added a path_parent function to get path of a file

Now we can load .mtl files without hardcoding the full path from top-level like before. that was a hack!

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/std/str.c b/src/std/str.c
index 1c687fa..07a8e73 100644
--- a/src/std/str.c
+++ b/src/std/str.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 
 str8 str8_create(u8* buf, size_t len) { return (str8){ .buf = buf, .len = len }; }
 
+str8 str8_cstr_view(char* string) { return str8_create((u8*)string, strlen(string)); }
+
 bool str8_equals(str8 a, str8 b) {
   if (a.len != b.len) {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/std/str.h b/src/std/str.h
index b87864e..1ebecac 100644
--- a/src/std/str.h
+++ b/src/std/str.h
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ char* str8_to_cstr(arena* a, str8 s);
 
 #define cstr(a, s) (str8_to_cstr(a, s))  // Shorthand
 
+/** @brief Return a str8 that references a statically allocated string.
+           `string` therefore must already be null-terminated.
+    @note  The backing `string` cannot be modified. */
+str8 str8_cstr_view(char* string);
+
 // --- Comparisons
 
 /** @brief Compare two strings for exact equality */