printer functions are allowed to print 0 chars

and still count as successful, unsucessfull prints should return -1

build.bat

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ set BINDIR_LINUX=./%BINDIR_RAW%
 
 echo.
 echo clang:
-clang -std=c++17 %SRC% -o %BINDIR_WIN%\clang_%EXE_WIN%
+clang -g -std=c++17 %SRC% -o %BINDIR_WIN%\clang_%EXE_WIN%
 %BINDIR_WIN%\clang_%EXE_WIN%
 
 echo.
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ echo g++:
 g++ -std=c++17 %SRC% -o %BINDIR_WIN%\g++_%EXE_WIN%
 %BINDIR_WIN%\g++_%EXE_WIN%
 
-echo.
+REM echo.
-echo cl:
+REM echo cl:
-cl %SRC% /std:c++latest /nologo /Zi /Fd: %BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN%.pdb /Fo: %BINDIR_WIN%\ /Fe: %BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN% /wd4090
+REM cl %SRC% /std:c++latest /nologo /Zi /Fd: %BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN%.pdb /Fo: %BINDIR_WIN%\ /Fe: %BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN% /wd4090
-%BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN%
+REM %BINDIR_WIN%\cl_%EXE_WIN%
 
-echo.
+REM echo.
-echo bash_clang:
+REM echo bash_clang:
-bash -c "clang -std=c++17 %SRC% -o %BINDIR_LINUX%/bash_clang_%EXE_LINUX% && %BINDIR_LINUX%/bash_clang_%EXE_LINUX%"
+REM bash -c "clang -std=c++17 %SRC% -o %BINDIR_LINUX%/bash_clang_%EXE_LINUX% && %BINDIR_LINUX%/bash_clang_%EXE_LINUX%"
 
 echo.
 echo bash_g++:

print.hpp

@@ -303,9 +303,9 @@ int print_va_args_to_file(FILE* file, static_string format, va_list* arg_list) {
             int move = maybe_special_print(file, format, &pos, arg_list);
             if (move == 0) {
                 move = maybe_fprintf(file, format, &pos, arg_list);
-                if (move == 0) {
+                if (move == -1) {
-                    putchar('%');
+                    fputc('%', file);
-                    putchar(c);
+                    fputc(c, file);
                     move = 1;
                 }
             }

profiler.hpp

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #pragma once
-#ifdef _PROFILING
+#ifdef PROFILING
 
 # include <stdlib.h>
 # include <stdio.h>
 # include <string.h>
 # include <time.h>
+# include "./platform.hpp"
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
 #  include <Windows.h>
 #else
 #  include <fcntl.h>
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ bool QueryPerformanceCounter(int64_t *performance_count)
 
 
 struct Profiler {
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
     LARGE_INTEGER tmp_time;
 #else
     int64_t tmp_time;
 #endif
 
     // same for all threads
-    inline static char file_template[40] = "\0";
+    inline static char file_template[100] = "\0";
 
     // thread local
     inline thread_local static bool   is_initialized = false;
@@ -73,8 +74,13 @@ struct Profiler {
             tm* tm_i = localtime(&t);
 
             // create folder
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
-            _mkdir("./profiler_reports/");
+            SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES sa;
+            sa.nLength = sizeof(sa);
+            sa.lpSecurityDescriptor = NULL;
+            sa.bInheritHandle = FALSE;
+            CreateDirectoryA("profiler_reports", &sa);
+            // _mkdir("./profiler_reports/");
 #else
             mkdir("./profiler_reports/", S_IRWXU | S_IRWXG | S_IROTH | S_IXOTH);
 #endif
@@ -97,7 +103,7 @@ struct Profiler {
 
             // initially write the performance frequency
             QueryPerformanceFrequency(&tmp_time);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
             fprintf(out_file, "%lld,,,,\n", tmp_time.QuadPart);
 #else
             fprintf(out_file, "%ld,,,,\n", tmp_time);
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ struct Profiler {
         }
 
         QueryPerformanceCounter(&tmp_time);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
         fprintf(out_file, "->,%lld,%s,%s,%d,%s,%s\n",
                 tmp_time.QuadPart, name, file,
                 line, comment1, comment2);
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ struct Profiler {
     ~Profiler() {
         call_depth -= 1;
         QueryPerformanceCounter(&tmp_time);
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#ifdef FTB_WINDOWS
         fprintf(out_file, "<-,%lld,,,,,\n", tmp_time.QuadPart);
 #else
         fprintf(out_file, "<-,%ld,,,,,\n", tmp_time);

report2tracing.py

@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import json
+import csv
+import sys
+import os
+
+class FancyFloat(float):
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return format(Decimal(self), "f")
+
+class JsonRpcEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    def decimalize(self, val):
+        if isinstance(val, dict):
+            return {k:self.decimalize(v) for k,v in val.items()}
+
+        if isinstance(val, (list, tuple)):
+            return type(val)(self.decimalize(v) for v in val)
+
+        if isinstance(val, float):
+            return FancyFloat(val)
+
+        return val
+
+    def encode(self, val):
+        return super().encode(self.decimalize(val))
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 1:
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+trace_events = []
+call_stack = []
+l = [p for p in os.listdir(sys.argv[1]) if p.endswith(".report")]
+if len(l) == 0:
+    print("No reports are in this folder")
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+file_name = l[0]
+with open(file_name, "r") as in_file:
+    csv_reader = csv.reader(in_file, delimiter=',')
+    pf = 1
+    first_line = True
+    last_ts = -1;
+    for line in csv_reader:
+        if first_line:
+            pf = float(line[0]) / 1000
+            first_line = False
+            continue
+        if line[0] == "->":
+            call_stack.append(line)
+        elif line[0] == "<-":
+            call = call_stack.pop()
+            ts = float(call[1])
+            dur = (float(line[1])-ts)
+            dict = {
+                "pid": 1,
+                "tid": 1,
+                "ts" : ts,
+                "dur": dur,
+                "ph" : "X",
+                "name": call[2],
+                "args": {
+                    "file":  f"({call[3]}:{call[4]})",
+                }
+            }
+            if call[5]:
+                dict["args"]["info1"] = call[5]
+            if call[6]:
+                dict["args"]["info2"] = call[6]
+            trace_events.append(dict)
+        else:
+            print("invalid syntax")
+            break
+with open(f"{file_name}.json", "w") as out_file:
+    out_file.write(json.dumps({"traceEvents": trace_events}, indent=4))

test.cpp

@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ auto test_printer() -> void {
     print(" - %{s32,3}\n", -1,200,-300);
     print(" - %{->} <> %{->,2}\n", &u1, &arr, nullptr);
 
+    print("%{->char}%{->char}%{->char}",
+          true   ? "general "     : "",
+          false  ? "validation "  : "",
+          false  ? "performance " : "");
+
+    // print("%{->char}%{->char}\n\n", "hallo","");
+
 }
 
 auto test_hm() -> void {
@@ -120,7 +127,7 @@ auto test_hm() -> void {
 s32 main(s32 argc, char* argv[]) {
     init_printer();
 
-    test_hm();
+    test_printer();
 
     print("done.");