Re-introduce mkStringNoCopy (revised)

In b70d22b `mkStringNoCopy()` was renamed to
`mkString()`, but this is a bit risky since in code like

    vStringRegular.mkString("regular");

we want to be sure that the right overload is picked. (This is
especially problematic since the overload that takes an
`std::string_view` *does* allocate.)  So let's be explicit.

(Rebased from https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/11551)

src/libexpr-tests/json.cc

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ TEST_F(JSONValueTest, IntNegative)
 TEST_F(JSONValueTest, String)
 {
     Value v;
-    v.mkString("test");
+    v.mkStringNoCopy("test");
     ASSERT_EQ(getJSONValue(v), "\"test\"");
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ TEST_F(JSONValueTest, StringQuotes)
 {
     Value v;
 
-    v.mkString("test\"");
+    v.mkStringNoCopy("test\"");
     ASSERT_EQ(getJSONValue(v), "\"test\\\"\"");
 }
 

src/libexpr-tests/value/print.cc

@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, tBool)
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, tString)
 {
     Value vString;
-    vString.mkString("some-string");
+    vString.mkStringNoCopy("some-string");
     test(vString, "\"some-string\"");
 }
 
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, tPath)
 {
     Value vPath;
-    vPath.mkString("/foo");
+    vPath.mkStringNoCopy("/foo");
     test(vPath, "\"/foo\"");
 }
 
@@ -290,10 +290,10 @@ TEST_F(StringPrintingTests, maxLengthTruncation)
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, attrsTypeFirst)
 {
     Value vType;
-    vType.mkString("puppy");
+    vType.mkStringNoCopy("puppy");
 
     Value vApple;
-    vApple.mkString("apple");
+    vApple.mkStringNoCopy("apple");
 
     BindingsBuilder builder(state, state.allocBindings(10));
     builder.insert(state.symbols.create("type"), &vType);
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsBool)
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsString)
 {
     Value v;
-    v.mkString("puppy");
+    v.mkStringNoCopy("puppy");
 
     test(v, ANSI_MAGENTA "\"puppy\"" ANSI_NORMAL, PrintOptions{.ansiColors = true});
 }
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsString)
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsStringElided)
 {
     Value v;
-    v.mkString("puppy");
+    v.mkStringNoCopy("puppy");
 
     test(
         v,
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsAttrs)
 TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsDerivation)
 {
     Value vDerivation;
-    vDerivation.mkString("derivation");
+    vDerivation.mkStringNoCopy("derivation");
 
     BindingsBuilder builder(state, state.allocBindings(10));
     builder.insert(state.s.type, &vDerivation);
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsError)
 {
     Value throw_ = state.getBuiltin("throw");
     Value message;
-    message.mkString("uh oh!");
+    message.mkStringNoCopy("uh oh!");
     Value vError;
     vError.mkApp(&throw_, &message);
 
@@ -430,12 +430,12 @@ TEST_F(ValuePrintingTests, ansiColorsDerivationError)
 {
     Value throw_ = state.getBuiltin("throw");
     Value message;
-    message.mkString("uh oh!");
+    message.mkStringNoCopy("uh oh!");
     Value vError;
     vError.mkApp(&throw_, &message);
 
     Value vDerivation;
-    vDerivation.mkString("derivation");
+    vDerivation.mkStringNoCopy("derivation");
 
     BindingsBuilder builder(state, state.allocBindings(10));
     builder.insert(state.s.type, &vDerivation);

src/libexpr/eval.cc

@@ -292,10 +292,10 @@ EvalState::EvalState(
     vNull.mkNull();
     vTrue.mkBool(true);
     vFalse.mkBool(false);
-    vStringRegular.mkString("regular");
-    vStringDirectory.mkString("directory");
-    vStringSymlink.mkString("symlink");
-    vStringUnknown.mkString("unknown");
+    vStringRegular.mkStringNoCopy("regular");
+    vStringDirectory.mkStringNoCopy("directory");
+    vStringSymlink.mkStringNoCopy("symlink");
+    vStringUnknown.mkStringNoCopy("unknown");
 
     /* Construct the Nix expression search path. */
     assert(lookupPath.elements.empty());
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ DebugTraceStacker::DebugTraceStacker(EvalState & evalState, DebugTrace t)
 
 void Value::mkString(std::string_view s)
 {
-    mkString(makeImmutableString(s));
+    mkStringNoCopy(makeImmutableString(s));
 }
 
 static const char ** encodeContext(const NixStringContext & context)
@@ -843,12 +843,12 @@ static const char ** encodeContext(const NixStringContext & context)
 
 void Value::mkString(std::string_view s, const NixStringContext & context)
 {
-    mkString(makeImmutableString(s), encodeContext(context));
+    mkStringNoCopy(makeImmutableString(s), encodeContext(context));
 }
 
 void Value::mkStringMove(const char * s, const NixStringContext & context)
 {
-    mkString(s, encodeContext(context));
+    mkStringNoCopy(s, encodeContext(context));
 }
 
 void Value::mkPath(const SourcePath & path)

src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/nixexpr.hh

@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ struct ExprString : Expr
     ExprString(std::string && s)
         : s(std::move(s))
     {
-        v.mkString(this->s.data());
+        v.mkStringNoCopy(this->s.data());
     };
 
     Value * maybeThunk(EvalState & state, Env & env) override;

src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/symbol-table.hh

@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ public:
         // for multi-threaded implementations: lock store and allocator here
         const auto & [v, idx] = key.store.add(SymbolValue{});
         if (size == 0) {
-            v.mkString("", nullptr);
+            v.mkStringNoCopy("", nullptr);
         } else {
             auto s = key.alloc.allocate(size + 1);
             memcpy(s, key.s.data(), size);
             s[size] = '\0';
-            v.mkString(s, nullptr);
+            v.mkStringNoCopy(s, nullptr);
         }
         v.size_ = size;
         v.idx = idx;

src/libexpr/include/nix/expr/value.hh

@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ public:
         setStorage(b);
     }
 
-    inline void mkString(const char * s, const char ** context = 0) noexcept
+    void mkStringNoCopy(const char * s, const char ** context = 0) noexcept
     {
         setStorage(StringWithContext{.c_str = s, .context = context});
     }

src/libexpr/primops.cc

@@ -4349,7 +4349,7 @@ static void prim_substring(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value ** args, V
     if (len == 0) {
         state.forceValue(*args[2], pos);
         if (args[2]->type() == nString) {
-            v.mkString("", args[2]->context());
+            v.mkStringNoCopy("", args[2]->context());
             return;
         }
     }

src/libexpr/primops/fromTOML.cc

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void prim_fromTOML(EvalState & state, const PosIdx pos, Value ** args, Va
                 normalizeDatetimeFormat(t);
 #endif
                 auto attrs = state.buildBindings(2);
-                attrs.alloc("_type").mkString("timestamp");
+                attrs.alloc("_type").mkStringNoCopy("timestamp");
                 std::ostringstream s;
                 s << t;
                 auto str = toView(s);

src/nix/nix-env/user-env.cc

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ bool createUserEnv(
 
         auto attrs = state.buildBindings(7 + outputs.size());
 
-        attrs.alloc(state.s.type).mkString("derivation");
+        attrs.alloc(state.s.type).mkStringNoCopy("derivation");
         attrs.alloc(state.s.name).mkString(i.queryName());
         auto system = i.querySystem();
         if (!system.empty())