Add manifest_parser::split_comment() and manifest_serializer::merge_comment()

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbutl/manifest-parser.hxx b/libbutl/manifest-parser.hxx
index fd0cc4e..f84badd 100644
--- a/libbutl/manifest-parser.hxx
+++ b/libbutl/manifest-parser.hxx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <cstdint>   // uint64_t
+#include <utility>   // pair
 #include <stdexcept> // runtime_error
 
 #include <libbutl/export.hxx>
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ namespace butl
     manifest_name_value
     next ();
 
+    // Split the manifest value, optionally followed by ';' character and a
+    // comment into the value/comment pair. Note that ';' characters in the
+    // value must be escaped by the backslash.
+    //
+    static std::pair<std::string, std::string>
+    split_comment (const std::string&);
+
   private:
     void
     parse_name (manifest_name_value&);