From f5c5e4cdd731c557fa9286f1722e0a1ea236283f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: laentropia <aadrian887mh@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 20:48:45 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] addition: init and destroy ByteString

---
 include/lae_strings.h | 13 ++++++++++
 src/lae_strings.c     | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 src/main.c            | 15 ++----------
 3 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/lae_strings.h b/include/lae_strings.h
index ea61f21..037e450 100644
--- a/include/lae_strings.h
+++ b/include/lae_strings.h
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 #ifndef LAE_STRINGS_H
 #define LAE_STRINGS_H
 
+#include "lae_allocator.h"
 typedef struct ByteStr ByteStr;
 
+typedef enum {
+    STR_OK,
+    STR_BAD_ALLOC,
+    STR_OUT_OF_BOUNDS,
+    STR_NULL_ARG,
+    STR_NULL_STRING,
+    STR_INVALID_CAPACITY,
+} StringErr;
+
+StringErr bstr_init(ByteStr **bstr, Allocator alloc, size_t capacity);
+StringErr bstr_destroy(ByteStr **bstr);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/lae_strings.c b/src/lae_strings.c
index ea06c5b..610fd1f 100644
--- a/src/lae_strings.c
+++ b/src/lae_strings.c
@@ -1,12 +1,63 @@
 #include "lae_strings.h"
 #include "lae_allocator.h"
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 struct ByteStr {
-    uint8_t* buf;
-    size_t   len;
-    size_t   cap;
+    uint8_t *buf;
+    size_t len;
+    size_t cap;
 
     Allocator allocator;
 };
+
+StringErr bstr_init(ByteStr **bstr, Allocator alloc, size_t capacity) {
+    if (bstr == NULL) {
+        return STR_NULL_ARG;
+    }
+
+    if (capacity < 1) {
+        return STR_INVALID_CAPACITY;
+    }
+
+    ByteStr *new_bstr = alloc.alloc(alloc.ctx, sizeof(ByteStr));
+    if (new_bstr == NULL) {
+        return STR_BAD_ALLOC;
+    }
+
+    uint8_t *new_buf = alloc.alloc(alloc.ctx, capacity);
+    if (new_buf == NULL) {
+        alloc.free(alloc.ctx, new_bstr, sizeof(ByteStr));
+        return STR_BAD_ALLOC;
+    }
+
+    *new_bstr = (ByteStr){
+        .buf = new_buf,
+        .len = 0,
+        .cap = capacity,
+        .allocator = alloc,
+    };
+
+    *bstr = new_bstr;
+    return STR_OK;
+}
+
+StringErr bstr_destroy(ByteStr **bstr) {
+    if (bstr == NULL || *bstr == NULL) {
+        return STR_NULL_ARG;
+    }
+
+    ByteStr *tmp = *bstr;
+
+    tmp->allocator.free(tmp->allocator.ctx, tmp->buf, tmp->cap);
+    tmp->buf = NULL;
+    tmp->cap = 0;
+    tmp->len = 0;
+
+    tmp->allocator.free(tmp->allocator.ctx, *bstr, sizeof(ByteStr));
+    *bstr = NULL;
+
+    return STR_OK;
+}
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b9c4c40..dbb4d4d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-#include "mylib.h"
-
+#include "lae_strings.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 int main(void) {
-  MyLib *lib = mylib_create();
-  if (!lib) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Error: could not create MyLib\n");
-    return EXIT_FAILURE;
-  }
-
-  int result = mylib_do_something(lib, 42);
-  printf("Result: %d\n", result);
-
-  mylib_destroy(lib);
-  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }