From 521aaf350185b5f01816b7a9ec604335edb3ac16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: daurnimator <quae@daurnimator.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 15:56:25 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] std: return Elf object from constructors instead of filling
 in pointer

---
 std/debug.zig |  3 +--
 std/elf.zig   | 10 ++++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/std/debug.zig b/std/debug.zig
index 32f96d3e15..d1c17343ef 100644
--- a/std/debug.zig
+++ b/std/debug.zig
@@ -1024,8 +1024,7 @@ pub fn openElfDebugInfo(
     elf_seekable_stream: *DwarfSeekableStream,
     elf_in_stream: *DwarfInStream,
 ) !DwarfInfo {
-    var efile: elf.Elf = undefined;
-    try efile.openStream(allocator, elf_seekable_stream, elf_in_stream);
+    var efile = try elf.Elf.openStream(allocator, elf_seekable_stream, elf_in_stream);
     errdefer efile.close();
 
     var di = DwarfInfo{
diff --git a/std/elf.zig b/std/elf.zig
index c605a177a5..0b3ea20398 100644
--- a/std/elf.zig
+++ b/std/elf.zig
@@ -371,21 +371,21 @@ pub const Elf = struct {
     prealloc_file: File,
 
     /// Call close when done.
-    pub fn openPath(elf: *Elf, allocator: *mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !void {
+    pub fn openPath(allocator: *mem.Allocator, path: []const u8) !Elf {
         @compileError("TODO implement");
     }
 
     /// Call close when done.
-    pub fn openFile(elf: *Elf, allocator: *mem.Allocator, file: File) !void {
+    pub fn openFile(allocator: *mem.Allocator, file: File) !Elf {
         @compileError("TODO implement");
     }
 
     pub fn openStream(
-        elf: *Elf,
         allocator: *mem.Allocator,
         seekable_stream: *io.SeekableStream(anyerror, anyerror),
         in: *io.InStream(anyerror),
-    ) !void {
+    ) !Elf {
+        var elf: Elf = undefined;
         elf.auto_close_stream = false;
         elf.allocator = allocator;
         elf.seekable_stream = seekable_stream;
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ pub const Elf = struct {
             // not a string table
             return error.InvalidFormat;
         }
+
+        return elf;
     }
 
     pub fn close(elf: *Elf) void {