util.cpp

/******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (C) 2017 Kitsune Ral <kitsune-ral@users.sf.net>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#include "util.h"

#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>

std::string readFile(const std::string& fileName)
{
    std::ifstream ifs { fileName };
    if (!ifs.good())
    {
        // FIXME: Figure a better error reporting mechanism.
        // Once we fix this, we can use this function from Printer as well.
        std::cerr << "Failed to open file: " << fileName << std::endl;
        return "";
    }
    std::string result;
    getline(ifs, result, '\0'); // Won't work on files with NULs
    return result;
}