std::size_t) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(CString, CString const *val, size_t) noexcept {
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field) {
 		OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 		// this strlen is tolerated because sometimes 0 gets passed to
 		// the size param, which is a lie
 		// this code should be cleaned up at some point...
-		const auto strLen = *val ? ox::strlen(*val) : 0;
+		auto const strLen = *val ? ox::strlen(*val) : 0;
 		OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 		// write the length
-		const auto strLenBuff = mc::encodeInteger(strLen);
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(strLenBuff.data.data()), strLenBuff.length));
+		auto const strLenBuff = mc::encodeInteger(strLen);
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(strLenBuff.data.data()), strLenBuff.length));
 		// write the string
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(*val, static_cast<std::size_t>(strLen)));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(*val, static_cast<size_t>(strLen)));
 		fieldSet = true;
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(const char *name, const char **val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(CString const name, CString *val) noexcept {
 	return fieldCString(name, val, {});
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(const char *name, const char *const*val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(CString const name, CString const *val) noexcept {
 	return fieldCString(name, val, {});
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(const char*, const char *val, std::size_t strLen) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::fieldCString(CString, CString const val, size_t const strLen) noexcept {
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (strLen && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 		// write the length
-		const auto strLenBuff = mc::encodeInteger(strLen);
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(strLenBuff.data.data()), strLenBuff.length));
+		auto const strLenBuff = mc::encodeInteger(strLen);
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(strLenBuff.data.data()), strLenBuff.length));
 		// write the string
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(val, static_cast<std::size_t>(strLen)));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(val, static_cast<size_t>(strLen)));
 		fieldSet = true;
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
 template<typename T>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const T *val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, T const *val) noexcept {
 	if constexpr(isVector_v<T> || isArray_v<T>) {
 		return field(nullptr, val->data(), val->size());
 	} else {
 		bool fieldSet = false;
 		if (val && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 			auto const writeIdx = m_writer.tellp();
-			MetalClawWriter<Writer> writer(m_writer);
-			ModelHandlerInterface<MetalClawWriter<Writer>> handler{&writer};
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, val));
+			MetalClawWriter writer(m_writer);
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(writer.interface(), val));
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.finalize());
 			fieldSet = writeIdx != m_writer.tellp();
 		}
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 		++m_field;
 		return {};
 	}
@@ -281,65 +274,62 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const T *val) noexce
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
 template<typename U, bool force>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (val.get() && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 		auto const writeIdx = m_writer.tellp();
-		MetalClawWriter<Writer> writer(m_writer, ox::Optional<int>(ox::in_place, val.idx()));
-		ModelHandlerInterface handler{&writer};
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, val.get()));
+		MetalClawWriter writer(m_writer, Optional<int>(in_place, val.idx()));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(writer.interface(), val.get()));
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.finalize());
 		fieldSet = writeIdx != m_writer.tellp();
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
 template<typename T>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const T *val, std::size_t len) noexcept {
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, T const *val, size_t const len) noexcept {
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (len && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 		// write the length
-		const auto arrLen = mc::encodeInteger(len);
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(arrLen.data.data()), arrLen.length));
+		auto const arrLen = mc::encodeInteger(len);
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(arrLen.data.data()), arrLen.length));
 		auto const writeIdx = m_writer.tellp();
-		MetalClawWriter<Writer> writer(m_writer);
-		ModelHandlerInterface handler{&writer};
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.template setTypeInfo<T>("List", 0, {}, static_cast<std::size_t>(len)));
+		MetalClawWriter writer(m_writer);
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.interface()->template setTypeInfo<T>("List", 0, {}, static_cast<size_t>(len)));
 		// write the array
-		for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+		for (size_t i{}; i < len; ++i) {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field("", &val[i]));
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.interface()->field("", &val[i]));
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 		}
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.finalize());
 		fieldSet = writeIdx != m_writer.tellp();
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
 template<typename T>
-constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept {
-	const auto &keys = val->keys();
-	const auto len = keys.size();
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(CString, HashMap<String, T> const *val) noexcept {
+	auto const &keys = val->keys();
+	auto const len = keys.size();
 	bool fieldSet = false;
 	if (len && (!m_unionIdx.has_value() || *m_unionIdx == m_field)) {
 		// write the length
-		const auto arrLen = mc::encodeInteger(len);
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(arrLen.data.data()), arrLen.length));
+		auto const arrLen = mc::encodeInteger(len);
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(reinterpret_cast<CString>(arrLen.data.data()), arrLen.length));
 		// write map
-		MetalClawWriter<Writer> writer(m_writer);
-		ModelHandlerInterface handler{&writer};
+		MetalClawWriter writer(m_writer);
 		// double len for both key and value
-		OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.setTypeInfo("Map", 0, {}, len * 2));
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.interface()->setTypeInfo("Map", 0, {}, len * 2));
 		// this loop body needs to be in a lambda because of the potential alloca call
-		constexpr auto loopBody = [](auto &handler, auto const&key, auto const&val) -> ox::Error {
-			const auto keyLen = key.size();
+		constexpr auto loopBody = [](auto &handler, auto const &key, auto const &val) -> Error {
+			auto const keyLen = key.size();
 			auto wkey = ox_malloca(keyLen + 1, char, 0);
 			memcpy(wkey.get(), key.c_str(), keyLen + 1);
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.fieldCString("", wkey.get(), keyLen));
@@ -347,53 +337,51 @@ constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::field(const char*, const HashMap<String
 			return handler.field("", value);
 		};
 		// write the array
-		for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-			auto const&key = keys[i];
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(loopBody(handler, key, *val));
+		for (size_t i{}; i < len; ++i) {
+			auto const &key = keys[i];
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(loopBody(*writer.interface(), key, *val));
 		}
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.finalize());
 		fieldSet = true;
 	}
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<std::size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_fieldPresence.set(static_cast<size_t>(m_field), fieldSet));
 	++m_field;
 	return {};
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
 template<typename T>
-constexpr ox::Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::setTypeInfo(
-		const char*,
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::setTypeInfo(
+		CString,
 		int,
-		const Vector<String>&,
-		std::size_t fields) noexcept {
-	const auto fieldPresenceLen = (fields - 1) / 8 + 1;
+		Vector<String> const&,
+		size_t const fields) noexcept {
+	auto const fieldPresenceLen = (fields - 1) / 8 + 1;
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(nullptr, fieldPresenceLen));
 	m_presenceMapBuff.resize(fieldPresenceLen);
-	m_fieldPresence.setBuffer(m_presenceMapBuff.data(), m_presenceMapBuff.size());
-	m_fieldPresence.setFields(static_cast<int>(fields));
-	return {};
+	m_fieldPresence.setBuffer(m_presenceMapBuff);
+	return m_fieldPresence.setFields(static_cast<int>(fields));
 }
 
 template<Writer_c Writer>
-ox::Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::finalize() noexcept {
-	const auto end = m_writer.tellp();
+constexpr Error MetalClawWriter<Writer>::finalize() noexcept {
+	auto const end = m_writer.tellp();
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.seekp(m_writerBeginP));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.write(
-			reinterpret_cast<const char*>(m_presenceMapBuff.data()),
-			m_presenceMapBuff.size()));
+		m_presenceMapBuff.data(),
+		m_presenceMapBuff.size()));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(m_writer.seekp(end));
 	return {};
 }
 
-Result<Buffer> writeMC(Writer_c auto &writer, const auto &val) noexcept {
+Result<Buffer> writeMC(Writer_c auto &writer, auto const &val) noexcept {
 	MetalClawWriter mcWriter(writer);
-	ModelHandlerInterface handler{&mcWriter};
-	OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &val));
+	OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(mcWriter.interface(), &val));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(mcWriter.finalize());
 	return {};
 }
 
-Result<Buffer> writeMC(auto const&val, std::size_t buffReserveSz = 2 * units::KB) noexcept {
+Result<Buffer> writeMC(auto const &val, size_t const buffReserveSz = 2 * units::KB) noexcept {
 	Buffer buff(buffReserveSz);
 	BufferWriter bw(&buff, 0);
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(writeMC(bw, val));
@@ -401,7 +389,7 @@ Result<Buffer> writeMC(auto const&val, std::size_t buffReserveSz = 2 * units::KB
 	return buff;
 }
 
-Error writeMC(char *buff, std::size_t buffLen, auto const&val, std::size_t *sizeOut = nullptr) noexcept {
+Error writeMC(char *buff, size_t const buffLen, auto const &val, size_t *sizeOut = nullptr) noexcept {
 	CharBuffWriter bw{{buff, buffLen}};
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(writeMC(bw, val));
 	if (sizeOut) {

deps/ox/src/ox/model/descwrite.hpp

@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ constexpr ox::Error TypeDescWriter::setTypeInfo(
 	PrimitiveType pt;
 	if constexpr(is_union_v<T>) {
 		pt = PrimitiveType::Union;
-	} else if constexpr(isBasicString_v<T> || isBString_v<T>) {
+	} else if constexpr(isBasicString_v<T> || isIString_v<T>) {
 		pt = PrimitiveType::String;
 	} else {
 		pt = PrimitiveType::Struct;
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ constexpr const DescriptorType *TypeDescWriter::type(const char*) const noexcept
 template<std::size_t sz>
 constexpr const DescriptorType *TypeDescWriter::type(const IString<sz>*) const noexcept {
 	constexpr auto PT = PrimitiveType::String;
-	return getType(types::BString, 0, PT, 0);
+	return getType(types::IString, 0, PT, 0);
 }
 
 constexpr const DescriptorType *TypeDescWriter::getType(StringViewCR tn, int typeVersion, PrimitiveType pt, int b,
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ constexpr const DescriptorType *TypeDescWriter::getType(StringViewCR tn, int typ
 template<typename T>
 constexpr Result<DescriptorType*> buildTypeDef(TypeStore &typeStore) noexcept {
 	TypeDescWriter writer(&typeStore);
-	ModelHandlerInterface<TypeDescWriter, ox::OpType::Reflect> handler(&writer);
+	ModelHandlerInterface<TypeDescWriter, ox::OpType::Reflect> handler(writer);
 	if (std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
 		std::allocator<T> a;
 		T *t = a.allocate(1);
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ constexpr Result<DescriptorType*> buildTypeDef(TypeStore &typeStore) noexcept {
 template<typename T>
 constexpr Result<DescriptorType*> buildTypeDef(TypeStore &typeStore, T &val) noexcept {
 	TypeDescWriter writer(&typeStore);
-	ModelHandlerInterface<TypeDescWriter, ox::OpType::Reflect> handler(&writer);
+	ModelHandlerInterface<TypeDescWriter, ox::OpType::Reflect> handler(writer);
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &val));
 	return writer.definition();
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/model/modelhandleradaptor.hpp

@@ -17,176 +17,177 @@ namespace ox {
 template<typename Handler, OpType opType_v = Handler::opType()>
 class ModelHandlerInterface {
 	private:
-		Handler *m_handler = nullptr;
+		Handler &m_handler;
 
 	public:
-		constexpr explicit ModelHandlerInterface(Handler *handler) noexcept: m_handler(handler) {
+		constexpr explicit ModelHandlerInterface(Handler &handler) noexcept: m_handler(handler) {
 		}
 
 		template<typename T = std::nullptr_t>
 		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(
-			const char* name = T::TypeName,
+			CString name = T::TypeName,
 			int version = T::TypeVersion,
-			const Vector<String>& typeParams = {}) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->template setTypeInfo<T>(name, version, typeParams, ModelFieldCount_v<T>);
+			Vector<String> const &typeParams = {}) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.template setTypeInfo<T>(name, version, typeParams, ModelFieldCount_v<T>);
 		}
 
 		template<typename T = std::nullptr_t>
 		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(
-			const char *name,
+			CString name,
 			int version,
-			const Vector<String>& typeParams,
-			std::size_t fields) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->template setTypeInfo<T>(name, version, typeParams, fields);
+			Vector<String> const &typeParams,
+			size_t fields) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.template setTypeInfo<T>(name, version, typeParams, fields);
 		}
 
-		template<std::size_t len>
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, char val[len]) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->fieldCString(name, &val[0], len);
+		template<size_t len>
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char val[len]) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.fieldCString(name, &val[0], len);
 		}
 
-		template<std::size_t len>
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char val[len]) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
+		template<size_t len>
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char const val[len]) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
 			if constexpr(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
-				return m_handler->fieldCString(name, &val[0], len);
+				return m_handler.fieldCString(name, &val[0], len);
 			} else {
 				return {};
 			}
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, char **val) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val);
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char **val) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val);
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char *const*val) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char const *const*val) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
 			// this check looks pointless, but it's to address a Clang bug
 			if constexpr(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
-				return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val);
+				return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val);
 			} else {
 				return {};
 			}
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char **val) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char const **val) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
 			// this check looks pointless, but it's to address a Clang bug
 			if constexpr(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
-				return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val);
+				return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val);
 			} else {
 				return {};
 			}
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char **val, size_t buffLen) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char const **val, size_t buffLen) noexcept requires(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
 			// this check looks pointless, but it's to address a Clang bug
 			if constexpr(opType_v != OpType::Read) {
-				return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
+				return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
 			} else {
 				return {};
 			}
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldCString(const char *name, char *val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
+		constexpr Error fieldCString(CString name, char *val, size_t buffLen) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.fieldCString(name, val, buffLen);
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error fieldModelValue(const char *name, CommonPtrWith<ModelValue> auto *v) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error fieldModelValue(char const *name, CommonPtrWith<ModelValue> auto *v) noexcept {
 			switch (v->type()) {
 				case ModelValue::Type::Undefined:
 					break;
 				case ModelValue::Type::Bool:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<bool>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<bool>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::UnsignedInteger8:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<uint8_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<uint8_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::UnsignedInteger16:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<uint16_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<uint16_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::UnsignedInteger32:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<uint32_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<uint32_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::UnsignedInteger64:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<uint64_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<uint64_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::SignedInteger8:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<int8_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<int8_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::SignedInteger16:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<int16_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<int16_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::SignedInteger32:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<int32_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<int32_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::SignedInteger64:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<int64_t>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<int64_t>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::String:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<String>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<String>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::Object:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<ModelObject>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<ModelObject>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::Union:
 				{
 					auto &u = v->template get<ModelUnion>();
 					if constexpr(opType_v == OpType::Read) {
-						u.setActiveField(m_handler->whichFieldPresent(name, u));
-						return m_handler->field(name, UnionView<ModelUnion, true>(&u, u.unionIdx()));
+						u.setActiveField(whichFieldPresent(m_handler, name, u));
+						return m_handler.field(name, UnionView<ModelUnion, true>(&u, u.unionIdx()));
 					} else {
-						return m_handler->field(name, UnionView<const ModelUnion, true>(&u, u.unionIdx()));
+						return m_handler.field(name, UnionView<ModelUnion const, true>(&u, u.unionIdx()));
 					}
 				}
 				case ModelValue::Type::Vector:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<ModelValueVector>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<ModelValueVector>());
 				case ModelValue::Type::InlineArray:
-					return m_handler->field(name, &v->template get<ModelValueArray>());
+					return m_handler.field(name, &v->template get<ModelValueArray>());
 			}
 			oxErrf("invalid type: {}: {}\n", name, static_cast<int>(v->type()));
-			oxPanic(ox::Error(1), "invalid type");
+			ox::panic("invalid type");
 			return ox::Error(1, "invalid type");
 		}
 
 		// array handler, with callback to allow handling individual elements
 		template<typename T, typename Callback>
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, Callback cb) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->template field<T, Callback>(name, cb);
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, Callback cb) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.template field<T, Callback>(name, cb);
 		}
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, const T *v) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, const T *v) noexcept {
 			if constexpr(ox::is_same_v<T, ModelValue>) {
 				return fieldModelValue(name, v);
 			} else {
-				return m_handler->field(name, v);
+				return m_handler.field(name, v);
 			}
 		}
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, T *v) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, T *v) noexcept {
 			if constexpr(ox::is_same_v<T, ModelValue>) {
 				return fieldModelValue(name, v);
 			} else {
-				return m_handler->field(name, v);
+				return m_handler.field(name, v);
 			}
 		}
 
 		template<typename U, bool force = false>
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->field(name, val);
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.field(name, val);
 		}
 
-		constexpr Error field(const char *name, auto *val, std::size_t len) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->field(name, val, len);
+		constexpr Error field(CString name, auto *val, size_t len) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.field(name, val, len);
 		}
 
 		/**
 		 * Reads an array length from the current location in the buffer.
+		 * @param name
 		 * @param pass indicates that the parsing should iterate past the array length
 		 */
 		 [[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr auto arrayLength(const char *name, bool pass = true) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->arrayLength(name, pass);
+		constexpr auto arrayLength(CString name, bool pass = true) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.arrayLength(name, pass);
 		}
 
 		/**
 		 * Reads an string length from the current location in the buffer.
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		constexpr auto stringLength(const char *name) noexcept {
-			return m_handler->stringLength(name);
+		constexpr auto stringLength(CString name) noexcept {
+			return m_handler.stringLength(name);
 		}
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
@@ -198,22 +199,33 @@ class ModelHandlerInterface {
 		constexpr auto handler() noexcept {
 			return m_handler;
 		}
+
+	private:
+		template<typename H>
+		static constexpr int whichFieldPresent(H &h, CString name, ModelUnion const &u) noexcept
+			requires(H::opType() == OpType::Read) {
+			return h.whichFieldPresent(name, u);
+		}
+
+		template<typename H>
+		static constexpr int whichFieldPresent(H&, CString, ModelUnion const&) noexcept
+			requires(H::opType() != OpType::Read) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+
 };
 
-template<typename Handler, ox::OpType opType_v = Handler::opType()>
+template<typename Handler, OpType opType_v = Handler::opType()>
 class ModelHandlerBase {
 	private:
-		ModelHandlerInterface<Handler, opType_v> m_interface;
+		ModelHandlerInterface<Handler, opType_v> m_interface{*static_cast<Handler*>(this)};
 	public:
-		constexpr ModelHandlerBase() noexcept: m_interface(static_cast<Handler*>(this)) {}
-		constexpr ModelHandlerBase(const ModelHandlerBase&) noexcept: m_interface(static_cast<Handler*>(this)) {}
-		constexpr ModelHandlerBase(ModelHandlerBase&&) noexcept: m_interface(static_cast<Handler*>(this)) {}
 		[[nodiscard]]
 		constexpr auto interface() noexcept {
 			return &m_interface;
 		}
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		static constexpr ox::OpType opType() noexcept {
+		static constexpr OpType opType() noexcept {
 			return opType_v;
 		}
 };

deps/ox/src/ox/model/modelvalue.cpp

@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ static_assert([]() -> ox::Error {
 	return {};
 }() == ox::Error{});
 
+// a dummy function to prevent linker errors in a library that has no other symbols
+void modelDummyFunc() noexcept {}
+
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/model/modelvalue.hpp

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class ModelValue {
 				return Type::Union;
 			} else if constexpr(is_same_v<U, ModelObject>) {
 				return Type::Object;
-			} else if constexpr(isBasicString_v<U> || isBString_v<U>) {
+			} else if constexpr(isBasicString_v<U> || isIString_v<U>) {
 				return Type::String;
 			} else if constexpr(is_same_v<U, ModelValueVector>) {
 				return Type::Vector;
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class ModelValue {
 		constexpr const auto &get() const noexcept {
 			constexpr auto type = getType<T>();
 			if (m_type != type) [[unlikely]] {
-				oxPanic(ox::Error(1), "invalid cast");
+				ox::panic("invalid cast");
 			}
 			return getValue<type>(*this);
 		}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class ModelValue {
 		constexpr auto &get() noexcept {
 			constexpr auto type = getType<T>();
 			if (m_type != type) [[unlikely]] {
-				oxPanic(ox::Error(1), "invalid cast");
+				ox::panic("invalid cast");
 			}
 			return getValue<type>(*this);
 		}
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class ModelValue {
 		constexpr Type type() const noexcept;
 
 		constexpr Error setType(
-				DescriptorType const*type,
+				DescriptorType const *type,
 				SubscriptStack const& = {},
 				int subscriptLevels = 0) noexcept;
 
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ class ModelValue {
 		template<typename T>
 		constexpr Error set(T &&v) noexcept;
 
-		constexpr ModelValue &operator=(ModelValue &val) noexcept;
-
 		constexpr ModelValue &operator=(const ModelValue &val) noexcept;
 
 		constexpr ModelValue &operator=(ModelValue &&val) noexcept;
@@ -275,7 +273,7 @@ class ModelValueArray {
 		}
 
 		constexpr Error setType(
-				DescriptorType const*type,
+				DescriptorType const *type,
 				SubscriptStack subscriptStack,
 				int subscriptLevels) noexcept {
 			oxAssert(subscriptLevels <= static_cast<int>(subscriptStack.size()), "subscript level mismatch");
@@ -418,7 +416,7 @@ class ModelValueVector {
 		}
 
 		constexpr Error setType(
-				DescriptorType const*type,
+				DescriptorType const *type,
 				SubscriptStack subscriptStack,
 				int subscriptLevels) noexcept {
 			oxAssert(subscriptLevels <= static_cast<int>(subscriptStack.size()), "subscript level mismatch");
@@ -821,7 +819,7 @@ class ModelUnion {
 
 template<typename PlatSpec>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr std::size_t sizeOf(ModelValueArray const*v) noexcept {
+constexpr std::size_t sizeOf(ModelValueArray const *v) noexcept {
 	return sizeOf<PlatSpec>(&(*v)[0]) * v->size();
 }
 
@@ -1098,7 +1096,7 @@ constexpr Error ModelValue::setType(
 	} else if (type->typeName == types::Bool) {
 		m_type = Type::Bool;
 	} else if (type->typeName == types::BasicString ||
-	           type->typeName == types::BString ||
+	           type->typeName == types::IString ||
 	           type->typeName == types::String) {
 		m_type = Type::String;
 		m_data.str = new String;
@@ -1202,10 +1200,6 @@ constexpr Error ModelValue::set(T &&v) noexcept {
 	return {};
 }
 
-constexpr ModelValue &ModelValue::operator=(ModelValue &other) noexcept {
-	return this->operator=(const_cast<const ModelValue&>(other));
-}
-
 constexpr ModelValue &ModelValue::operator=(const ModelValue &other) noexcept {
 	if (this == &other) [[unlikely]] {
 		return *this;

deps/ox/src/ox/model/types.hpp

@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@
 namespace ox {
 
 namespace types {
-constexpr StringView BasicString = "net.drinkingtea.ox.BasicString";
-constexpr StringView BString     = "net.drinkingtea.ox.BString";
-constexpr StringView String      = "B.string";
-constexpr StringView Bool        = "B.bool";
-constexpr StringView Uint8       = "B.uint8";
-constexpr StringView Uint16      = "B.uint16";
-constexpr StringView Uint32      = "B.uint32";
-constexpr StringView Uint64      = "B.uint64";
-constexpr StringView Int8        = "B.int8";
-constexpr StringView Int16       = "B.int16";
-constexpr StringView Int32       = "B.int32";
-constexpr StringView Int64       = "B.int64";
+constexpr StringLiteral BasicString = "net.drinkingtea.ox.BasicString";
+constexpr StringLiteral IString     = "net.drinkingtea.ox.IString";
+constexpr StringLiteral String      = "B.string";
+constexpr StringLiteral Bool        = "B.bool";
+constexpr StringLiteral Uint8       = "B.uint8";
+constexpr StringLiteral Uint16      = "B.uint16";
+constexpr StringLiteral Uint32      = "B.uint32";
+constexpr StringLiteral Uint64      = "B.uint64";
+constexpr StringLiteral Int8        = "B.int8";
+constexpr StringLiteral Int16       = "B.int16";
+constexpr StringLiteral Int32       = "B.int32";
+constexpr StringLiteral Int64       = "B.int64";
 }
 
 template<typename T>
@@ -63,17 +63,17 @@ static_assert(isBasicString_v<ox::BasicString<8ul>>);
 static_assert(isBasicString_v<ox::String>);
 
 template<typename T>
-consteval bool isBString(const T*) noexcept {
+consteval bool isIString(const T*) noexcept {
 	return false;
 }
 
 template<std::size_t SmallVecSize>
-consteval bool isBString(const BasicString<SmallVecSize>*) noexcept {
+consteval bool isIString(const BasicString<SmallVecSize>*) noexcept {
 	return true;
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-constexpr bool isBString_v = isBasicString(static_cast<const T*>(nullptr));
+constexpr bool isIString_v = isIString(static_cast<const T*>(nullptr));
 
 static_assert(isBasicString_v<ox::BasicString<0ul>>);
 static_assert(isBasicString_v<ox::BasicString<8ul>>);
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ constexpr bool isSmartPtr_v<::std::unique_ptr<T>> = true;
 #endif
 
 
-template<typename Union, bool force = false>
+template<typename Union, bool force = false> requires(force || is_union_v<Union>)
 class UnionView {
 
 	protected:
 		int m_idx = -1;
-		typename enable_if<is_union_v<Union> || force, Union>::type *m_union = nullptr;
+		Union *m_union = nullptr;
 
 	public:
 		constexpr UnionView(Union *u, int idx) noexcept: m_idx(idx), m_union(u) {

deps/ox/src/ox/oc/read.cpp

@@ -13,31 +13,31 @@
 
 namespace ox {
 
-OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(const uint8_t *buff, std::size_t buffSize) {
+OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(const uint8_t *buff, size_t const buffSize) {
 	auto json = reinterpret_cast<const char*>(buff);
 	auto jsonLen = ox::strnlen_s(json, buffSize);
 	Json::CharReaderBuilder parserBuilder;
 	auto parser = std::unique_ptr<Json::CharReader>(parserBuilder.newCharReader());
 	if (!parser->parse(json, json + jsonLen, &m_json, nullptr)) {
-		throw ox::Exception(1, "Could not parse JSON");
+		throw Exception(1, "Could not parse JSON");
 	}
 }
 
-OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(const char *json, std::size_t jsonLen) {
+OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(CString const json, size_t const jsonLen) {
 	Json::CharReaderBuilder parserBuilder;
 	auto parser = std::unique_ptr<Json::CharReader>(parserBuilder.newCharReader());
 	if (!parser->parse(json, json + jsonLen, &m_json, nullptr)) {
-		throw ox::Exception(1, "Could not parse JSON");
+		throw Exception(1, "Could not parse JSON");
 	}
 }
 
-OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(Json::Value json, int unionIdx) noexcept:
+OrganicClawReader::OrganicClawReader(Json::Value json, int const unionIdx) noexcept:
 	m_json(std::move(json)),
 	m_unionIdx(unionIdx) {
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, bool *val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, bool *val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
 	if (targetValid()) {
 		const auto &jv = value(key);
 		if (jv.empty()) {
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, bool *val) noexcept {
 		} else if (jv.isBool()) {
 			*val = jv.asBool();
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char *val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
-	const char *begin = nullptr, *end = nullptr;
+Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(CString const key, char *val, size_t const buffLen) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
+	CString begin = nullptr, end = nullptr;
 	const auto &jv = value(key);
 	if (targetValid()) {
 		if (jv.empty()) {
@@ -64,25 +64,25 @@ Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char *val, std::size_t bu
 			}
 		} else if (jv.isString()) {
 			jv.getString(&begin, &end);
-			const auto strSize = static_cast<std::size_t>(end - begin);
+			const auto strSize = static_cast<size_t>(end - begin);
 			auto data = val;
 			if (strSize >= buffLen) {
-				err = ox::Error(2, "String size exceeds capacity of destination");
+				err = Error(2, "String size exceeds capacity of destination");
 			} else {
-				ox::memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<std::size_t>(strSize));
+				memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<size_t>(strSize));
 				data[strSize] = 0;
 			}
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char **val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
-	const char *begin = nullptr, *end = nullptr;
+Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(CString const key, char **val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
+	CString begin = nullptr, end = nullptr;
 	const auto &jv = value(key);
 	auto &data = *val;
 	if (targetValid()) {
@@ -92,22 +92,22 @@ Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char **val) noexcept {
 			}
 		} else if (jv.isString()) {
 			jv.getString(&begin, &end);
-			const auto strSize = static_cast<std::size_t>(end - begin);
+			const auto strSize = static_cast<size_t>(end - begin);
 			safeDelete(*val);
 			*val = new char[strSize + 1];
-			ox::memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<std::size_t>(strSize));
+			memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<size_t>(strSize));
 			data[strSize] = 0;
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
-	const char *begin = nullptr, *end = nullptr;
+Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(CString const key, char **val, size_t const buffLen) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
+	CString begin = nullptr, end = nullptr;
 	const auto &jv = value(key);
 	if (targetValid()) {
 		if (jv.empty()) {
@@ -117,29 +117,29 @@ Error OrganicClawReader::fieldCString(const char *key, char **val, std::size_t b
 			}
 		} else if (jv.isString()) {
 			jv.getString(&begin, &end);
-			const auto strSize = static_cast<std::size_t>(end - begin);
+			const auto strSize = static_cast<size_t>(end - begin);
 			auto data = val;
 			if (strSize >= buffLen) {
 				safeDelete(*val);
 				*val = new char[strSize + 1];
 			}
-			ox::memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<std::size_t>(strSize));
+			memcpy(data, begin, static_cast<size_t>(strSize));
 			data[strSize] = nullptr;
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, UUID *val) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, UUID *val) noexcept {
 	UUIDStr str;
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(field(key, &str));
 	return UUID::fromString(str).moveTo(*val);
 }
 
-Result<std::size_t> OrganicClawReader::arrayLength(const char *key, bool) noexcept {
+Result<size_t> OrganicClawReader::arrayLength(CString const key, bool) noexcept {
 	const auto &jv = value(key);
 	if (jv.empty()) {
 		return 0;
@@ -147,32 +147,32 @@ Result<std::size_t> OrganicClawReader::arrayLength(const char *key, bool) noexce
 	if (jv.isArray()) {
 		return jv.size();
 	}
-	return ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+	return Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 }
 
 [[nodiscard]]
-std::size_t OrganicClawReader::stringLength(const char *key) noexcept {
-	const char *begin = nullptr, *end = nullptr;
+size_t OrganicClawReader::stringLength(CString const key) noexcept {
+	CString begin = nullptr, end = nullptr;
 	const auto &jv = value(key);
 	if (jv.empty()) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 	if (jv.isString()) {
 		jv.getString(&begin, &end);
-		return static_cast<std::size_t>(end - begin);
+		return static_cast<size_t>(end - begin);
 	}
-	return ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+	return Error(1, "Type mismatch");
 }
 
-OrganicClawReader OrganicClawReader::child(const char *key, int unionIdx) noexcept {
+OrganicClawReader OrganicClawReader::child(CString const key, int const unionIdx) noexcept {
 	return OrganicClawReader(value(key), unionIdx);
 }
 
-bool OrganicClawReader::fieldPresent(const char *key) noexcept {
+bool OrganicClawReader::fieldPresent(CString const key) noexcept {
 	return !m_json[key].empty();
 }
 
-int OrganicClawReader::whichFieldPresent(const char *name, const ModelUnion &u) const noexcept {
+int OrganicClawReader::whichFieldPresent(CString const name, ModelUnion const &u) const noexcept {
 	const auto &obj = m_json[name];
 	if (!obj.isObject()) {
 		return -1;
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int OrganicClawReader::whichFieldPresent(const char *name, const ModelUnion &u)
 	return u.getKeyIdx(keys.front().c_str());
 }
 
-Json::Value &OrganicClawReader::value(const char *key) noexcept {
+Json::Value &OrganicClawReader::value(CString const key) noexcept {
 	if (m_json.isArray()) {
 		return m_json[m_fieldIt];
 	} else {

deps/ox/src/ox/oc/read.hpp

@@ -34,75 +34,76 @@ class OrganicClawReader {
 	private:
 		Json::Value m_json;
 		Json::ArrayIndex m_fieldIt = 0;
-		int m_unionIdx = -1;
+		int const m_unionIdx = -1;
 
 	public:
 		OrganicClawReader() noexcept = default;
 
-		OrganicClawReader(const uint8_t *buff, std::size_t buffSize);
+		OrganicClawReader(uint8_t const *buff, size_t buffSize);
 
-		OrganicClawReader(const char *json, std::size_t buffSize);
+		OrganicClawReader(CString json, size_t buffSize);
 
 		explicit OrganicClawReader(Json::Value json, int unionIdx = -1) noexcept;
 
-		Error field(const char *key, bool *val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, bool *val) noexcept;
 
 		// array handler
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(const char *key, T *val, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, T *val, size_t len) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(const char*, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(const char *key, T *val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, T *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename U, bool force = false>
-		Error field(const char *key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		Error field(const char *key, BasicString<L> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t L>
+		Error field(CString key, BasicString<L> *val) noexcept;
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		Error field(const char *key, IString<L> *val) noexcept;
+		template<size_t L>
+		Error field(CString key, IString<L> *val) noexcept;
 
-		Error fieldCString(const char *key, char *val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept;
+		Error fieldCString(CString key, char *val, size_t buffLen) noexcept;
 
-		Error fieldCString(const char *key, char **val) noexcept;
+		Error fieldCString(CString key, char **val) noexcept;
 
-		Error fieldCString(const char *key, char **val, std::size_t buffLen) noexcept;
+		Error fieldCString(CString key, char **val, size_t buffLen) noexcept;
 
-		Error field(const char *key, UUID *val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, UUID *val) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * Reads an array length from the current location in the buffer.
+		 * @param key
 		 * @param pass indicates that the parsing should iterate past the array length
 		 */
-		Result<std::size_t> arrayLength(const char *key, bool pass = true) noexcept;
+		Result<size_t> arrayLength(CString key, bool pass = true) noexcept;
 
 		/**
 		 * Reads an string length from the current location in the buffer.
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		std::size_t stringLength(const char *name) noexcept;
+		size_t stringLength(CString key) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T = void>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo() noexcept {
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo() noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
 		template<typename T = void>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(const char*) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(CString) noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
 		template<typename T = void>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(const char*, int, const Vector<String>& = {}) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(CString, int, const Vector<String>& = {}) noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
 		template<typename T = void>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(const char*, int, const Vector<String>& = {}, std::size_t = {}) noexcept {
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(CString, int, const Vector<String>& = {}, size_t = {}) noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
@@ -110,16 +111,16 @@ class OrganicClawReader {
 		 * Returns a OrganicClawReader to parse a child object.
 		 */
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		OrganicClawReader child(const char *key, int unionIdx = -1) noexcept;
+		OrganicClawReader child(CString key, int unionIdx = -1) noexcept;
 
 		// compatibility stub
 		constexpr void nextField() noexcept {}
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		bool fieldPresent(const char *key) noexcept;
+		bool fieldPresent(CString key) noexcept;
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		int whichFieldPresent(const char *name, const ModelUnion &u) const noexcept;
+		int whichFieldPresent(CString name, const ModelUnion &u) const noexcept;
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
 		static constexpr auto opType() noexcept {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ class OrganicClawReader {
 
 	private:
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		Json::Value &value(const char *key) noexcept;
+		Json::Value &value(CString key) noexcept;
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
 		bool targetValid() const noexcept;
@@ -136,102 +137,102 @@ class OrganicClawReader {
 };
 
 template<typename T>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, T *val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString key, T *val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
 	try {
 		if constexpr (is_integer_v<T>) {
 			if (targetValid()) {
-				auto const&jv = value(key);
+				auto const &jv = value(key);
 				auto const rightType = sizeof(T) == 8 ?
-				                       (ox::is_signed_v<T> ? jv.isInt64() : jv.isUInt64()) :
-				                       (ox::is_signed_v<T> ? jv.isInt() : jv.isUInt());
+					(is_signed_v<T> ? jv.isInt64() : jv.isUInt64()) :
+					(is_signed_v<T> ? jv.isInt() : jv.isUInt());
 				if (jv.empty()) {
 					*val = 0;
 				} else if (rightType) {
-					if constexpr(ox::is_signed_v<T>) {
+					if constexpr(is_signed_v<T>) {
 						*val = static_cast<T>(jv.asInt64());
 					} else {
 						*val = static_cast<T>(jv.asUInt64());
 					}
 				} else {
-					err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+					err = Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 				}
 			}
 		} else if constexpr (isVector_v<T>) {
-			const auto&srcVal = value(key);
-			const auto srcSize = srcVal.size();
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(ox::resizeVector(*val, srcSize));
+			auto const &srcVal = value(key);
+			auto const srcSize = srcVal.size();
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(resizeVector(*val, srcSize));
 			err = field(key, val->data(), val->size());
 		} else if constexpr (isArray_v<T>) {
-			const auto&srcVal = value(key);
-			const auto srcSize = srcVal.size();
+			auto const &srcVal = value(key);
+			auto const srcSize = srcVal.size();
 			if (srcSize > val->size()) {
-				err = ox::Error(1, "Input array is too long");
+				err = Error{1, "Input array is too long"};
 			} else {
 				err = field(key, val->data(), val->size());
 			}
 		} else if (targetValid()) {
-			const auto&jv = value(key);
+			auto const &jv = value(key);
 			if (jv.empty() || jv.isObject()) {
 				auto reader = child(key);
-				ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
+				ModelHandlerInterface handler(reader);
 				err = model(&handler, val);
 			} else {
-				err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+				err = Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 			}
 		}
-	} catch (Json::LogicError const&e) {
-		err = ox::Error(1, "error reading JSON data");
+	} catch (Json::LogicError const &e) {
+		err = Error{1, "error reading JSON data"};
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
 template<typename U, bool force>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
 	if (targetValid()) {
-		const auto &jv = value(key);
+		auto const &jv = value(key);
 		if (jv.empty() || jv.isObject()) {
 			auto reader = child(key, val.idx());
-			ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
+			ModelHandlerInterface handler(reader);
 			err = model(&handler, val.get());
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-template<std::size_t L>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, BasicString<L> *val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
+template<size_t L>
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, BasicString<L> *val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
 	if (targetValid()) {
-		const auto &jv = value(key);
+		auto const &jv = value(key);
 		if (jv.empty()) {
 			*val = BasicString<L>{};
 		} else if (jv.isString()) {
 			*val = jv.asString().c_str();
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
 	return err;
 }
 
-template<std::size_t L>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, IString<L> *val) noexcept {
-	ox::Error err{};
+template<size_t L>
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, IString<L> *val) noexcept {
+	Error err{};
 	if (targetValid()) {
-		const auto &jv = value(key);
+		auto const &jv = value(key);
 		if (jv.empty()) {
 			*val = IString<L>{};
 		} else if (jv.isString()) {
 			*val = jv.asString().c_str();
 		} else {
-			err = ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+			err = Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 		}
 	}
 	++m_fieldIt;
@@ -240,17 +241,17 @@ Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, IString<L> *val) noexcept {
 
 // array handler
 template<typename T>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, T *val, std::size_t valLen) noexcept {
-	const auto &srcVal = value(key);
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, T *val, size_t valLen) noexcept {
+	auto const &srcVal = value(key);
 	if (!srcVal.isNull() && !srcVal.isArray()) {
-		return ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+		return Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 	}
 	auto srcSize = srcVal.size();
 	if (srcSize > valLen) {
-		return ox::Error(1);
+		return Error{1};
 	}
 	OrganicClawReader r(srcVal);
-	ModelHandlerInterface handler{&r};
+	ModelHandlerInterface handler{r};
 	for (decltype(srcSize) i = 0; i < srcSize; ++i) {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field("", &val[i]));
@@ -260,23 +261,23 @@ OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-Error OrganicClawReader::field(const char *key, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept {
-	const auto &srcVal = value(key);
+Error OrganicClawReader::field(CString const key, HashMap<String, T> *val) noexcept {
+	auto const &srcVal = value(key);
 	if (!srcVal.isObject()) {
-		return ox::Error(1, "Type mismatch");
+		return Error{1, "Type mismatch"};
 	}
 	auto keys = srcVal.getMemberNames();
 	auto srcSize = srcVal.size();
 	OrganicClawReader r(srcVal);
-	ModelHandlerInterface handler{&r};
+	ModelHandlerInterface handler{r};
 	for (decltype(srcSize) i = 0; i < srcSize; ++i) {
-		const auto k = keys[i].c_str();
+		auto const k = keys[i].c_str();
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field(k, &val->operator[](k)));
 	}
 	return {};
 }
 
-Error readOC(BufferView buff, auto &val) noexcept {
+Error readOC(BufferView const buff, auto &val) noexcept {
 	// OrganicClawReader constructor can throw, but readOC should return its errors.
 	try {
 		Json::Value doc;
@@ -285,15 +286,15 @@ Error readOC(BufferView buff, auto &val) noexcept {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 		if (!parser->parse(buff.data(), buff.data() + buff.size(), &doc, nullptr)) {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
-			return ox::Error(1, "Could not parse JSON");
+			return Error{1, "Could not parse JSON"};
 		}
 		OrganicClawReader reader(buff.data(), buff.size());
-		ModelHandlerInterface handler(&reader);
+		ModelHandlerInterface handler(reader);
 		return model(&handler, &val);
-	} catch (const Error &err) {
+	} catch (Error const &err) {
 		return err;
 	} catch (...) {
-		return ox::Error(1, "Unknown Error");
+		return Error{1, "Unknown Error"};
 	}
 }
 
@@ -305,8 +306,8 @@ Result<T> readOC(BufferView buff) noexcept {
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-Result<T> readOC(ox::StringView json) noexcept {
-	return readOC<T>(ox::BufferView{json.data(), json.size()});
+Result<T> readOC(StringViewCR json) noexcept {
+	return readOC<T>(BufferView{json.data(), json.size()});
 }
 
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.cpp

@@ -10,15 +10,15 @@
 
 namespace ox {
 
-OrganicClawWriter::OrganicClawWriter(int unionIdx) noexcept: m_unionIdx(unionIdx) {
+OrganicClawWriter::OrganicClawWriter(int const unionIdx) noexcept: m_unionIdx(unionIdx) {
 }
 
-OrganicClawWriter::OrganicClawWriter(Json::Value json, int unionIdx) noexcept:
+OrganicClawWriter::OrganicClawWriter(Json::Value json, int const unionIdx) noexcept:
 	m_json(std::move(json)),
 	m_unionIdx(unionIdx) {
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawWriter::fieldCString(const char *key, const char *const*val, int len) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::fieldCString(const char *key, const char *const *val, int const len) noexcept {
 	if (targetValid() && len) {
 		value(key) = *val;
 	}
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ Error OrganicClawWriter::fieldCString(const char *key, const char *const*val, in
 	return {};
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawWriter::fieldCString(const char *key, const char *const*val) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::fieldCString(const char *key, const char *const *val) noexcept {
 	return fieldCString(key, const_cast<const char**>(val), static_cast<int>(ox::strlen(val)));
 }
 
-Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, const UUID *uuid) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, UUID const *uuid) noexcept {
 	const auto uuidStr = uuid->toString();
 	if (targetValid() && uuidStr.size()) {
 		value(key) = uuidStr.c_str();

deps/ox/src/ox/oc/write.hpp

@@ -28,20 +28,20 @@ namespace ox {
 
 class OrganicClawWriter {
 
-	friend Result<ox::Buffer> writeOC(const auto &val) noexcept;
-	friend Result<ox::String> writeOCString(const auto &val) noexcept;
+	friend Result<Buffer> writeOC(const auto &val) noexcept;
+	friend Result<String> writeOCString(const auto &val) noexcept;
 
 	protected:
 		Json::Value m_json{Json::Value(Json::objectValue)};
 		Json::ArrayIndex m_fieldIt = 0;
-		int m_unionIdx = -1;
+		int const m_unionIdx = -1;
 
 	public:
 		explicit OrganicClawWriter(int unionIdx = -1) noexcept;
 
 		explicit OrganicClawWriter(Json::Value json, int unionIdx = -1) noexcept;
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const int8_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, int8_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const int16_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, int16_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const int32_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, int32_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const int64_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, int64_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 		}
 
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const uint8_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, uint8_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const uint16_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, uint16_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const uint32_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, uint32_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const uint64_t *val) noexcept {
+		Error field(CString const key, uint64_t const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error field(char const*key, bool const*val) noexcept {
+		Error field(char const*key, bool const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 				value(key) = *val;
 			}
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 		Error field(char const*, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(char const*key, HashMap<String, T> const*val) noexcept {
+		Error field(char const*key, HashMap<String, T> const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid()) {
 				const auto &keys = val->keys();
 				OrganicClawWriter w;
-				ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{&w};
-				for (std::size_t i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) {
+				ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{w};
+				for (size_t i = 0; i < keys.size(); ++i) {
 					const auto k = keys[i].c_str();
 					if (k) [[likely]] {
 						OX_REQUIRE_M(value, val->at(k));
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		Error field(char const*key, IString<L> const*val) noexcept {
+		template<size_t L>
+		Error field(char const*key, IString<L> const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && val->size()) {
 				value(key) = val->c_str();
 			}
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		template<std::size_t L>
-		Error field(char const*key, BasicString<L> const*val) noexcept {
+		template<size_t L>
+		Error field(char const*key, BasicString<L> const *val) noexcept {
 			if (targetValid() && val->size()) {
 				value(key) = val->c_str();
 			}
@@ -154,31 +154,31 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 			return {};
 		}
 
-		Error fieldCString(const char*, const char *const*val, int len) noexcept;
+		Error fieldCString(CString, CString const *val, int len) noexcept;
 
-		Error fieldCString(const char *name, const char *const*val) noexcept;
+		Error fieldCString(CString name, CString const*val) noexcept;
 
-		Error field(const char *key, const UUID *uuid) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString key, UUID const *uuid) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(const char*, const T *val, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString, T const *val, size_t len) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		Error field(const char*, const T *val) noexcept;
+		Error field(CString, T const *val) noexcept;
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(
 				const char* = T::TypeName,
 				int = T::TypeVersion) noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
 		template<typename T>
-		constexpr ox::Error setTypeInfo(
+		constexpr Error setTypeInfo(
 				const char*,
 				int,
-				const Vector<String>&,
-				std::size_t) noexcept {
+				Vector<String> const&,
+				size_t) noexcept {
 			return {};
 		}
 
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ class OrganicClawWriter {
 		}
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		Json::Value &value(const char *key) noexcept;
+		Json::Value &value(CString key) noexcept;
 
 };
 
 template<typename T>
-Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, const T *val, std::size_t len) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::field(CString key, T const *val, size_t const len) noexcept {
 	if (targetValid() && len) {
 		OrganicClawWriter w((Json::Value(Json::arrayValue)));
-		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{&w};
-		for (std::size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{w};
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(handler.field({}, &val[i]));
 OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
@@ -215,22 +215,22 @@ OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, const T *val) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::field(CString key, T const *val) noexcept {
 	if constexpr(is_integer_v<T>) {
 		if (targetValid() && (*val || m_json.isArray())) {
 			// the int type needs to be normalized because jsoncpp doesn't
 			// factor in every permutation unsigned long, etc.
-			if constexpr(ox::is_signed_v<T>) {
-				value(key) = static_cast<ox::Int<8 * sizeof(*val)>>(*val);
+			if constexpr(is_signed_v<T>) {
+				value(key) = static_cast<Int<8 * sizeof(*val)>>(*val);
 			} else {
-				value(key) = static_cast<ox::Uint<8 * sizeof(*val)>>(*val);
+				value(key) = static_cast<Uint<8 * sizeof(*val)>>(*val);
 			}
 		}
 	} else if constexpr(isVector_v<T> || isArray_v<T>) {
 		return field(key, val->data(), val->size());
 	} else if (val && targetValid()) {
 		OrganicClawWriter w;
-		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{&w};
+		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{w};
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, val));
 		if (!w.m_json.empty() || m_json.isArray()) {
 			value(key) = w.m_json;
@@ -241,10 +241,10 @@ Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, const T *val) noexcept {
 }
 
 template<typename U, bool force>
-Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
+Error OrganicClawWriter::field(CString key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcept {
 	if (targetValid()) {
 		OrganicClawWriter w(val.idx());
-		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{&w};
+		ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler{w};
 		OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, val.get()));
 		if (!w.m_json.isNull()) {
 			value(key) = w.m_json;
@@ -254,12 +254,12 @@ Error OrganicClawWriter::field(const char *key, UnionView<U, force> val) noexcep
 	return {};
 }
 
-Result<ox::Buffer> writeOC(const auto &val) noexcept {
+Result<Buffer> writeOC(auto const &val) noexcept {
 	OrganicClawWriter writer;
-	ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler(&writer);
+	ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler(writer);
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &val));
 	Json::StreamWriterBuilder const jsonBuilder;
-	const auto str = Json::writeString(jsonBuilder, writer.m_json);
+	auto const str = Json::writeString(jsonBuilder, writer.m_json);
 	Result<Buffer> buff;
 	buff.value.resize(str.size() + 1);
 	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
@@ -268,13 +268,13 @@ Result<ox::Buffer> writeOC(const auto &val) noexcept {
 	return buff;
 }
 
-Result<ox::String> writeOCString(const auto &val) noexcept {
+Result<String> writeOCString(auto const &val) noexcept {
 	OrganicClawWriter writer;
-	ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler(&writer);
+	ModelHandlerInterface<OrganicClawWriter, OpType::Write> handler(writer);
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(model(&handler, &val));
 	Json::StreamWriterBuilder const jsonBuilder;
-	const auto str = Json::writeString(jsonBuilder, writer.m_json);
-	Result<ox::String> buff;
+	auto const str = Json::writeString(jsonBuilder, writer.m_json);
+	Result<String> buff;
 	buff.value.resize(str.size());
 	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 	memcpy(buff.value.data(), str.data(), str.size() + 1);

deps/ox/src/ox/std/array.hpp

@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ constexpr Array<T, ArraySize> &Array<T, ArraySize>::operator=(Array &&other) noe
 
 template<typename T, std::size_t ArraySize>
 constexpr T &Array<T, ArraySize>::operator[](std::size_t i) noexcept {
-	boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Array access overflow");
+	boundsCheck(i, size(), "Array access overflow");
 	return m_items[i];
 }
 
 template<typename T, std::size_t ArraySize>
 constexpr const T &Array<T, ArraySize>::operator[](std::size_t i) const noexcept {
-	boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Array access overflow");
+	boundsCheck(i, size(), "Array access overflow");
 	return m_items[i];
 }
 

deps/ox/src/ox/std/assert.cpp

@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 namespace ox {
 
-void panic(StringViewCR file, int const line, StringViewCR panicMsg, Error const&err) noexcept {
-	oxErrf("\033[31;1;1mPANIC:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", file, line, panicMsg);
+void panic(Error const &err, StringViewCR panicMsg, std::source_location const &src) noexcept {
+	oxErrf("\033[31;1;1mPANIC:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", src.file_name(), src.line(), panicMsg);
 	if (err.msg) {
 		oxErrf("\tError Message:\t{}\n", err.msg);
 	}
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ void panic(StringViewCR file, int const line, StringViewCR panicMsg, Error const
 	}
 #ifdef OX_USE_STDLIB
 	printStackTrace(2);
-	oxTrace("panic").del("") << "Panic: " << panicMsg << " (" << file << ":" << line << ")";
+	oxTrace("panic").del("") << "Panic: " << panicMsg << " (" << src.file_name() << ":" << src.line() << ")";
 	std::abort();
 #else
 	while (1);
@@ -36,34 +36,51 @@ void panic(StringViewCR file, int const line, StringViewCR panicMsg, Error const
 #if __GNUC__ && !_WIN32
 __attribute__((weak))
 #endif
-void panic(const char *file, int const line, char const*panicMsg, Error const&err) noexcept {
-	panic(StringView{file}, line, StringView{panicMsg}, err);
+void panic(Error const &err, char const*panicMsg, std::source_location const &src) noexcept {
+	panic(err, StringView{panicMsg}, src);
 }
 
 void assertFailFuncRuntime(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
 	StringViewCR assertTxt,
-	StringViewCR msg) noexcept {
+	StringViewCR msg,
+	std::source_location const &src) noexcept {
 #ifdef OX_USE_STDLIB
 	auto const st = genStackTrace(2);
-	oxTracef("assert", "Failed assert: {} ({}) [{}:{}]:\n{}", msg, assertTxt, file, line, st);
+	oxTracef(
+		"assert", "Failed assert: {} ({}) [{}:{}]:\n{}",
+		msg,
+		assertTxt,
+		src.file_name(),
+		src.line(),
+		st);
 	abort();
 #else
-	oxErrf("\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", file, line, msg);
-	oxTracef("assert", "Failed assert: {} ({}) [{}:{}]", msg, assertTxt, file, line);
-	constexprPanic(file, line, msg);
+	oxErrf(
+		"\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n",
+		src.file_name(),
+		src.line(),
+		msg);
+	oxTracef(
+		"assert", "Failed assert: {} ({}) [{}:{}]",
+		msg,
+		assertTxt,
+		src.file_name(),
+		src.line());
+	constexprPanic(msg, {}, src);
 #endif
 }
 
 void assertFailFuncRuntime(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
-	[[maybe_unused]] Error const&err,
+	[[maybe_unused]] Error const &err,
 	StringViewCR,
-	StringViewCR assertMsg) noexcept {
+	StringViewCR assertMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src) noexcept {
 #if defined(OX_USE_STDLIB)
-	auto msg = sfmt("\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", file, line, assertMsg);
+	auto msg = sfmt(
+		"\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n",
+		src.file_name(),
+		src.line(),
+		assertMsg);
 	if (err.msg) {
 		msg += sfmt("\tError Message:\t{}\n", err.msg);
 	}
@@ -73,10 +90,10 @@ void assertFailFuncRuntime(
 	}
 	msg += genStackTrace(2);
 	oxErr(msg);
-	oxTracef("assert", "Failed assert: {} [{}:{}]", assertMsg, file, line);
+	oxTracef("assert", "Failed assert: {} [{}:{}]", assertMsg, src.file_name(), src.line());
 	abort();
 #else
-	constexprPanic(file, line, assertMsg);
+	constexprPanic(assertMsg, {}, src);
 #endif
 }
 

deps/ox/src/ox/std/assert.hpp

@@ -23,42 +23,49 @@
 namespace ox {
 
 [[noreturn]]
-void panic(StringViewCR file, int line, StringViewCR panicMsg, Error const&err = {}) noexcept;
+void panic(
+	Error const&err,
+	StringViewCR panicMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept;
+
+[[noreturn]]
+inline void panic(
+	StringViewCR panicMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
+	panic(Error{1}, panicMsg, src);
+}
 
 [[noreturn]]
 constexpr void constexprPanic(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
 	StringViewCR panicMsg,
-	Error const&err = {}) noexcept {
+	Error const &err = {},
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if (!std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
-		panic(file, line, panicMsg, err);
+		panic(err, panicMsg, src);
 	} else {
 		while (true);
 	}
 }
 
 void assertFailFuncRuntime(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int line,
 	StringViewCR assertTxt,
-	StringViewCR msg) noexcept;
+	StringViewCR msg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept;
+
 void assertFailFuncRuntime(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int line,
-	Error const&err,
+	Error const &err,
 	StringViewCR,
-	StringViewCR assertMsg) noexcept;
+	StringViewCR assertMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept;
 
 constexpr void assertFunc(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
 	bool const pass,
 	[[maybe_unused]]StringViewCR assertTxt,
-	[[maybe_unused]]StringViewCR msg) noexcept {
+	[[maybe_unused]]StringViewCR msg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if (!pass) {
 		if (!std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
-			assertFailFuncRuntime(file, line, assertTxt, msg);
+			assertFailFuncRuntime(assertTxt, msg, src);
 		} else {
 			while (true);
 		}
@@ -66,14 +73,13 @@ constexpr void assertFunc(
 }
 
 constexpr void assertFunc(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
-	Error const&err,
+	Error const &err,
 	StringViewCR,
-	StringViewCR assertMsg) noexcept {
+	StringViewCR assertMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if (err) {
 		if (!std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
-			assertFailFuncRuntime(file, line, err, {}, assertMsg);
+			assertFailFuncRuntime(err, {}, assertMsg, src);
 		} else {
 			while (true);
 		}
@@ -81,20 +87,31 @@ constexpr void assertFunc(
 }
 
 constexpr void expect(
-	StringViewCR file,
-	int const line,
-	auto const&actual,
-	auto const&expected) noexcept {
+	auto const &actual,
+	auto const &expected,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if (actual != expected) {
 		 if (!std::is_constant_evaluated()) {
 #if defined(OX_USE_STDLIB)
-			oxErrf("\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", file, line, "Value incorrect");
-			oxErrf("expected: {}\nactual:   {}\n", detail::toStringView<true>(expected), detail::toStringView<true>(actual));
+			oxErrf(
+				"\n\033[31;1;1mASSERT FAILURE:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n",
+				src.file_name(),
+				src.line(),
+				"Value incorrect");
+			oxErrf(
+				"expected: {}\nactual:   {}\n",
+				detail::toStringView<true>(expected),
+				detail::toStringView<true>(actual));
 			printStackTrace(2);
-			oxTracef("assert.expect", "Failed assert: {} == {} [{}:{}]", detail::toStringView<true>(actual), detail::toStringView<true>(expected), file, line);
+			oxTracef(
+				"assert.expect", "Failed assert: {} == {} [{}:{}]",
+				detail::toStringView<true>(actual),
+				detail::toStringView<true>(expected),
+				src.file_name(),
+				src.line());
 			std::abort();
 #else
-			constexprPanic(file, line, "Comparison failed");
+			constexprPanic("Comparison failed", {}, src);
 #endif
 		} else {
 			while (true);

deps/ox/src/ox/std/byteswap.hpp

@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ namespace ox {
 
 template<typename T>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr T byteSwap(typename enable_if<sizeof(T) == 1, T>::type i) noexcept {
+constexpr T byteSwap(T const i) noexcept requires(sizeof(T) == 1) {
 	return i;
 }
 
 template<typename T>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr T byteSwap(typename enable_if<sizeof(T) == 2, T>::type i) noexcept {
+constexpr T byteSwap(T const i) noexcept requires(sizeof(T) == 2) {
 	return static_cast<T>(i << 8) | static_cast<T>(i >> 8);
 }
 
 template<typename T>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr T byteSwap(typename enable_if<sizeof(T) == 4, T>::type i) noexcept {
+constexpr T byteSwap(T const i) noexcept requires(sizeof(T) == 4) {
 	return ((i >> 24) & 0x000000ff) |
 	       ((i >>  8) & 0x0000ff00) |
 	       ((i <<  8) & 0x00ff0000) |
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ constexpr T byteSwap(typename enable_if<sizeof(T) == 4, T>::type i) noexcept {
 
 template<typename T>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr T byteSwap(typename enable_if<sizeof(T) == 8, T>::type i) noexcept {
+constexpr T byteSwap(T const i) noexcept requires(sizeof(T) == 8) {
 	return ((i >> 56) & 0x00000000000000ff) |
 	       ((i >> 40) & 0x000000000000ff00) |
 	       ((i >> 24) & 0x0000000000ff0000) |

deps/ox/src/ox/std/concepts.hpp

@@ -32,4 +32,8 @@ concept Integral_c = ox::is_integral_v<T>;
 
 template<typename T, size_t max>
 concept IntegerRange_c = ox::is_integer_v<T> && ox::MaxValue<T> >= max;
+
+template<typename Union>
+concept Union_c = is_union_v<Union>;
+
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/std/def.hpp

@@ -48,9 +48,8 @@
 
 // Asserts
 
-#define oxPanic(errCode, msg) ox::panic(__FILE__, __LINE__, msg, errCode)
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-#define oxAssert(pass, msg) ox::assertFunc(__FILE__, __LINE__, pass, #pass, msg)
+#define oxAssert(pass, msg) ox::assertFunc(pass, #pass, msg)
 #else
 namespace ox {
 struct [[nodiscard]] Error;
@@ -59,8 +58,6 @@ constexpr void oxAssert(bool, const char*) noexcept {}
 constexpr void oxAssert(const ox::Error&, const char*) noexcept {}
 #endif
 
-#define oxExpect(actual, expected) ox::expect(__FILE__, __LINE__, actual, expected)
-
 // Alloca
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)

deps/ox/src/ox/std/error.hpp

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class exception {
 		virtual ~exception() = default;
 
 		[[nodiscard]]
-		virtual char const*what() const noexcept {
+		virtual char const *what() const noexcept {
 			return "";
 		}
 };
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Error {
 
 	explicit constexpr Error(
 		ErrorCode const errCode,
-		std::source_location const&src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
+		std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
 		src{src},
 		errCode{errCode}
 	{}
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Error {
 	explicit constexpr Error(
 		ErrorCode const errCode,
 		ox::CString msg,
-		std::source_location const&src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
+		std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
 		src{src},
 		msg{msg},
 		errCode{errCode}
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Error {
 };
 
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr auto errCode(Error const&err) noexcept {
+constexpr auto errCode(Error const &err) noexcept {
 	return err.errCode;
 }
 
 template<typename T = char const*>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr auto toStr(Error const&err) noexcept {
+constexpr auto toStr(Error const &err) noexcept {
 	return err.msg ? T{err.msg} : "";
 }
 
@@ -82,19 +82,19 @@ struct Exception: public std::exception {
 
 	explicit Exception(
 		ErrorCode const errCode,
-		std::source_location const&src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
+		std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
 		src{src},
 		errCode{errCode} {}
 
 	explicit Exception(
 		ErrorCode const errCode,
 		ox::CString msg,
-		std::source_location const&src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
+		std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept:
 		src{src},
 		msg{msg},
 		errCode{errCode} {}
 
-	explicit Exception(Error const&err) noexcept:
+	explicit Exception(Error const &err) noexcept:
 		src{err.src},
 		msg{err.msg ? err.msg : ""},
 		errCode{err.errCode} {}
@@ -104,13 +104,16 @@ struct Exception: public std::exception {
 	}
 
 	[[nodiscard]]
-	char const*what() const noexcept override {
+	char const *what() const noexcept override {
 		return msg;
 	}
 };
 
 [[noreturn]]
-void panic(char const*file, int line, char const*panicMsg, Error const&err) noexcept;
+void panic(
+	Error const &err,
+	char const *panicMsg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept;
 
 template<typename T>
 struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
@@ -124,25 +127,25 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	}
 
 	template<typename U>
-	constexpr Result(Result<U> const&other) noexcept: value(other.value), error(other.error) {
+	constexpr Result(Result<U> const &other) noexcept: value(other.value), error(other.error) {
 	}
 
 	template<typename U>
 	constexpr Result(Result<U> &&other) noexcept: value(std::move(other.value)), error(std::move(other.error)) {
 	}
 
-	constexpr Result(Error const&error) noexcept: value(), error(error) {
+	constexpr Result(Error const &error) noexcept: value(), error(error) {
 	}
 
-	constexpr Result(type const&value, Error const&error = {}) noexcept: value(value), error(error) {
+	constexpr Result(type const &value, Error const &error = {}) noexcept: value(value), error(error) {
 	}
 
-	constexpr Result(type &&value, Error const&error = {}) noexcept: value(std::move(value)), error(error) {
+	constexpr Result(type &&value, Error const &error = {}) noexcept: value(std::move(value)), error(error) {
 	}
 
 	constexpr ~Result() noexcept = default;
 
-	explicit constexpr operator type const&() const noexcept {
+	explicit constexpr operator type const &() const noexcept {
 		return value;
 	}
 
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	}
 
 	template<typename U>
-	constexpr Error copyTo(U &val) const& noexcept {
+	constexpr Error copyTo(U &val) const & noexcept {
 		if (!error) [[likely]] {
 			val = value;
 		}
@@ -182,7 +185,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	[[nodiscard]]
 	constexpr T &unwrap() & noexcept {
 		if (error) {
-			oxPanic(error, "Failed unwrap");
+			ox::panic(error, "Failed unwrap");
 		}
 		return value;
 	}
@@ -190,15 +193,15 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	[[nodiscard]]
 	constexpr T &&unwrap() && noexcept {
 		if (error) {
-			oxPanic(error, "Failed unwrap");
+			ox::panic(error, "Failed unwrap");
 		}
 		return std::move(value);
 	}
 
 	[[nodiscard]]
-	constexpr T const&unwrap() const & noexcept {
+	constexpr T const &unwrap() const & noexcept {
 		if (error) [[unlikely]] {
-			oxPanic(error, "Failed unwrap");
+			ox::panic(error, "Failed unwrap");
 		}
 		return value;
 	}
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	}
 
 	[[nodiscard]]
-	constexpr T const&unwrapThrow() const & {
+	constexpr T const &unwrapThrow() const & {
 		if (error) {
 			throw ox::Exception(error);
 		}
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	}
 
 	template<typename U = T>
-	constexpr ox::Result<U> to(auto const&f) & noexcept {
+	constexpr ox::Result<U> to(auto const &f) & noexcept {
 		if (error) [[unlikely]] {
 			return error;
 		}
@@ -252,7 +255,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	}
 
 	template<typename U = T>
-	constexpr ox::Result<U> to(auto const&f) && noexcept {
+	constexpr ox::Result<U> to(auto const &f) && noexcept {
 		if (error) [[unlikely]] {
 			return error;
 		}
@@ -264,7 +267,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	 * @param alt
 	 * @return value of Result or alt
 	 */
-	constexpr T or_value(T &&alt) const& noexcept {
+	constexpr T or_value(T &&alt) const & noexcept {
 		if (error) {
 			return std::move(alt);
 		}
@@ -288,7 +291,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	 * @param alt
 	 * @return value of Result or alt
 	 */
-	constexpr T or_value(T const&alt) const& noexcept {
+	constexpr T or_value(T const &alt) const & noexcept {
 		if (error) {
 			return alt;
 		}
@@ -300,7 +303,7 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 	 * @param alt
 	 * @return value of Result or alt
 	 */
-	constexpr T or_value(T const&alt) && noexcept {
+	constexpr T or_value(T const &alt) && noexcept {
 		if (error) {
 			return alt;
 		}
@@ -318,34 +321,36 @@ struct [[nodiscard]] Result {
 
 namespace detail {
 
-constexpr Error toError(Error const&e) noexcept {
+constexpr Error toError(Error const &e) noexcept {
 	return e;
 }
 
 template<typename T>
-constexpr Error toError(Result<T> const&r) noexcept {
+constexpr Error toError(Result<T> const &r) noexcept {
 	return r.error;
 }
 
 }
 
-constexpr void primitiveAssert(char const*file, int line, bool pass, char const*msg) noexcept {
+constexpr void primitiveAssert(
+	bool const pass,
+	char const *msg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if constexpr(ox::defines::Debug) {
 		if (!pass) [[unlikely]] {
-			panic(file, line, msg, ox::Error(1));
+			panic(ox::Error{1}, msg, src);
 		}
 	}
 }
 
 constexpr void boundsCheck(
-	char const*file,
-	int const line,
 	size_t const i,
 	size_t const sz,
-	char const*msg) noexcept {
+	char const *msg,
+	std::source_location const &src = std::source_location::current()) noexcept {
 	if constexpr(defines::CheckBounds) {
 		if (i >= sz) [[unlikely]] {
-			panic(file, line, msg, ox::Error{1});
+			panic(ox::Error{1}, msg, src);
 		}
 	}
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/std/heapmgr.cpp

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static HeapSegment *findSegmentFor(std::size_t sz) noexcept {
 			return s;
 		}
 	}
-	oxPanic(ox::Error(1), "malloc: could not find segment");
+	ox::panic("malloc: could not find segment");
 	return nullptr;
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void free(void *ptr) noexcept {
 	} else if (p.segment) {
 		p.segment->inUse = false;
 	} else {
-		oxPanic(ox::Error(1), "Bad heap free");
+		ox::panic("Bad heap free");
 	}
 }
 

deps/ox/src/ox/std/iterator.hpp

@@ -133,17 +133,17 @@ struct SpanIterator {
 		}
 
 		constexpr PtrType operator->() const noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, m_offset, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(m_offset, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
 			return &m_t[m_offset];
 		}
 
 		constexpr RefType operator*() const noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, m_offset, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(m_offset, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
 			return m_t[m_offset];
 		}
 
 		constexpr RefType operator[](std::size_t s) const noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, s, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(s, m_max, "SpanIterator access overflow");
 			return m_t[s];
 		}
 

deps/ox/src/ox/std/new.hpp

@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ constexpr U *make(Args &&...args) noexcept {
 #ifdef __cpp_exceptions
 	try {
 		return new T(ox::forward<Args>(args)...);
-	} catch (std::exception const&ex) {
-		oxPanic(ox::Error(1, ex.what()), ex.what());
+	} catch (std::exception const &ex) {
+		ox::panic(ox::Error(1, ex.what()), ex.what());
 		return nullptr;
 	} catch (...) {
-		oxPanic(ox::Error(2, "Allocation or constructor failed"),  "Allocation or constructor failed");
+		ox::panic(ox::Error(2, "Allocation or constructor failed"),  "Allocation or constructor failed");
 		return nullptr;
 	}
 #else

deps/ox/src/ox/std/serialize.hpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace ox {
 
 template<typename PlatSpec>
 struct VectorMemMap {
-	const std::size_t smallVecSize = 0; // not a map value
+	size_t const smallVecSize = 0; // not a map value
 	typename PlatSpec::size_t size = 0;
 	typename PlatSpec::size_t cap = 0;
 	typename PlatSpec::PtrType items = 0;
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ struct VectorMemMap {
 
 template<typename PlatSpec>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr auto sizeOf(const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> *t) noexcept {
-	constexpr auto padding = [](std::size_t size, std::size_t al) {
+constexpr auto sizeOf(VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> const *t) noexcept {
+	constexpr auto padding = [](size_t const size, size_t const al) {
 		return size % al;
 	};
-	std::size_t size = 0;
+	size_t size = 0;
 	if (t->smallVecSize) {
 		size += t->smallVecSize;
 		size += padding(size, PlatSpec::alignOf(t->size));
@@ -43,17 +43,17 @@ constexpr auto sizeOf(const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> *t) noexcept {
 	return size;
 }
 
-template<typename PlatSpec, std::size_t SmallVecSize = 0>
+template<typename PlatSpec, size_t SmallVecSize = 0>
 [[nodiscard]]
-constexpr auto alignOf(const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec>&) noexcept {
-	const typename PlatSpec::size_t i = 0;
+constexpr auto alignOf(VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> const&) noexcept {
+	typename PlatSpec::size_t const i = 0;
 	return PlatSpec::alignOf(i);
 }
 
 template<typename PlatSpec, typename T>
-constexpr ox::Error pad(Writer_c auto &w, const T *v) noexcept {
-	const auto a = PlatSpec::alignOf(*v);
-	const auto excess = w.tellp() % a;
+constexpr Error pad(Writer_c auto &w, T const *v) noexcept {
+	auto const a = PlatSpec::alignOf(*v);
+	auto const excess = w.tellp() % a;
 	if (excess) {
 		return w.write(nullptr, a - excess);
 	} else {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ constexpr ox::Error pad(Writer_c auto &w, const T *v) noexcept {
 }
 
 template<typename PlatSpec>
-constexpr ox::Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> &vm) noexcept {
+constexpr Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> const &vm) noexcept {
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(w.write(nullptr, vm.smallVecSize));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.size)));
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(serialize(w, PlatSpec::correctEndianness(vm.cap)));
@@ -70,21 +70,20 @@ constexpr ox::Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, const VectorMemMap<PlatSpec> &vm
 	return {};
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-constexpr ox::Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, T val) noexcept requires(is_integer_v<T>) {
-	ox::Array<char, sizeof(T)> tmp;
-	for (auto i = 0u; i < sizeof(T); ++i) {
+constexpr Error serialize(Writer_c auto &w, Integral_c auto val) noexcept {
+	Array<char, sizeof(val)> tmp;
+	for (auto i = 0u; i < sizeof(val); ++i) {
 		tmp[i] = static_cast<char>((val >> i * 8) & 255);
 	}
 	return w.write(tmp.data(), tmp.size());
-};
+}
 
 template<typename T>
-constexpr ox::Result<ox::Array<char, sizeof(T)>> serialize(const T &in) noexcept {
-	ox::Array<char, sizeof(T)> out = {};
+constexpr Result<Array<char, sizeof(T)>> serialize(T const &in) noexcept {
+	Array<char, sizeof(T)> out = {};
 	CharBuffWriter w(out);
 	OX_RETURN_ERROR(serialize(w, in));
 	return out;
-};
+}
 
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/std/span.hpp

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Span {
 		}
 
 		template<std::size_t sz>
-		constexpr Span(std::array<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz> const&a) noexcept:
+		constexpr Span(std::array<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz> const &a) noexcept:
 			m_items(a.data()),
 			m_size(a.size()) {
 		}
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class Span {
 		}
 
 		template<std::size_t sz>
-		constexpr Span(ox::Array<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz> const&a) noexcept:
+		constexpr Span(ox::Array<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz> const &a) noexcept:
 			m_items(a.data()),
 			m_size(a.size()) {
 		}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ class Span {
 		}
 
 		template<std::size_t sz, typename Allocator>
-		constexpr Span(ox::Vector<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz, Allocator> const&v) noexcept:
+		constexpr Span(ox::Vector<ox::remove_const_t<T>, sz, Allocator> const &v) noexcept:
 			m_items(v.data()),
 			m_size(v.size()) {
 		}
@@ -147,17 +147,17 @@ class Span {
 		}
 
 		constexpr T &operator[](std::size_t i) const noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Span access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(i, size(), "Span access overflow");
 			return m_items[i];
 		}
 
 		constexpr Span operator+(size_t i) const noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Span access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(i, size(), "Span access overflow");
 			return {m_items + i, m_size - i};
 		}
 
 		constexpr Span operator+=(size_t i) noexcept {
-			boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Span access overflow");
+			boundsCheck(i, size(), "Span access overflow");
 			m_items += i;
 			m_size -= i;
 			return *this;

deps/ox/src/ox/std/strconv.hpp

@@ -17,35 +17,41 @@
 namespace ox {
 
 template<Integer_c Integer>
-constexpr ox::Error writeItoa(Integer v, ox::Writer_c auto &writer) noexcept {
-		if (v) {
-			ox::ResizedInt_t<Integer, 64> mod = 1000000000000000000;
-			ox::ResizedInt_t<Integer, 64> val = v;
-			constexpr auto base = 10;
-			auto it = 0;
-			if (val < 0) {
-				OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put('-'));
+constexpr ox::Error writeItoa(Integer const v, ox::Writer_c auto &writer) noexcept {
+	if (v) {
+		ox::ResizedInt_t<Integer, 64> mod = 1000000000000000000;
+		ox::ResizedInt_t<Integer, 64> val = v;
+		constexpr auto base = 10;
+		auto it = 0;
+		if (val < 0) {
+			OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put('-'));
+			val = ~val + 1;
+		}
+		if constexpr(sizeof(v) == 8 && !ox::is_signed_v<Integer>) {
+			auto digit = val / mod;
+			val %= mod;
+			mod /= base;
+			if (digit) {
+				digit -= 10;
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put('1'));
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put(static_cast<char>('0' + digit)));
 				++it;
 			}
-			while (mod) {
-				auto digit = val / mod;
-				val %= mod;
-				mod /= base;
-				if (it || digit) {
-					ox::ResizedInt_t<Integer, 64> start = '0';
-					if (digit >= 10) {
-						start = 'a';
-						digit -= 10;
-					}
-					OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put(static_cast<char>(start + digit)));
-					++it;
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			// 0 is a special case
-			OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put('0'));
 		}
-		return {};
+		while (mod) {
+			auto const digit = val / mod;
+			val %= mod;
+			mod /= base;
+			if (it || digit) {
+				OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put(static_cast<char>('0' + digit)));
+				++it;
+			}
+		}
+	} else {
+		// 0 is a special case
+		OX_RETURN_ERROR(writer.put('0'));
+	}
+	return {};
 }
 
 }

deps/ox/src/ox/std/stringliteral.hpp

@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ class StringLiteral: public detail::BaseStringView {
 
 		constexpr StringLiteral(StringLiteral const &sv) noexcept = default;
 
-		consteval explicit StringLiteral(std::nullptr_t) noexcept {}
+		consteval StringLiteral(std::nullptr_t) noexcept {}
 
-		consteval explicit StringLiteral(char const *str, std::size_t const len) noexcept: BaseStringView{str, len} {}
+		consteval StringLiteral(char const *str, std::size_t const len) noexcept: BaseStringView{str, len} {}
 
 		OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
-		consteval explicit StringLiteral(char const *str) noexcept: StringLiteral{str, ox::strlen(str)} {}
+		consteval StringLiteral(char const *str) noexcept: StringLiteral{str, ox::strlen(str)} {}
 		OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 
 		constexpr StringLiteral &operator=(StringLiteral const &other) noexcept {

deps/ox/src/ox/std/strops.cpp

@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 #include "def.hpp"
+#include "span.hpp"
 #include "strops.hpp"
 
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
 
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("asdf", "hijk") < 0, "asdf < hijk");
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("hijk", "asdf") > 0, "hijk > asdf");
@@ -19,30 +19,25 @@ static_assert(ox::strcmp("resize", "resize") == 0, "resize == resize");
 static_assert(ox::strcmp("", "") == 0, "\"\" == \"\"");
 
 static_assert([] {
-	auto testStr = "asdf";
-OX_CLANG_NOWARN_BEGIN(-Wunsafe-buffer-usage)
-	return ox::strchr(testStr, 0, 4) == &testStr[4];
-OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
+	auto constexpr testStr = ox::Span{"asdf"};
+	return ox::strchr(testStr.data(), 0, 4) == &testStr[4];
 }(), "ox::strchr 0");
 
 static_assert([] {
-	int retval = 0;
-	auto testStr = "aaaa";
+	auto constexpr testStr = "aaaa";
 	// test the const and non-const versions of ox::lastIndexOf
-	retval |= !(ox::lastIndexOf(const_cast<char*>(testStr), 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3);
-	retval |= !(ox::lastIndexOf(testStr, 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3);
-	return retval == 0;
+	return ox::lastIndexOf(testStr, 'a', ox::strlen(testStr)) == 3;
 }(), "ox::lastIndexOf aaaa a");
 
 #ifndef OX_USE_STDLIB
 
 extern "C"
-std::size_t strlen(const char *str) {
-	std::size_t len = 0;
-	for (; str[len]; len++);
+size_t strlen(const char *str) {
+	size_t len{};
+OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
+	while (str[len]) { ++len; }
+OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END
 	return len;
 }
 
 #endif
-
-OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_END

deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ add_test("[ox/std] FromHex" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/StdTest "FromHex")
 add_test("[ox/std] ToHex" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/StdTest "ToHex")
 add_test("[ox/std] UUID" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/StdTest "UUID")
 add_test("[ox/std] UUID::generate" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/StdTest "UUID::generate")
+add_test("[ox/std] intToStr" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/StdTest "intToStr")

deps/ox/src/ox/std/test/tests.cpp

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static uint64_t steadyNowMs() {
 }
 
 template<typename Map = ox::SmallMap<ox::String, ox::UUID>>
-uint64_t timeMapStrToUuid(int elemCnt, int lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexcept {
+uint64_t timeMapStrToUuid(int const elemCnt, int const lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexcept {
 	ox::UUID::seedGenerator({1234, seed});
 	Map map;
 	// setup test map
@@ -43,15 +43,16 @@ uint64_t timeMapStrToUuid(int elemCnt, int lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexce
 	// start
 	auto const startTime = steadyNowMs();
 	for (int i = 0; i < lookups; ++i) {
-		auto const&k = keys[rand.gen() % keys.size()];
+		auto const &k = keys[rand.gen() % keys.size()];
 		map[k];
-		oxExpect(map[k], ox::UUID::fromString(k).unwrap());
+		ox::expect(map[k], ox::UUID::fromString(k).unwrap());
 	}
 	return steadyNowMs() - startTime;
 }
 
 template<typename Map = ox::SmallMap<ox::UUID, ox::String>>
-uint64_t timeMapUuidToStr(int elemCnt, int lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexcept {
+[[nodiscard]]
+uint64_t timeMapUuidToStr(int const elemCnt, int const lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexcept {
 	ox::UUID::seedGenerator({1234, seed});
 	Map map;
 	// setup test map
@@ -64,13 +65,13 @@ uint64_t timeMapUuidToStr(int elemCnt, int lookups, uint64_t seed = 4321) noexce
 	// start
 	auto const startTime = steadyNowMs();
 	for (int i = 0; i < lookups; ++i) {
-		auto const&k = keys[rand.gen() % keys.size()];
-		oxExpect(map[k], k.toString());
+		auto const &k = keys[rand.gen() % keys.size()];
+		ox::expect(map[k], k.toString());
 	}
 	return steadyNowMs() - startTime;
 }
 
-static ox::Error compareMaps(int lookupCnt = 1'000'000) {
+static ox::Error compareMaps(int const lookupCnt = 1'000'000) {
 	auto const seed = steadyNowMs();
 	uint64_t hashTime{};
 	uint64_t smallTime{};
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_BEGIN(-Wunsafe-buffer-usage)
 OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			ox::heapmgr::free(a1);
 			ox::heapmgr::free(a2);
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -135,13 +136,13 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			ox::Array<char, 10> buff;
 			ox::CharBuffWriter bw(buff);
 			oxAssert(ox::writeItoa(5, bw), "ox::writeItoa returned Error");
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("5"));
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("5"));
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(bw.seekp(0));
 			oxAssert(ox::writeItoa(50, bw), "ox::writeItoa returned Error");
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("50"));
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("50"));
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(bw.seekp(0));
 			oxAssert(ox::writeItoa(500, bw), "ox::writeItoa returned Error");
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("500"));
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(buff.data()), ox::StringView("500"));
 			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			oxAssert(s == "asdf", "String assign broken");
 			oxAssert(s != "aoeu", "String assign broken");
 			oxAssert(s.size() == 4, "String assign broken");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -214,11 +215,11 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			oxAssert(ox::StringView("Write") != ox::String(""), "String / StringView comparison broken");
 			oxAssert(ox::String("Write") != ox::StringView(""), "String / StringView comparison broken");
 			oxAssert(ox::String("Write") == ox::StringView("Write"), "String / StringView comparison broken");
-			oxExpect(ox::String("asdf").substr(1, 3), "sd");
+			ox::expect(ox::String("asdf").substr(1, 3), "sd");
 			oxAssert(
 					ox::String(ox::StringView("Write")) == ox::StringView("Write"),
 					"String / StringView comparison broken");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -227,16 +228,16 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			ox::Vector<int> v;
 			oxAssert(v.size() == 0, "Initial Vector size not 0");
 			oxAssert(v.empty(), "Vector::empty() is broken");
-			auto insertTest = [&v](int val, std::size_t size) {
+			auto insertTest = [&v](int const val, std::size_t const size) {
 				v.push_back(val);
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(ox::Error(v.size() != size, "Vector size incorrect"));
 				OX_RETURN_ERROR(ox::Error(v[v.size() - 1] != val, "Vector value wrong"));
-				return ox::Error(0);
+				return ox::Error{};
 			};
 			oxAssert(insertTest(42, 1), "Vector insertion failed");
 			oxAssert(insertTest(100, 2), "Vector insertion failed");
 			oxAssert(insertTest(102, 3), "Vector insertion failed");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -249,9 +250,9 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 				v.emplace_back("aoeu");
 				auto const origData = v.data();
 				v.shrink_to_fit();
-				oxExpect(v[0], "asdf");
-				oxExpect(v[1], "aoeu");
-				oxExpect(v.capacity(), 2u);
+				ox::expect(v[0], "asdf");
+				ox::expect(v[1], "aoeu");
+				ox::expect(v.capacity(), 2u);
 				oxAssert(origData != v.data(), "shrink_to_fit did not create a new allocation");
 			}
 			{
@@ -261,9 +262,9 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 				v.emplace_back("aoeu");
 				auto const origData = v.data();
 				v.shrink_to_fit();
-				oxExpect(v[0], "asdf");
-				oxExpect(v[1], "aoeu");
-				oxExpect(v.capacity(), 2u);
+				ox::expect(v[0], "asdf");
+				ox::expect(v[1], "aoeu");
+				ox::expect(v.capacity(), 2u);
 				oxAssert(origData == v.data(), "shrink_to_fit inappropriately created a new allocation");
 			}
 			return ox::Error{};
@@ -273,13 +274,13 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 		"findIdx",
 		[] {
 			ox::Vector<ox::IString<8>> const v {"zero", "one", "two", "three", "four"};
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "zero").or_value(5), 0u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "one").or_value(5), 1u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "two").or_value(5), 2u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "three").or_value(5), 3u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "four").or_value(5), 4u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "five").or_value(5), 5u);
-			oxExpect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "six").or_value(6), 6u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "zero").or_value(5), 0u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "one").or_value(5), 1u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "two").or_value(5), 2u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "three").or_value(5), 3u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "four").or_value(5), 4u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "five").or_value(5), 5u);
+			ox::expect(ox::findIdx(v.begin(), v.end(), "six").or_value(6), 6u);
 			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
@@ -288,19 +289,19 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 		[] {
 			ox::SmallMap<ox::String, ox::String> map;
 			map["asdf"] = "aoeu";
-			oxExpect(map["asdf"], "aoeu");
-			oxExpect(map.size(), 1u);
-			oxExpect(map["aoeu"], "");
-			oxExpect(map.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(map["asdf"], "aoeu");
+			ox::expect(map.size(), 1u);
+			ox::expect(map["aoeu"], "");
+			ox::expect(map.size(), 2u);
 			ox::SmallMap<ox::String, ox::String> cmap;
 			cmap["asdf"] = "aoeu";
-			auto constexpr constTest = [](ox::SmallMap<ox::String, ox::String> const&map) {
+			auto constexpr constTest = [](ox::SmallMap<ox::String, ox::String> const &map) {
 				OX_REQUIRE(asdf, map.at("asdf"));
-				oxExpect(*asdf, "aoeu");
-				oxExpect(map.size(), 1u);
+				ox::expect(*asdf, "aoeu");
+				ox::expect(map.size(), 1u);
 				auto const aoeu = map.at("aoeu");
-				oxExpect(aoeu.ok(), false);
-				oxExpect(map.size(), 1u);
+				ox::expect(aoeu.ok(), false);
+				ox::expect(map.size(), 1u);
 				return ox::Error{};
 			};
 			return constTest(cmap);
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			ii[5] = 100;
 			oxAssert(ii[4] == 42, "4 != 42");
 			oxAssert(ii[5] == 100, "5 != 100");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -334,17 +335,17 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			oxAssert(!si.contains("asdf"), "wrongly contains asdf");
 			oxAssert(si.contains("aoeu"), "does not contains aoeu");
 			oxAssert(!si.at("asdf").ok(), "asdf != 0");
-			oxExpect(si["asdf"], 0);
+			ox::expect(si["asdf"], 0);
 			oxAssert(si["aoeu"] == 100, "aoeu != 100");
 			auto si2 = si;
-			oxExpect(si2["asdf"], 0);
+			ox::expect(si2["asdf"], 0);
 			oxAssert(si2["aoeu"] == 100, "aoeu != 100");
 			ox::HashMap<int, int> ii;
 			ii[4] = 42;
 			ii[5] = 100;
 			oxAssert(ii[4] == 42, "4 != 42");
 			oxAssert(ii[5] == 100, "5 != 100");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -377,15 +378,15 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 				   static_cast<int>(actual[1]),
 				   static_cast<int>(actual[2]),
 				   static_cast<int>(actual[3]));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(4).unwrap(), BA({4, 0, 0, 0}));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(256).unwrap(), BA({0, 1, 0, 0}));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(257).unwrap(), BA({1, 1, 0, 0}));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(4).unwrap(), BA({4, 0, 0, 0}));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(256).unwrap(), BA({0, 1, 0, 0}));
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(257).unwrap(), BA({1, 1, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(4).unwrap(), BA({4, 0, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(256).unwrap(), BA({0, 1, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<int32_t>(257).unwrap(), BA({1, 1, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(4).unwrap(), BA({4, 0, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(256).unwrap(), BA({0, 1, 0, 0}));
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(257).unwrap(), BA({1, 1, 0, 0}));
 			constexpr auto neg1 = static_cast<char>(-1); // ARM64 Linux assumes -1 literals are ints...
-			oxExpect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(0xffff'ffff).unwrap(), BA({neg1, neg1, neg1, neg1}));
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(ox::serialize<uint32_t>(0xffff'ffff).unwrap(), BA({neg1, neg1, neg1, neg1}));
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -394,58 +395,58 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 			ox::Buffer b;
 			ox::BufferWriter w(&b);
 			oxAssert(w.write("asdf", 4), "write failed");
-			oxExpect(b.size(), 4u);
+			ox::expect(b.size(), 4u);
 			oxAssert(w.write("aoeu", 4), "write failed");
-			oxExpect(b.size(), 8u);
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(b.data(), b.size()), "asdfaoeu");
+			ox::expect(b.size(), 8u);
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(b.data(), b.size()), "asdfaoeu");
 			ox::StringView constexpr qwerty = "qwerty";
 			oxAssert(w.write(qwerty.data(), qwerty.bytes()), "write failed");
-			oxExpect(b.size(), 14u);
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(b.data(), b.size()), "asdfaoeuqwerty");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(b.size(), 14u);
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(b.data(), b.size()), "asdfaoeuqwerty");
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
 		"FromHex",
 		[] {
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("01").unwrap(), 0x01);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("02").unwrap(), 0x02);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("03").unwrap(), 0x03);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("04").unwrap(), 0x04);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("05").unwrap(), 0x05);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("06").unwrap(), 0x06);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("07").unwrap(), 0x07);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("08").unwrap(), 0x08);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0d").unwrap(), 0x0d);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0e").unwrap(), 0x0e);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0f").unwrap(), 0x0f);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("0F").unwrap(), 0x0f);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("fF").unwrap(), 0xff);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("ff").unwrap(), 0xff);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("a0").unwrap(), 0xa0);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("93").unwrap(), 0x93);
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::fromHex("40").unwrap(), 0x40);
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("01").unwrap(), 0x01);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("02").unwrap(), 0x02);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("03").unwrap(), 0x03);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("04").unwrap(), 0x04);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("05").unwrap(), 0x05);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("06").unwrap(), 0x06);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("07").unwrap(), 0x07);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("08").unwrap(), 0x08);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("0d").unwrap(), 0x0d);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("0e").unwrap(), 0x0e);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("0f").unwrap(), 0x0f);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("0F").unwrap(), 0x0f);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("fF").unwrap(), 0xff);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("ff").unwrap(), 0xff);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("a0").unwrap(), 0xa0);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("93").unwrap(), 0x93);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::fromHex("40").unwrap(), 0x40);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
 		"ToHex",
 		[] {
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x01), "01");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x02), "02");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x03), "03");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x04), "04");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x05), "05");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x06), "06");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x07), "07");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x08), "08");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0d), "0d");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0e), "0e");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0f), "0f");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x93), "93");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0x40), "40");
-			oxExpect(ox::detail::toHex(0xf0), "f0");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x01), "01");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x02), "02");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x03), "03");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x04), "04");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x05), "05");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x06), "06");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x07), "07");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x08), "08");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0d), "0d");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0e), "0e");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x0f), "0f");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x93), "93");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0x40), "40");
+			ox::expect(ox::detail::toHex(0xf0), "f0");
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -453,20 +454,20 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 		[] {
 			constexpr ox::StringView uuidStr = "8d814442-f46e-4cc3-8edc-ca3c01cc86db";
 			OX_REQUIRE(uuid, ox::UUID::fromString(uuidStr));
-			oxExpect(uuid.toString(), uuidStr);
-			oxExpect(ox::UUID{}.isNull(), true);
-			oxExpect(ox::UUID::fromString(uuidStr).value.isNull(), false);
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(uuid.toString(), uuidStr);
+			ox::expect(ox::UUID{}.isNull(), true);
+			ox::expect(ox::UUID::fromString(uuidStr).value.isNull(), false);
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
 		"UUID::generate",
 		[] {
 			ox::UUID::seedGenerator({1234, 4321});
-			oxExpect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "5c3f4b5e-ccbf-4727-7f03-3053dedc8827");
-			oxExpect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "90d0274a-2774-4afa-88e5-0c1d60ba3abf");
-			oxExpect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "7df77910-841c-48ba-ea2e-44521ac47c2e");
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "5c3f4b5e-ccbf-4727-7f03-3053dedc8827");
+			ox::expect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "90d0274a-2774-4afa-88e5-0c1d60ba3abf");
+			ox::expect(ox::UUID::generate().unwrap().toString(), "7df77910-841c-48ba-ea2e-44521ac47c2e");
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 	{
@@ -474,71 +475,100 @@ OX_CLANG_NOWARN_END
 		[] {
 			ox::StringView sv = "ab.cd";
 			auto list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = "ab.cd.fg";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 3u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
-			oxExpect(list[2], "fg");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 3u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list[2], "fg");
 			sv = "ab.cd.";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = ".ab.cd.";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = ".";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
 			sv = ".";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
 			sv = "";
 			list = ox::split(sv, ".");
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
 			// split by single char
 			sv = "ab.cd";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = "ab.cd.fg";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 3u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
-			oxExpect(list[2], "fg");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 3u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list[2], "fg");
 			sv = "ab.cd.";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = ".ab.cd.";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 2u);
-			oxExpect(list[0], "ab");
-			oxExpect(list[1], "cd");
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 2u);
+			ox::expect(list[0], "ab");
+			ox::expect(list[1], "cd");
 			sv = ".";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
 			sv = ".";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
 			sv = "";
 			list = ox::split(sv, '.');
-			oxExpect(list.size(), 0u);
-			return ox::Error(0);
+			ox::expect(list.size(), 0u);
+			return ox::Error{};
+		}
+	},
+	{
+		"intToStr",
+		[] {
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint8_t>(255u), "255");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int8_t>(127), "127");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int8_t>(-128), "-128");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint16_t>(65535u), "65535");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int16_t>(32767), "32767");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int16_t>(-32768), "-32768");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint32_t>(4294967295u), "4294967295");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int32_t>(2147483647), "2147483647");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int32_t>(-2147483648), "-2147483648");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint64_t>(18446744073709551615u), "18446744073709551615");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int64_t>(9223372036854775807), "9223372036854775807");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<int64_t>(-9223372036854775807), "-9223372036854775807");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint64_t>(0), "0");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr<uint64_t>(5), "5");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(0), "0");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(5), "5");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(5000), "5000");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(50000), "50000");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(500000), "500000");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(-5), "-5");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(-5000), "-5000");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(-50000), "-50000");
+			ox::expect(ox::intToStr(-500000), "-500000");
+			return ox::Error{};
 		}
 	},
 };
 
-int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+int main(int const argc, const char **argv) {
 	if (argc < 2) {
 		oxError("Must specify test to run");
 		return -1;

deps/ox/src/ox/std/typetraits.hpp

@@ -34,6 +34,41 @@ inline constexpr bool is_trivially_copyable_v = __is_trivially_copyable(T);
 
 namespace ox {
 
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_cv {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_cv<const T> {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_cv<volatile T> {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_cv<const volatile T> {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_const {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+struct remove_const<const T> {
+	using type = T;
+};
+
+template<typename T>
+using remove_const_t = typename remove_const<T>::type;
+
+
 template<class T, T v>
 struct integral_constant {
 
@@ -109,6 +144,12 @@ template<> struct is_integer<int16_t> : true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<uint16_t>: true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<int32_t> : true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<uint32_t>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<int8_t const>  : true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<uint8_t const> : true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<int16_t const> : true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<uint16_t const>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<int32_t const> : true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<uint32_t const>: true_type {};
 
 // some of these need to be done with the actual language syntax because no one
 // can agree on what an (u)int64_t is...
@@ -116,9 +157,13 @@ template<> struct is_integer<long>: true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<long long>: true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<unsigned long>: true_type {};
 template<> struct is_integer<unsigned long long>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<long const>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<long long const>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<unsigned long const>: true_type {};
+template<> struct is_integer<unsigned long long const>: true_type {};
 
 template<typename T>
-constexpr bool is_integer_v = is_integral<T>::value;
+constexpr bool is_integer_v = is_integer<T>::value;
 
 template<typename T>
 concept Integer_c = is_integer<T>::value;
@@ -180,20 +225,6 @@ struct is_same<T, T>: true_type {};
 template<typename T, typename U>
 constexpr auto is_same_v = is_same<T, U>::value;
 
-// enable_if ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-template<bool B, class T = void>
-struct enable_if {
-};
-
-template<class T>
-struct enable_if<true, T> {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<bool B, typename T>
-using enable_if_t = typename enable_if<B, T>::type;
-
 template<typename T>
 struct is_pointer {
 	static constexpr bool value = false;
@@ -237,6 +268,9 @@ struct remove_pointer<T* const volatile> {
 	using type = T;
 };
 
+template<typename T>
+using remove_pointer_t = typename remove_pointer<T>::type;
+
 
 template<typename T>
 struct remove_reference {
@@ -275,41 +309,6 @@ template<class T>
 constexpr bool is_move_constructible_v = detail::is_move_constructible<T>(0);
 
 
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_cv {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_cv<const T> {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_cv<volatile T> {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_cv<const volatile T> {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_const {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-struct remove_const<const T> {
-	using type = T;
-};
-
-template<typename T>
-using remove_const_t = typename remove_const<T>::type;
-
-
 // is String?
 
 template<std::size_t SmallStringSize>

deps/ox/src/ox/std/vector.hpp

@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ class Vector: detail::VectorAllocator<T, Allocator, SmallVectorSize> {
 
 		constexpr void resize(std::size_t size) noexcept(useNoexcept);
 
+		constexpr void reserveResize(std::size_t size) noexcept(useNoexcept);
+
 		[[nodiscard]]
 		constexpr T *data() noexcept {
 			return m_items;
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ class Vector: detail::VectorAllocator<T, Allocator, SmallVectorSize> {
 		constexpr bool contains(MaybeView_t<T> const&) const noexcept;
 
 		constexpr iterator<T&, T*, false> insert(
-				std::size_t pos, std::size_t cnt, T const&val) noexcept(useNoexcept);
+				std::size_t pos, std::size_t cnt, T const &val) noexcept(useNoexcept);
 
 		constexpr iterator<T&, T*, false> insert(std::size_t pos, T val) noexcept(useNoexcept);
 
@@ -417,13 +419,13 @@ constexpr Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator> &Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allo
 
 template<typename T, std::size_t SmallVectorSize, typename Allocator>
 constexpr T &Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::operator[](std::size_t i) noexcept {
-	boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Vector access overflow");
+	boundsCheck(i, size(), "Vector access overflow");
 	return m_items[i];
 }
 
 template<typename T, std::size_t SmallVectorSize, typename Allocator>
 constexpr const T &Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::operator[](std::size_t i) const noexcept {
-	boundsCheck(__FILE__, __LINE__, i, size(), "Vector access overflow");
+	boundsCheck(i, size(), "Vector access overflow");
 	return m_items[i];
 }
 
@@ -518,7 +520,13 @@ constexpr void Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::resize(std::size_t size) n
 }
 
 template<typename T, std::size_t SmallVectorSize, typename Allocator>
-constexpr bool Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::contains(MaybeView_t<T> const&v) const noexcept {
+constexpr void Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::reserveResize(std::size_t const size) noexcept(useNoexcept) {
+	reserve(size);
+	resize(size);
+}
+
+template<typename T, std::size_t SmallVectorSize, typename Allocator>
+constexpr bool Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::contains(MaybeView_t<T> const &v) const noexcept {
 	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < m_size; ++i) {
 		if (m_items[i] == v) {
 			return true;
@@ -530,7 +538,7 @@ constexpr bool Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::contains(MaybeView_t<T> co
 template<typename T, std::size_t SmallVectorSize, typename Allocator>
 constexpr typename Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::template iterator<T&, T*, false>
 Vector<T, SmallVectorSize, Allocator>::insert(
-		std::size_t pos, std::size_t cnt, T const&val) noexcept(useNoexcept) {
+		std::size_t pos, std::size_t cnt, T const &val) noexcept(useNoexcept) {
 	if (m_size + cnt > m_cap) {
 		reserveInsert(m_cap ? m_size + cnt : initialCap, pos, cnt);
 	}

deps/teagba/include/teagba/addresses.hpp

@@ -99,23 +99,23 @@ volatile OffsetPair &regBgOfs(auto const bgIdx) noexcept {
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Memory Addresses
 
-#define MEM_EWRAM (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint16_t, 0x0203'FFFF - 0x0200'0000>*>(0x0200'0000))
+#define MEM_EWRAM (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint16_t, 0x0203'FFFF - 0x0200'0000>*>(0x0200'0000)))
 
-#define MEM_IWRAM (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint8_t, 0x0300'7FFF - 0x0300'0000>*>(0x0300'0000))
+#define MEM_IWRAM (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint8_t, 0x0300'7FFF - 0x0300'0000>*>(0x0300'0000)))
 
 #define REG_BLNDCTL (*reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(0x0400'0050))
 
 using Palette = ox::Array<uint16_t, 128>;
-#define MEM_BG_PALETTE (*reinterpret_cast<::Palette*>(0x0500'0000))
-#define MEM_SPRITE_PALETTE (*reinterpret_cast<::Palette*>(0x0500'0200))
+#define MEM_BG_PALETTE (*(reinterpret_cast<::Palette*>(0x0500'0000)))
+#define MEM_SPRITE_PALETTE (*(reinterpret_cast<::Palette*>(0x0500'0200)))
 
 using BgMapTile = ox::Array<uint16_t, 8192>;
-#define MEM_BG_TILES (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<BgMapTile, 4>*>(0x0600'0000))
-#define MEM_BG_MAP (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<BgMapTile, 4>*>(0x0600'e000))
+#define MEM_BG_TILES (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<BgMapTile, 4>*>(0x0600'0000)))
+#define MEM_BG_MAP (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<BgMapTile, 4>*>(0x0600'e000)))
 
-#define MEM_SPRITE_TILES (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint16_t, 32 * ox::units::KB>*>(0x0601'0000))
-#define MEM_OAM (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint64_t, 64>*>(0x0700'0000))
+#define MEM_SPRITE_TILES (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint16_t, 32 * ox::units::KB>*>(0x0601'0000)))
+#define MEM_OAM (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<uint64_t, 64>*>(0x0700'0000)))
 
-#define MEM_ROM (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<char, 32 * ox::units::MB>*>(0x0700'0000))
+#define MEM_ROM (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<char, 32 * ox::units::MB>*>(0x0700'0000)))
 
-#define MEM_SRAM (*reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<char, 64 * ox::units::KB>*>(0x0e00'0000))
+#define MEM_SRAM (*(reinterpret_cast<ox::Array<char, 64 * ox::units::KB>*>(0x0e00'0000)))

deps/teagba/include/teagba/gfx.hpp

@@ -43,6 +43,4 @@ void applySpriteUpdates() noexcept;
 
 void setBgOffset(uint16_t bg, int16_t x, int16_t y) noexcept;
 
-void scrollBgOffset(uint16_t bg, int16_t x, int16_t y) noexcept;
-
 }

deps/teagba/src/gfx.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ GbaSpriteAttrUpdate &spriteAttr(size_t const i) noexcept {
 
 void addSpriteUpdate(GbaSpriteAttrUpdate const &upd) noexcept {
 	const auto ie = REG_IE; // disable vblank interrupt handler
-	REG_IE = REG_IE & static_cast<uint16_t>(~teagba::Int_vblank); // disable vblank interrupt handler
+	REG_IE = REG_IE & static_cast<uint16_t>(~Int_vblank); // disable vblank interrupt handler
 	g_spriteBuffer[upd.idx] = upd;
 	REG_IE = ie; // enable vblank interrupt handler
 }
@@ -35,10 +35,4 @@ void setBgOffset(uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
 	o.y = y;
 }
 
-void scrollBgOffset(uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
-	auto &o = regBgOfs(bg);
-	o.x = o.x + x;
-	o.y = o.y + y;
-}
-
 }

developer-handbook.md

@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ All components have a platform indicator next to them:
       * opengl - OpenGL implementation (P-)
       * studio - studio plugin for core (P-)
       * keel - keel plugin for core (PG)
-    * scene - defines & processes map data (PG)
-      * studio - studio plugin for scene (P-)
-      * keel - keel plugin for scene (PG)
+    * sound - sound system for Nostalgia (PG)
+      * studio - studio plugin for sound (P-)
+      * keel - keel plugin for sound (PG)
   * player - plays the games (PG)
   * studio - makes the games (P-)
   * tools - command line tools (P-)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ All components have a platform indicator next to them:
     Not really that external... (PG)
   * GlUtils - OpenGL helpers (P-)
   * teagba - GBA assembly startup code (mostly pulled from devkitPro under MPL
-	          2.0), and custom GBA hardware interop code (-G)
+	         2.0), and custom GBA hardware interop code (-G)
 
 Most GBA code is built on PC because it is small and helps to work on both
 projects with the same CMake build dir, but GBA code is never linked with any
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ The GBA has two major resources for learning about its hardware:
 
 On the surface, it seems like C++ changes the way we do things from C for no
 reason, but there are reasons for many of these duplications of functionality.
-The C++ language designers aren't stupid. Question them, but don't ignore them.
+The C++ language designers aren't stupid.
+Question them, but don't ignore them.
 
 #### Casting
 
@@ -163,10 +164,11 @@ The Ox way of doing things is the Olympic way of doing things.
 ### Error Handling
 
 Instead of throwing exceptions, generally try to use
-[ox::Errors](deps/ox/ox-docs.md#error-handling) for error reporting,
-but exceptions may be used where they make sense.
+[ox::Error](deps/ox/ox-docs.md#error-handling) for error reporting.
+Exceptions may be used where errors-as-values will not work, but catch them and
+convert them to ```ox::Error``` as soon as possible.
 
-Exceptions should generally just use ```OxException```, which is bascially an
+Exceptions should generally just use ```ox::Exception```, which is basically an
 exception form of ```ox::Error```.
 
 ### File I/O

src/nostalgia/modules/gfx/src/gfx-gba.cpp

@@ -23,17 +23,15 @@ struct BgCbbData {
 	unsigned bpp = 4;
 };
 
-class Context {
+class Context final {
 
 	public:
 		turbine::Context &turbineCtx;
 		ox::Array<BgCbbData, 4> cbbData;
+		ox::Array<OffsetPair, 4> bgOffsets;
 
 		explicit Context(turbine::Context &tctx) noexcept: turbineCtx{tctx} {}
-		Context(Context &other) noexcept = delete;
 		Context(Context const &other) noexcept = delete;
-		Context(Context const &&other) noexcept = delete;
-		virtual ~Context() noexcept = default;
 
 };
 
@@ -295,12 +293,16 @@ void setBgPriority(Context&, uint_t const bgIdx, uint_t const priority) noexcept
 	bgCtl = (bgCtl & 0b1111'1111'1111'1100u) | (priority & 0b11);
 }
 
-void setBgOffset(Context&, uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
+void setBgOffset(Context &ctx, uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
+	ctx.bgOffsets[bg] = {.x = x, .y = y};
 	teagba::setBgOffset(bg, x, y);
 }
 
-void scrollBgOffset(Context&, uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
-	teagba::scrollBgOffset(bg, x, y);
+void scrollBgOffset(Context &ctx, uint16_t const bg, int16_t const x, int16_t const y) noexcept {
+	auto &o = ctx.bgOffsets[bg];
+	o.x += x;
+	o.y += y;
+	teagba::setBgOffset(bg, o.x, o.y);
 }
 
 void hideSprite(Context&, unsigned const idx) noexcept {
@@ -319,23 +321,23 @@ void showSprite(Context&, unsigned const idx) noexcept {
 	});
 }
 
-void setSprite(Context&, uint_t const idx, Sprite const &s) noexcept {
+void setSprite(Context&, uint_t const idx, Sprite const &sprite) noexcept {
 	//oxAssert(g_spriteUpdates < config::GbaSpriteBufferLen, "Sprite update buffer overflow");
-	uint16_t const eightBpp = s.bpp == 8;
+	uint16_t const eightBpp = sprite.bpp == 8;
 	teagba::addSpriteUpdate({
 		.attr0 = static_cast<uint16_t>(
-			  (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.y & ox::onMask<uint8_t>(0b111'1111)))
+			  (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.y & ox::onMask<uint8_t>(0b111'1111)))
 			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(1) << 10) // enable alpha
 			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(eightBpp) << 13)
-			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.spriteShape) << 14)),
+			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.spriteShape) << 14)),
 		.attr1 = static_cast<uint16_t>(
-			  (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.x) & ox::onMask<uint8_t>(8))
-			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.flipX) << 12)
-			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.spriteSize) << 14)),
+			  (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.x) & ox::onMask<uint8_t>(8))
+			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.flipX) << 12)
+			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.spriteSize) << 14)),
 		.attr2 = static_cast<uint16_t>(
 			// double tileIdx if 8 bpp
-			  (static_cast<uint16_t>((s.tileIdx * (1 + eightBpp)) & ox::onMask<uint16_t>(8)))
-			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(s.priority & 0b11) << 10)),
+			  (static_cast<uint16_t>((sprite.tileIdx * (1 + eightBpp)) & ox::onMask<uint16_t>(8)))
+			| (static_cast<uint16_t>(sprite.priority & 0b11) << 10)),
 		.idx = static_cast<uint16_t>(idx),
 	});
 }
@@ -348,7 +350,7 @@ uint_t spriteCount(Context const &) noexcept {
 
 namespace ox {
 
-void panic(char const *file, int line, char const *panicMsg, ox::Error const &err) noexcept {
+void panic(char const*panicMsg, Error const&err, std::source_location const &src) noexcept {
 	using namespace nostalgia::gfx;
 	// reset heap to make sure we have enough memory to allocate context data
 	OX_ALLOW_UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BEGIN
@@ -372,7 +374,7 @@ void panic(char const *file, int line, char const *panicMsg, ox::Error const &er
 	}
 	consoleWrite(*ctx, 32 + 1, 15, "PLEASE RESTART THE SYSTEM");
 	// print to terminal if in mGBA
-	oxErrf("\033[31;1;1mPANIC:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", file, line, panicMsg);
+	oxErrf("\033[31;1;1mPANIC:\033[0m [{}:{}]: {}\n", src.file_name(), src.line(), panicMsg);
 	if (err.msg) {
 		oxErrf("\tError Message:\t{}\n", err.msg);
 	}

src/nostalgia/modules/gfx/src/gfx-opengl.cpp

@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ class Context {
 			blocksPerSprite{params.glBlocksPerSprite} {
 		}
 		Context(Context const&) = delete;
-		Context(Context&&) = delete;
 		Context &operator=(Context const&) = delete;
-		Context &operator=(Context&&) = delete;
 		~Context() noexcept {
 			turbine::gl::removeDrawer(turbineCtx, &drawer);
 		}
@@ -113,7 +111,7 @@ namespace renderer {
 static constexpr auto Scale = 1;
 static constexpr auto PriorityScale = 0.01f;
 
-static constexpr ox::CStringView bgvshadTmpl = R"glsl(
+static constexpr ox::StringLiteral bgvshadTmpl{R"glsl(
 	{}
 	in vec2 vTexCoord;
 	in vec3 vPosition;
@@ -135,9 +133,9 @@ static constexpr ox::CStringView bgvshadTmpl = R"glsl(
 			vTexCoord.x,
 			vTexCoord.y * vTileHeight + vTileIdx * vTileHeight);
 		fPalOffset = vPalOffset;
-	})glsl";
+	})glsl"};
 
-static constexpr ox::CStringView bgfshadTmpl = R"glsl(
+static constexpr ox::StringLiteral bgfshadTmpl{R"glsl(
 	{}
 	out vec4 outColor;
 	in float fPalOffset;
@@ -151,9 +149,9 @@ static constexpr ox::CStringView bgfshadTmpl = R"glsl(
 		if (outColor.a == 0) {
 			discard;
 		}
-	})glsl";
+	})glsl"};
 
-static constexpr ox::CStringView spritevshadTmpl = R"glsl(
+static constexpr ox::StringLiteral spritevshadTmpl{R"glsl(
 	{}
 	in float vEnabled;
 	in vec3 vPosition;
@@ -170,9 +168,9 @@ static constexpr ox::CStringView spritevshadTmpl = R"glsl(
 				vPosition.z - 0.004,
 				1.0) * vEnabled;
 		fTexCoord = vTexCoord * vec2(1, vTileHeight);
-	})glsl";
+	})glsl"};
 
-static constexpr ox::CStringView spritefshadTmpl = R"glsl(
+static constexpr ox::StringLiteral spritefshadTmpl{R"glsl(
 	{}
 	out vec4 outColor;
 	in vec2 fTexCoord;
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ static constexpr ox::CStringView spritefshadTmpl = R"glsl(
 		if (outColor.a == 0) {
 			discard;
 		}
-	})glsl";
+	})glsl"};
 
 [[nodiscard]]
 static constexpr auto bgVertexRow(uint_t const x, uint_t const y) noexcept {
@@ -841,6 +839,12 @@ void setBgPriority(Context &ctx, uint_t const bgIdx, uint_t const priority) noex
 	bg.priority = static_cast<float>(priority & 0b11);
 }
 
+void setBgOffset(Context&, uint16_t const, int16_t const, int16_t const) noexcept {
+}
+
+void scrollBgOffset(Context&, uint16_t const, int16_t const, int16_t const) noexcept {
+}
+
 void hideSprite(Context &ctx, uint_t const idx) noexcept {
 	auto &s = ctx.spriteStates[idx];
 	s.enabled = false;

src/nostalgia/modules/gfx/src/studio/tilesheeteditor/tilesheetpixelgrid.cpp

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void TileSheetGrid::update(ox::Vec2 const &paneSize, TileSheet::SubSheet const &
 	glBindVertexArray(m_bufferSet.vao);
 	setBufferObjects(paneSize, subsheet);
 	glutils::sendVbo(m_bufferSet);
-	glutils::sendEbo(m_bufferSet);
+	//glutils::sendEbo(m_bufferSet);
 }
 
 void TileSheetGrid::setBufferObject(
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ void TileSheetGrid::setBufferObject(
 
 void TileSheetGrid::setBufferObjects(ox::Vec2 const &paneSize, TileSheet::SubSheet const &subsheet) noexcept {
 	if (subsheet.columns < 1 || subsheet.rows < 1) {
-		m_bufferSet.elements.clear();
 		m_bufferSet.vertices.clear();
 		return;
 	}

src/nostalgia/modules/gfx/test/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ target_link_libraries(
 		NostalgiaGfx
 )
 
-add_test("[NostalgiaGfx] readWriteTileSheet" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/NostalgiaGfxTest readWriteTileSheet)
+add_test("[nostalgia/gfx] readWriteTileSheet" ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/NostalgiaGfxTest readWriteTileSheet)

src/nostalgia/modules/gfx/test/tests.cpp

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static std::map<ox::StringView, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 			gfx::TileSheet const in;
 			OX_REQUIRE(buff, ox::writeMC(in));
 			OX_REQUIRE(out, ox::readMC<gfx::TileSheet>(buff));
-			oxAssert(in.subsheet.name == out.subsheet.name, "subsheet.name serialization broken");
+			ox::expect(in.subsheet.name, out.subsheet.name);
 			return {};
 		}
 	},

src/olympic/keel/test/tests.cpp

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static std::map<ox::StringView, ox::Error(*)()> tests = {
 			ox::Array<char, hdr.size()> buff;
 			ox::CharBuffWriter bw(buff);
 			OX_RETURN_ERROR(keel::writeUuidHeader(bw, uuid));
-			oxExpect(ox::StringView(buff.data(), buff.size()), hdr);
+			ox::expect(ox::StringView(buff.data(), buff.size()), hdr);
 			return {};
 		}
 	},

src/olympic/turbine/src/glfw/turbine.cpp

@@ -285,11 +285,11 @@ static void handleKeyPress(Context &ctx, int const key, bool const down) noexcep
 		map[GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE]        = Key::Escape;
 		return map;
 	}();
-	auto const eventHandler = keyEventHandler(ctx);
 	auto const keyIdx = static_cast<std::size_t>(key);
 	if (keyIdx < keyMap.size()) {
 		auto const k = keyMap[keyIdx];
 		setKeyDownStatus(ctx, k, down);
+		auto const eventHandler = keyEventHandler(ctx);
 		if (eventHandler) {
 			eventHandler(ctx, k, down);
 		}
@@ -306,7 +306,9 @@ static void handleGlfwMouseButtonEvent(
 	int) noexcept {
 	auto &ctx = *static_cast<Context*>(glfwGetWindowUserPointer(window));
 	setMandatoryRefreshPeriod(ctx, ticksMs(ctx) + config::MandatoryRefreshPeriod);
-	ctx.mouseButtonEventHandler(ctx, btn, action == 1);
+	if (ctx.mouseButtonEventHandler) {
+		ctx.mouseButtonEventHandler(ctx, btn, action == 1);
+	}
 }
 
 static void handleGlfwKeyEvent(GLFWwindow *window, int const key, int, int const action, int) noexcept {