From 52f3b8a860edd07949734f347f7dcec18274ebe7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pommicket <pommicket@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:50:03 -0400
Subject: get_list

---
 examples/conf.pom    |  6 ++++--
 examples/read_conf.c |  9 +++++----
 pom.c                | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 pom.h                |  3 ++-
 pre-commit.sh        |  1 +
 5 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/examples/conf.pom b/examples/conf.pom
index 4f4aa8c..e66cde0 100644
--- a/examples/conf.pom
+++ b/examples/conf.pom
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-[number]
-best = "2"
+things = "ten,
+	great\,things,
+	i\\really,
+	love"
diff --git a/examples/read_conf.c b/examples/read_conf.c
index 24fade0..be1f97a 100644
--- a/examples/read_conf.c
+++ b/examples/read_conf.c
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 		free(error);
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-	double value;
-	const char *s = pom_conf_get_float_or_default(conf, "number.best", &value, 3.6);
-	printf("%f\n", value);
-	if (s) printf(" -> %s\n",s);
+	char **list = pom_conf_get_list(conf, "things");
+	for (size_t i = 0; list[i]; i++) {
+		printf("%s\n",list[i]);
+	}
+	free(list);
 	pom_conf_print(conf);
 	pom_conf_free(conf);
 }
diff --git a/pom.c b/pom.c
index fbbe6e0..1ed3c9b 100644
--- a/pom.c
+++ b/pom.c
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/*
-TODO:
-- get_list
-*/
 #include "pom.h"
 
 #include <stdio.h> // still needed for sprintf, even if POM_NO_STDIO is defined.
@@ -1788,3 +1784,52 @@ pom_conf_get_bool_or_default(const pom_conf *conf, const char *key, bool *value_
 		return NULL;
 	return value_str;
 }
+
+char **
+pom_conf_get_list(const pom_conf *conf, const char *key) {
+	check_conf(conf);
+	if (!key) fatal_error("NULL key passed to %s", __func__);
+	const char *value_str = pom_conf_get(conf, key);
+	if (!value_str) return NULL;
+	size_t max_entries = 1; // upper bound on # of entries
+	for (const char *p = value_str; *p; p++)
+		max_entries += *p == ',';
+	if (max_entries > SIZE_MAX / 16) {
+		// too many entries (avoid arithmetic overflow)
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	size_t bytes_needed = (max_entries+1) * sizeof (char *)
+		+ strlen(value_str) + 1;
+	char **list = malloc(bytes_needed);
+	if (!list) return NULL;
+	char **entry = list;
+	char *strings = (char *)(list + max_entries+1);
+	const char *p = value_str;
+	while (true) {
+		while (strchr(" \t\n", *p)) p++;
+		const char *end = p;
+		char *out = *entry++ = strings;
+		for (; *end; end++) {
+			if (*end == '\\' && (end[1] == ',' || end[1] == '\\')) {
+				end++;
+				*out++ = *end;
+			} else if (*end == ',' || *end == '\0') {
+				break;
+			} else {
+				*out++ = *end;
+			}
+		}
+		*out = 0;
+		while (out > strings && strchr(" \t\n", out[-1]))
+			*--out = 0;
+		strings = out + 1;
+		if (*end == '\0') break;
+		p = end + 1;
+	}
+	// remove last entry if it's empty
+	if (entry > list && *entry[-1] == 0) {
+		entry[-1] = NULL;
+	}
+	*entry = NULL;
+	return list;
+}
diff --git a/pom.h b/pom.h
index 79bdcd7..aa6d3a9 100644
--- a/pom.h
+++ b/pom.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ typedef struct pom_item {
 /// Currently supported languages:
 ///
 /// - `en-US`
-void pom_set_error_language(const char *lang);
+void
+pom_set_error_language(const char *lang);
 
 /// Load a configuration using a `read`-like function.
 ///
diff --git a/pre-commit.sh b/pre-commit.sh
index 85253dd..bda1666 100755
--- a/pre-commit.sh
+++ b/pre-commit.sh
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 # Ensure no doxygen errors
 which doxygen >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && { doxygen || exit 1; }
+
-- 
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