Add support for initializer_list to wx dynamic arrays

While these array classes are deprecated in the user code, they're still
used, for compatibility, in many places in wxWidgets API and allowing to
create them from initializer_list makes using it more ergonomic as it's
now possible to just pass an initializer list of items to fill the
control with, for example, instead of appending them one by one.

Closes #23309.

include/wx/arrstr.h

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include "wx/dynarray.h"
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <initializer_list>
 
 // these functions are only used in STL build now but we define them in any
 // case for compatibility with the existing code outside of the library which
@@ -81,6 +82,8 @@ public:
     wxArrayString(size_t sz, const char** a);
     wxArrayString(size_t sz, const wchar_t** a);
     wxArrayString(size_t sz, const wxString* a);
+    template<typename U>
+    wxArrayString(std::initializer_list<U> list) : wxArrayStringBase(list) { }
 
     int Index(const wxString& str, bool bCase = true, bool bFromEnd = false) const;
 
@@ -182,6 +185,9 @@ public:
   wxArrayString(size_t sz, const wxString* a);
     // copy ctor
   wxArrayString(const wxArrayString& array);
+    // list constructor
+  template<typename U>
+  wxArrayString(std::initializer_list<U> list) { Init(false); assign(list.begin(), list.end()); }
     // assignment operator
   wxArrayString& operator=(const wxArrayString& src);
     // not virtual, this class should not be derived from

include/wx/dynarray.h

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 #include "wx/vector.h"
 
+#include <initializer_list>
+
 /*
   This header defines legacy dynamic arrays and object arrays (i.e. arrays
   which own their elements) classes.
@@ -105,6 +107,9 @@ public:
         : base_vec(first, last)
     { }
 
+    template<typename U>
+    wxBaseArray(std::initializer_list<U> list) : base_vec(list.begin(), list.end()) {}
+
     void Empty() { this->clear(); }
     void Clear() { this->clear(); }
     void Alloc(size_t uiSize) { this->reserve(uiSize); }
@@ -515,6 +520,8 @@ private:
         name(size_t n, Base::const_reference v) : Base(n, v) { }              \
         template <class InputIterator>                                        \
         name(InputIterator first, InputIterator last) : Base(first, last) { } \
+        template<typename U>                                                  \
+        name(std::initializer_list<U> list) : Base(list.begin(), list.end()) { } \
     }
 
 

interface/wx/arrstr.h

@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ public:
     */
     wxArrayString(size_t sz, const wxString* arr);
 
+    /**
+        Constructs the container with the contents of the initializer_list @a list.
+
+        @since 3.2.3
+    */
+    template<typename T>
+    wxArrayString(std::initializer_list<T> list);
+
     /**
         Destructor frees memory occupied by the array strings. For performance
         reasons it is not virtual, so this class should not be derived from.

interface/wx/dynarray.h

@@ -271,6 +271,14 @@ public:
     */
     wxObjArray(const wxObjArray& array);
 
+    /**
+        Constructs the container with the contents of the initializer_list @a list.
+
+        @since 3.2.3
+    */
+    template<typename T>
+    wxArray(std::initializer_list<T> list);
+
     /**
         Performs a shallow array copy (i.e.\ doesn't copy the objects pointed to
         even if the source array contains the items of pointer type).

tests/arrays/arrays.cpp

@@ -340,6 +340,19 @@ TEST_CASE("wxArrayString", "[dynarray]")
     CHECK( a7.size() == 1 );
 
     wxCLANG_WARNING_RESTORE(self-assign-overloaded)
+
+    wxArrayString a8( { wxT("dog"), wxT("human"), wxT("condor"), wxT("thermit"), wxT("alligator") } );
+    CHECK( a8.size() == 5 );
+    CHECK( a8[1] == "human" );
+    CHECK( a8[4] == "alligator" );
+
+    a8 = { wxT("Foo") };    // Test operator=
+    CHECK( a8.size() == 1 );
+    CHECK( a8[0] == "Foo" );
+
+    // Same test with std::initializer_list<std::string>
+    wxArrayString a9( { std::string("dog"), std::string("human"), std::string("condor"), std::string("thermit"), std::string("alligator") } );
+    CHECK( a9.size() == 5 );
 }
 
 TEST_CASE("wxSortedArrayString", "[dynarray]")
@@ -623,6 +636,9 @@ TEST_CASE("wxDynArray::" #name, "[dynarray]")                                 \
     CHECK( b.Index( 5 ) == 2 );                                      \
     CHECK( b.Index( 6 ) == wxNOT_FOUND );                            \
     CHECK( b.Index( 17 ) == 3 );                                     \
+                                                                     \
+    wxArray##name c({1,2,3});                                        \
+    CHECK(c.size() == 3);                                            \
 }
 
 TestArrayOf(UShort)