small refactor

NouVeL/NVL.cpp

@@ -2,11 +2,25 @@
 #include "NVL.h"
 
 namespace {
-	void skip_ws(std::ifstream& stream)
+	// general helpers, may move these into a different translation unit
+	bool str_only_has_ws(std::string str) 
 	{
-		stream >> std::ws;
+		for (auto& x : str)
+		{
+			if (!isspace(x))
+				return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+	void indent_loop(int indent)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++)
+		{
+			std::cout << "\t";
+		}
 	}
 
+	// facilities for scopers
 	const std::map<char, char> SCOPER_MAP = {
 			{'{', '}' },	// CURLY
 			{'<', '>'},		// ANGLED 
@@ -87,6 +101,7 @@ namespace {
 		return final;
 	}
 
+	// facilities for parsing
 	std::string read_sequence_name(std::ifstream& nvl) 
 	{
 		// this function will move the reading head of nvl, this is hard to keep track of but simplifies the program
@@ -104,6 +119,11 @@ namespace {
 
 		return token;
 	}
+	
+	void skip_ws(std::ifstream& stream)
+	{
+		stream >> std::ws;
+	}
 
 	void skip_comment_ouside_sequence(std::ifstream& nvl, char& c)
 	{
@@ -122,14 +142,6 @@ namespace {
 			skip_ws(nvl);
 		}
 	}
-
-	void indent_loop(int indent)
-	{
-		for (int i = 0; i < indent; i++)
-		{
-			std::cout << "\t";
-		}
-	}
 }
 
 namespace NVL
@@ -221,16 +233,7 @@ namespace NVL
 				else
 				{
 					// early return if string is empty, this should only happen if calling from an object (not a call)
-					bool only_spaces = true;
-					for (auto& c : std::get<std::string>(content)) 
-					{
-						if (!isspace(c)) 
-						{
-							only_spaces = false;
-							break;
-						}
-					}
-					if (only_spaces)
+					if (str_only_has_ws(std::get<std::string>(content)))
 						return;
 
 					// default case if content does not match keywords