prevent global sinks initializing before the sink list

include/lemlog/logger/logger.hpp

@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ class Helper {
         /**
          * @brief Send a message to all sinks
          *
+         * Sends a message to all sinks
+         *
          * @param level the logging level of the message
-         * @param format the message to be sent
+         * @param format the format of the message to be sent
          * @param args the arguments to be formatted into the message
          *
          * @b Example:

src/lemlog/logger/logger.cpp

@@ -1,20 +1,115 @@
 #include "lemlog/logger/logger.hpp"
-#include <list>
 
 namespace logger {
 
+template <typename T>
+class Node;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Doubly linked list
+ *
+ * The linked list in the standard library cannot be initialized at compile
+ * time. If we were to use the stdlib implementation, we wouldn't be able to
+ * create sinks during static initialization, as the sinks may initialize before
+ * the list of sinks do
+ *
+ * @tparam T the element to store
+ */
+template <typename T>
+class List {
+    public:
+        void push_back(T value) {
+            if (exists(value)) return;
+            Node<T>* const last = getLast();
+            if (last == nullptr) {
+                m_first = new Node<T>(value);
+            } else {
+                last->next = new Node<T>(value);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Node<T>* getLast() {
+            if (m_first == nullptr) {
+                return nullptr;
+            } else {
+                Node<T>* res = m_first;
+                while (res->next != nullptr) {
+                    res = res->next;
+                }
+                return res;
+            }
+        }
+
+        bool exists(T element) {
+            Node<T>* ptr = m_first;
+            while (ptr != nullptr) {
+                if (ptr->value == element) return true;
+            }
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        void erase(T element) {
+            Node<T>* ptr = m_first;
+            while (ptr != nullptr) {
+                if (ptr->value == element) delete ptr;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Access operator
+        T& operator[](size_t index) const {
+            Node<T>* last = m_first;
+            for (int i = 0; i < index; ++i) {
+                last = last->next;
+            }
+            return last->value;
+        }
+
+        // Size getter
+        size_t size() const {
+            Node<T>* last = m_first;
+            size_t s = 0;
+            while (last != nullptr) {
+                last = last->next;
+                ++s;
+            }
+            return s;
+        }
+
+        const T* begin() const { return &m_first->value; }
+
+        const T* end() const { return &(*this)[size()]; }
+    private:
+        Node<T>* m_first = nullptr;
+};
+
+template <typename T>
+class Node {
+        friend List<T>;
+    public:
+        Node<T>(T value)
+            : value(value) {}
+    private:
+        ~Node<T>() {
+            if (prev != nullptr) prev->next = this->next;
+        }
+
+        T value;
+        Node<T>* prev = nullptr;
+        Node<T>* next = nullptr;
+};
+
 // doubly linked list of all sinks
-static std::list<Sink*> sinks;
-static std::list<std::string> whitelist;
-static std::list<std::string> blacklist;
+static constinit List<Sink*> sinks;
+static constinit List<std::string> whitelist;
+static constinit List<std::string> blacklist;
 
 void addWhitelist(std::string s) { whitelist.push_back(s); }
 
-void removeWhitelist(std::string s) { whitelist.remove(s); }
+void removeWhitelist(std::string s) { whitelist.erase(s); }
 
 void addBlacklist(std::string s) { blacklist.push_back(s); }
 
-void removeBlacklist(std::string s) { blacklist.remove(s); }
+void removeBlacklist(std::string s) { blacklist.erase(s); }
 
 void log(Level level, std::string topic, std::string message) {
     // is the message a debug message?
@@ -45,5 +140,5 @@ Helper::Helper(std::string topic)
 
 Sink::Sink() { sinks.push_back(this); }
 
-Sink::~Sink() { sinks.remove(this); }
+Sink::~Sink() { sinks.erase(this); }
 } // namespace logger

src/main.cpp

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ void initialize() {
     logger::Helper test("test-topic");
 
     test.log(logger::Level::INFO, "The value is {}", 42);
+    test.log(logger::Level::INFO, "hello!");
 }
 
 /**