cleanup:search:Remove duplicate code for search_fix_spaces (#917)

* cleanup:search:Remove duplicate code for search_fix_spaces

* Remove the static modifier to allow its usage in multiple files

* Avoid discards const qualifier from pointer target type warning

* Fix the bad redirect and force const in signature

* Add doc for search_fix_spaces

* Update description

* Handle case when the string will only contain chars that will be discarded

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 31 deletions

diff --git a/navit/android.c b/navit/android.c
index def3a6f22..4b73b3f5e 100644
--- a/navit/android.c
+++ b/navit/android.c
@@ -681,35 +681,6 @@ static void android_search_idle(struct android_search_priv *search_priv) {
     dbg(lvl_info, "leave");
 }
 
-static char *search_fix_spaces(const char *str) {
-    int i;
-    int len=strlen(str);
-    char c,*s,*d,*ret=g_strdup(str);
-
-    for (i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
-        if (ret[i] == ',' || ret[i] == '/')
-            ret[i]=' ';
-    }
-    s=ret;
-    d=ret;
-    len=0;
-    do {
-        c=*s++;
-        if (c != ' ' || len != 0) {
-            *d++=c;
-            len++;
-        }
-        while (c == ' ' && *s == ' ')
-            s++;
-        if (c == ' ' && *s == '\0') {
-            d--;
-            len--;
-        }
-    } while (c);
-
-    return ret;
-}
-
 static void start_search(struct android_search_priv *search_priv, const char *search_string) {
     dbg(lvl_debug,"enter %s", search_string);
     char *str=search_fix_spaces(search_string);
diff --git a/navit/search.c b/navit/search.c
index 06afcbfe6..e700f4355 100644
--- a/navit/search.c
+++ b/navit/search.c
@@ -135,13 +135,20 @@ int search_list_level(enum attr_type attr_type) {
     }
 }
 
-static char *search_fix_spaces(char *str) {
+/**
+ * @brief Replaces ',' and '/' by ' ', deduplicates spaces within the string
+ *        and strips spaces from both ends of the string
+ *
+ * @param pointer to the string to cleanup
+ * @return pointer to the cleaned up string
+ */
+char *search_fix_spaces(const char *str) {
     int i;
     int len=strlen(str);
     char c,*s,*d,*ret=g_strdup(str);
 
     for (i = 0 ; i < len ; i++) {
-        if (ret[i] == ',' || ret[i] == ',' || ret[i] == '/')
+        if (ret[i] == ',' || ret[i] == '/')
             ret[i]=' ';
     }
     s=ret;
@@ -160,6 +167,9 @@ static char *search_fix_spaces(char *str) {
             len--;
         }
     } while (c);
+    // Make sure the string is terminated at current position even if nothing has been added to it.
+    // This case happen when you use a string containing only chars that will be discarded.
+    *d='\0';
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/navit/search.h b/navit/search.h
index 50756606f..cdf93410e 100644
--- a/navit/search.h
+++ b/navit/search.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ char *search_list_get_unique(struct search_list *this_, char *unique);
 struct search_list_result *search_list_get_result(struct search_list *this_);
 void search_list_destroy(struct search_list *this_);
 void search_init(void);
+char *search_fix_spaces(const char *str);
 /* end of prototypes */
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }