Repository: xbmc/xbmc
File: xbmc/utils/StringUtils.cpp (C++)

Code before:
// returns negative if left < right, positive if left > right
// and 0 if they are identical.
// See also the equivalent StringUtils::AlphaNumericCollation() for UFT8 data
int64_t StringUtils::AlphaNumericCompare(std::wstring_view left, std::wstring_view right) noexcept
{
  auto l = left.begin();
  auto r = right.begin();
  std::wstring_view::const_iterator ld, rd;
  wchar_t lc, rc;
  int64_t lnum, rnum;
  bool lsym, rsym;
  while (l != left.end() && r != right.end())
  {
    // check if we have a numerical value
    if (*l >= L'0' && *l <= L'9' && *r >= L'0' && *r <= L'9')
    {
      ld = l;
      lnum = *ld++ - L'0';
      while (ld != left.end() && *ld >= L'0' && *ld <= L'9' && std::distance(ld, l) < 15)
      { // compare only up to 15 digits
        lnum *= 10;
        lnum += *ld++ - L'0';
      }
      rd = r;
      rnum = *rd++ - L'0';
      while (rd != right.end() && *rd >= L'0' && *rd <= L'9' && std::distance(rd, r) < 15)
      { // compare only up to 15 digits
        rnum *= 10;
        rnum += *rd++ - L'0';
      }
      // do we have numbers?
      if (lnum != rnum)
      { // yes - and they're different!
        return lnum - rnum;
      }
      l = ld;
      r = rd;
      continue;
    }

    lc = *l;
    rc = *r;
    // Put ascii punctuation and symbols e.g. !#$&()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_ `{|}~ above the other
    // alphanumeric ascii, rather than some being mixed between the numbers and letters, and
    // above all other unicode letters, symbols and punctuation.
    // (Locale collation of these chars varies across platforms)
    lsym = (lc >= 32 && lc < L'0') || (lc > L'9' && lc < L'A') || (lc > L'Z' && lc < L'a') ||
           (lc > L'z' && lc < 128);
    rsym = (rc >= 32 && rc < L'0') || (rc > L'9' && rc < L'A') || (rc > L'Z' && rc < L'a') ||
           (rc > L'z' && rc < 128);
    if (lsym && !rsym)

Review comment (suggestion):
Similarly, the std::distance call here is reversed; it should be std::distance(r, rd) to correctly determine the digit count in the right-hand string.
```suggestion
      while (rd != right.end() && *rd >= L'0' && *rd <= L'9' && std::distance(r, rd) < 15)
```

Code after:
// returns negative if left < right, positive if left > right
// and 0 if they are identical.
// See also the equivalent StringUtils::AlphaNumericCollation() for UFT8 data
int64_t StringUtils::AlphaNumericCompare(std::wstring_view left, std::wstring_view right) noexcept
{
  auto l{left.cbegin()};
  auto r{right.cbegin()};
  while (l != left.end() && r != right.end())
  {
    // check if we have a numerical value
    if (*l >= L'0' && *l <= L'9' && *r >= L'0' && *r <= L'9')
    {
      auto ld = l;
      int64_t lnum{*ld++ - L'0'};
      while (ld != left.end() && *ld >= L'0' && *ld <= L'9' && std::distance(l, ld) < 15)
      { // compare only up to 15 digits
        lnum *= 10;
        lnum += *ld++ - L'0';
      }
      auto rd = r;
      int64_t rnum{*rd++ - L'0'};
      while (rd != right.end() && *rd >= L'0' && *rd <= L'9' && std::distance(r, rd) < 15)
      { // compare only up to 15 digits
        rnum *= 10;
        rnum += *rd++ - L'0';
      }
      // do we have numbers?
      if (lnum != rnum)
      { // yes - and they're different!
        return lnum - rnum;
      }
      l = ld;
      r = rd;
      continue;
    }

    wchar_t lc{*l};
    wchar_t rc{*r};
    // Put ascii punctuation and symbols e.g. !#$&()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\]^_ `{|}~ above the other
    // alphanumeric ascii, rather than some being mixed between the numbers and letters, and
    // above all other unicode letters, symbols and punctuation.
    // (Locale collation of these chars varies across platforms)
    const bool lsym{(lc >= 32 && lc < L'0') || (lc > L'9' && lc < L'A') ||
                    (lc > L'Z' && lc < L'a') || (lc > L'z' && lc < 128)};
    const bool rsym{(rc >= 32 && rc < L'0') || (rc > L'9' && rc < L'A') ||
                    (rc > L'Z' && rc < L'a') || (rc > L'z' && rc < 128)};
    if (lsym && !rsym)
      return -1;
    if (!lsym && rsym)
      return 1;
    if (lsym && rsym)