From b52676a64b05fc251f326a6b3c5043f175ca75c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Krzesimir Nowak <knowak@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 14:49:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pkg-auto: Add function for declaring structs

Declaring structs differs a bit from declaring typical variables in
that it takes one initializer and applies it to all the declared
variables.

Will be used a lot by upcoming libraries.
---
 pkg_auto/impl/util.sh | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg_auto/impl/util.sh b/pkg_auto/impl/util.sh
index 11afcdf8b5..b220060574 100644
--- a/pkg_auto/impl/util.sh
+++ b/pkg_auto/impl/util.sh
@@ -324,4 +324,28 @@ function gen_varname() {
     __UTIL_SH_COUNTER=$((__UTIL_SH_COUNTER + 1))
 }
 
+# Declares variables with a given initializer.
+#
+# Params:
+#
+# @: flags passed to declare, followed by variable names, followed by
+# an initializer
+function struct_declare() {
+    local -a args=()
+    while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+        if [[ ${1} != -* ]]; then
+            break
+        fi
+        args+=( "${1}" )
+        shift
+    done
+    if [[ ${#} -lt 2 ]]; then
+        fail "bad use of struct_declare"
+    fi
+    local definition=${*: -1}
+    set -- "${@:1:$((${#} - 1))}"
+    set -- "${@/%/=${definition}}"
+    declare "${args[@]}" "${@}"
+}
+
 fi