Added: Ascii string type and helpers

src/hash-store.h

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+#ifndef HASH_TABLE_H
+#define HASH_TABLE_H
+
+typedef u32 Key; 
+
+typedef struct Table Table;
+struct Table
+{
+  Arena *ptr_arena;
+  Arena *str8_arena;
+
+  String8 *str8_ptr;
+  u32 str8_count;
+};
+
+internal Table   hash_store_initialize(void);
+
+internal String8 hash_store_string8_from_key(Table *table, Key index);
+internal Key     hash_store_string8_to_key(Table *table, String8 value);
+
+#endif

src/string.c

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+internal String8
+str8_init(u8 *cstring, u64 length)
+{
+  String8 result = { cstring, length };
+  return result;
+}
+
+internal u8
+string8_match(String8 a, String8 b)
+{
+  u8 result = 0;
+
+  if (a.length == b.length)
+  {
+    u64 size = MIN(a.length, b.length);
+
+    result = 1;
+    for (u64 i = 0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      u8 at = a.content[i];
+      i8 bt = b.content[i];
+
+      if (at != bt)
+      {
+        result = 0;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}

src/string.h

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+#ifndef STRING_H
+#define STRING_H
+
+typedef struct String8 String8;
+struct String8
+{
+  u8 *content;
+  u64 length;
+};
+
+internal String8 str8_init(u8 *cstring, u64 length);
+#define str8_lit(cstring)                                                       \
+    str8_init((u8*)(cstring), sizeof(cstring) - 1)
+
+internal u8 string8_match(String8 a, String8 b);
+
+#endif // STRING_H