strlen() => strlen8(), save a measly 4 bytes. 7597 bytes free.

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/complete.c b/src/complete.c
index 0a7055b..fd889b2 100644
--- a/src/complete.c
+++ b/src/complete.c
@@ -47,12 +47,13 @@ void comp_add_pm_chan(const char *n) {
 }
 
 char match(const char *p, const char *q) {
+	extern unsigned char strlen8(const char *str);
 	char len;
 
 	while(*p == '#') p++;
 	while(*q == '#') q++;
 
-	len = strlen(p);
+	len = strlen8(p);
 	if(!len) return 0;
 
 	return strneq_i(p, q, len);
diff --git a/src/strlen8.s b/src/strlen8.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c622d73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/strlen8.s
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+ ; strlen() implementation that only looks at the first 256
+ ; byte of the string. returns 255 if the length is >=255.
+ ; saves a measly 4 bytes over the cc65 strlen().
+
+ ; extern unsigned char strlen8(const char *str);
+
+ .importzp ptr1
+ .export _strlen8
+
+_strlen8:
+ sta ptr1
+ stx ptr1+1
+ ldy #0
+@loop:
+ lda (ptr1),y
+ beq @done
+ iny
+ bne @loop
+ dey ; return(255) if Y rolls over
+@done:
+ tya
+ ldx #0 ; sadly necessary even though we return a char...
+ rts
+