Convert Settings to the new config system

This makes all config options self-documenting.

Unknown or unparseable config settings and --option flags now cause a
warning.

2 files changed, 100 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/src/libutil/config.cc b/src/libutil/config.cc
index c05a3253b..85e5ce330 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/config.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ void Config::set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value)
     i->second.setting->set(value);
 }
 
-void Config::add(AbstractSetting * setting)
+void Config::addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting)
 {
     _settings.emplace(setting->name, Config::SettingData{false, setting});
     for (auto & alias : setting->aliases)
@@ -41,21 +41,59 @@ void Config::add(AbstractSetting * setting)
     }
 }
 
-void Config::warnUnused()
+void Config::warnUnknownSettings()
 {
     for (auto & i : initials)
         warn("unknown setting '%s'", i.first);
 }
 
-std::string Config::dump()
+StringMap Config::getSettings()
 {
-    std::string res;
+    StringMap res;
     for (auto & opt : _settings)
         if (!opt.second.isAlias)
-            res += opt.first + " = " + opt.second.setting->to_string() + "\n";
+            res.emplace(opt.first, opt.second.setting->to_string());
     return res;
 }
 
+void Config::applyConfigFile(const Path & path, bool fatal)
+{
+    try {
+        string contents = readFile(path);
+
+        unsigned int pos = 0;
+
+        while (pos < contents.size()) {
+            string line;
+            while (pos < contents.size() && contents[pos] != '\n')
+                line += contents[pos++];
+            pos++;
+
+            string::size_type hash = line.find('#');
+            if (hash != string::npos)
+                line = string(line, 0, hash);
+
+            vector<string> tokens = tokenizeString<vector<string> >(line);
+            if (tokens.empty()) continue;
+
+            if (tokens.size() < 2 || tokens[1] != "=")
+                throw UsageError("illegal configuration line ‘%1%’ in ‘%2%’", line, path);
+
+            string name = tokens[0];
+
+            vector<string>::iterator i = tokens.begin();
+            advance(i, 2);
+
+            try {
+                set(name, concatStringsSep(" ", Strings(i, tokens.end()))); // FIXME: slow
+            } catch (UsageError & e) {
+                if (fatal) throw;
+                warn("in configuration file '%s': %s", path, e.what());
+            }
+        };
+    } catch (SysError &) { }
+}
+
 AbstractSetting::AbstractSetting(
     const std::string & name,
     const std::string & description,
@@ -74,41 +112,65 @@ template<> std::string Setting<std::string>::to_string()
     return value;
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-void Setting<T>::set(const std::string & str)
+template<typename T, typename Tag>
+void Setting<T, Tag>::set(const std::string & str)
 {
     static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "Integer required.");
-    try {
-        auto i = std::stoll(str);
-        if (i < std::numeric_limits<T>::min() ||
-            i > std::numeric_limits<T>::max())
-            throw UsageError("setting '%s' has out-of-range value %d", name, i);
-        value = i;
-    } catch (std::logic_error&) {
+    if (!string2Int(str, value))
         throw UsageError("setting '%s' has invalid value '%s'", name, str);
-    }
 }
 
-template<typename T>
-std::string Setting<T>::to_string()
+template<typename T, typename Tag>
+std::string Setting<T, Tag>::to_string()
 {
     static_assert(std::is_integral<T>::value, "Integer required.");
     return std::to_string(value);
 }
 
-template<> void Setting<bool>::set(const std::string & str)
+bool AbstractSetting::parseBool(const std::string & str)
 {
     if (str == "true" || str == "yes" || str == "1")
-        value = true;
+        return true;
     else if (str == "false" || str == "no" || str == "0")
-        value = false;
+        return false;
     else
         throw UsageError("Boolean setting '%s' has invalid value '%s'", name, str);
 }
 
+template<> void Setting<bool>::set(const std::string & str)
+{
+    value = parseBool(str);
+}
+
+std::string AbstractSetting::printBool(bool b)
+{
+    return b ? "true" : "false";
+}
+
+
 template<> std::string Setting<bool>::to_string()
 {
-    return value ? "true" : "false";
+    return printBool(value);
+}
+
+template<> void Setting<Strings>::set(const std::string & str)
+{
+    value = tokenizeString<Strings>(str);
+}
+
+template<> std::string Setting<Strings>::to_string()
+{
+    return concatStringsSep(" ", value);
+}
+
+template<> void Setting<StringSet>::set(const std::string & str)
+{
+    value = tokenizeString<StringSet>(str);
+}
+
+template<> std::string Setting<StringSet>::to_string()
+{
+    return concatStringsSep(" ", value);
 }
 
 template class Setting<int>;
diff --git a/src/libutil/config.hh b/src/libutil/config.hh
index fb2d48e9c..6c8612f67 100644
--- a/src/libutil/config.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/config.hh
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@ public:
 
     void set(const std::string & name, const std::string & value);
 
-    void add(AbstractSetting * setting);
+    void addSetting(AbstractSetting * setting);
 
-    void warnUnused();
+    void warnUnknownSettings();
 
-    std::string dump();
+    StringMap getSettings();
+
+    void applyConfigFile(const Path & path, bool fatal = false);
 };
 
 class AbstractSetting
@@ -83,10 +85,15 @@ protected:
     virtual void set(const std::string & value) = 0;
 
     virtual std::string to_string() = 0;
+
+    bool parseBool(const std::string & str);
+    std::string printBool(bool b);
 };
 
+struct DefaultSettingTag { };
+
 /* A setting of type T. */
-template<typename T>
+template<typename T, typename Tag = DefaultSettingTag>
 class Setting : public AbstractSetting
 {
 protected:
@@ -103,10 +110,12 @@ public:
         : AbstractSetting(name, description, aliases)
         , value(def)
     {
-        options->add(this);
+        options->addSetting(this);
     }
 
     operator const T &() const { return value; }
+    operator T &() { return value; }
+    const T & get() const { return value; }
     bool operator ==(const T & v2) const { return value == v2; }
     bool operator !=(const T & v2) const { return value != v2; }
     void operator =(const T & v) { value = v; }
@@ -123,6 +132,9 @@ std::ostream & operator <<(std::ostream & str, const Setting<T> & opt)
     return str;
 }
 
+template<typename T>
+bool operator ==(const T & v1, const Setting<T> & v2) { return v1 == (const T &) v2; }
+
 /* A special setting for Paths. These are automatically canonicalised
    (e.g. "/foo//bar/" becomes "/foo/bar"). */
 class PathSetting : public Setting<Path>