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+// Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include "commandlineflags.h"
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <cstdlib>
+#include <cstring>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <limits>
+
+namespace benchmark {
+// Parses 'str' for a 32-bit signed integer.  If successful, writes
+// the result to *value and returns true; otherwise leaves *value
+// unchanged and returns false.
+bool ParseInt32(const std::string& src_text, const char* str, int32_t* value) {
+  // Parses the environment variable as a decimal integer.
+  char* end = nullptr;
+  const long long_value = strtol(str, &end, 10);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Has strtol() consumed all characters in the string?
+  if (*end != '\0') {
+    // No - an invalid character was encountered.
+    std::cerr << src_text << " is expected to be a 32-bit integer, "
+              << "but actually has value \"" << str << "\".\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  // Is the parsed value in the range of an Int32?
+  const int32_t result = static_cast<int32_t>(long_value);
+  if (long_value == std::numeric_limits<long>::max() ||
+      long_value == std::numeric_limits<long>::min() ||
+      // The parsed value overflows as a long.  (strtol() returns
+      // LONG_MAX or LONG_MIN when the input overflows.)
+      result != long_value
+      // The parsed value overflows as an Int32.
+  ) {
+    std::cerr << src_text << " is expected to be a 32-bit integer, "
+              << "but actually has value \"" << str << "\", "
+              << "which overflows.\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *value = result;
+  return true;
+}
+
+// Parses 'str' for a double.  If successful, writes the result to *value and
+// returns true; otherwise leaves *value unchanged and returns false.
+bool ParseDouble(const std::string& src_text, const char* str, double* value) {
+  // Parses the environment variable as a decimal integer.
+  char* end = nullptr;
+  const double double_value = strtod(str, &end);  // NOLINT
+
+  // Has strtol() consumed all characters in the string?
+  if (*end != '\0') {
+    // No - an invalid character was encountered.
+    std::cerr << src_text << " is expected to be a double, "
+              << "but actually has value \"" << str << "\".\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  *value = double_value;
+  return true;
+}
+
+// Returns the name of the environment variable corresponding to the
+// given flag.  For example, FlagToEnvVar("foo") will return
+// "BENCHMARK_FOO" in the open-source version.
+static std::string FlagToEnvVar(const char* flag) {
+  const std::string flag_str(flag);
+
+  std::string env_var;
+  for (size_t i = 0; i != flag_str.length(); ++i)
+    env_var += static_cast<char>(::toupper(flag_str.c_str()[i]));
+
+  return "BENCHMARK_" + env_var;
+}
+
+// Reads and returns the Boolean environment variable corresponding to
+// the given flag; if it's not set, returns default_value.
+//
+// The value is considered true iff it's not "0".
+bool BoolFromEnv(const char* flag, bool default_value) {
+  const std::string env_var = FlagToEnvVar(flag);
+  const char* const string_value = getenv(env_var.c_str());
+  return string_value == nullptr ? default_value
+                                 : strcmp(string_value, "0") != 0;
+}
+
+// Reads and returns a 32-bit integer stored in the environment
+// variable corresponding to the given flag; if it isn't set or
+// doesn't represent a valid 32-bit integer, returns default_value.
+int32_t Int32FromEnv(const char* flag, int32_t default_value) {
+  const std::string env_var = FlagToEnvVar(flag);
+  const char* const string_value = getenv(env_var.c_str());
+  if (string_value == nullptr) {
+    // The environment variable is not set.
+    return default_value;
+  }
+
+  int32_t result = default_value;
+  if (!ParseInt32(std::string("Environment variable ") + env_var, string_value,
+                  &result)) {
+    std::cout << "The default value " << default_value << " is used.\n";
+    return default_value;
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+// Reads and returns the string environment variable corresponding to
+// the given flag; if it's not set, returns default_value.
+const char* StringFromEnv(const char* flag, const char* default_value) {
+  const std::string env_var = FlagToEnvVar(flag);
+  const char* const value = getenv(env_var.c_str());
+  return value == nullptr ? default_value : value;
+}
+
+// Parses a string as a command line flag.  The string should have
+// the format "--flag=value".  When def_optional is true, the "=value"
+// part can be omitted.
+//
+// Returns the value of the flag, or nullptr if the parsing failed.
+const char* ParseFlagValue(const char* str, const char* flag,
+                           bool def_optional) {
+  // str and flag must not be nullptr.
+  if (str == nullptr || flag == nullptr) return nullptr;
+
+  // The flag must start with "--".
+  const std::string flag_str = std::string("--") + std::string(flag);
+  const size_t flag_len = flag_str.length();
+  if (strncmp(str, flag_str.c_str(), flag_len) != 0) return nullptr;
+
+  // Skips the flag name.
+  const char* flag_end = str + flag_len;
+
+  // When def_optional is true, it's OK to not have a "=value" part.
+  if (def_optional && (flag_end[0] == '\0')) return flag_end;
+
+  // If def_optional is true and there are more characters after the
+  // flag name, or if def_optional is false, there must be a '=' after
+  // the flag name.
+  if (flag_end[0] != '=') return nullptr;
+
+  // Returns the string after "=".
+  return flag_end + 1;
+}
+
+bool ParseBoolFlag(const char* str, const char* flag, bool* value) {
+  // Gets the value of the flag as a string.
+  const char* const value_str = ParseFlagValue(str, flag, true);
+
+  // Aborts if the parsing failed.
+  if (value_str == nullptr) return false;
+
+  // Converts the string value to a bool.
+  *value = IsTruthyFlagValue(value_str);
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool ParseInt32Flag(const char* str, const char* flag, int32_t* value) {
+  // Gets the value of the flag as a string.
+  const char* const value_str = ParseFlagValue(str, flag, false);
+
+  // Aborts if the parsing failed.
+  if (value_str == nullptr) return false;
+
+  // Sets *value to the value of the flag.
+  return ParseInt32(std::string("The value of flag --") + flag, value_str,
+                    value);
+}
+
+bool ParseDoubleFlag(const char* str, const char* flag, double* value) {
+  // Gets the value of the flag as a string.
+  const char* const value_str = ParseFlagValue(str, flag, false);
+
+  // Aborts if the parsing failed.
+  if (value_str == nullptr) return false;
+
+  // Sets *value to the value of the flag.
+  return ParseDouble(std::string("The value of flag --") + flag, value_str,
+                     value);
+}
+
+bool ParseStringFlag(const char* str, const char* flag, std::string* value) {
+  // Gets the value of the flag as a string.
+  const char* const value_str = ParseFlagValue(str, flag, false);
+
+  // Aborts if the parsing failed.
+  if (value_str == nullptr) return false;
+
+  *value = value_str;
+  return true;
+}
+
+bool IsFlag(const char* str, const char* flag) {
+  return (ParseFlagValue(str, flag, true) != nullptr);
+}
+
+bool IsTruthyFlagValue(const std::string& value) {
+  if (value.empty()) return true;
+  char ch = value[0];
+  return isalnum(ch) &&
+         !(ch == '0' || ch == 'f' || ch == 'F' || ch == 'n' || ch == 'N');
+}
+}  // end namespace benchmark