utf8.h

/* Branchless UTF-8 decoder
 *
 * This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
 */
#ifndef UTF8_H
#define UTF8_H

#include <stdint.h>

/* Decode the next character, C, from BUF, reporting errors in E.
 *
 * Since this is a branchless decoder, four bytes will be read from the
 * buffer regardless of the actual length of the next character. This
 * means the buffer _must_ have at least three bytes of zero padding
 * following the end of the data stream.
 *
 * Errors are reported in E, which will be non-zero if the parsed
 * character was somehow invalid: invalid byte sequence, non-canonical
 * encoding, or a surrogate half.
 *
 * The function returns a pointer to the next character. When an error
 * occurs, this pointer will be a guess that depends on the particular
 * error, but it will always advance at least one byte.
 */
static void *
utf8_decode(void *buf, uint32_t *c, int *e)
{
    static const char lengths[] = {
        1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,
        0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 0
    };
    static const int masks[]  = {0x00, 0x7f, 0x1f, 0x0f, 0x07};
    static const uint32_t mins[] = {4194304, 0, 128, 2048, 65536};
    static const int shiftc[] = {0, 18, 12, 6, 0};
    static const int shifte[] = {0, 6, 4, 2, 0};

    unsigned char *s = buf;
    int len = lengths[s[0] >> 3];

    /* Compute the pointer to the next character early so that the next
     * iteration can start working on the next character. Neither Clang
     * nor GCC figure out this reordering on their own.
     */
    unsigned char *next = s + len + !len;

    /* Assume a four-byte character and load four bytes. Unused bits are
     * shifted out.
     */
    *c  = (uint32_t)(s[0] & masks[len]) << 18;
    *c |= (uint32_t)(s[1] & 0x3f) << 12;
    *c |= (uint32_t)(s[2] & 0x3f) <<  6;
    *c |= (uint32_t)(s[3] & 0x3f) <<  0;
    *c >>= shiftc[len];

    /* Accumulate the various error conditions. */
    *e  = (*c < mins[len]) << 6; /* non-canonical encoding */
    *e |= ((*c >> 11) == 0x1b) << 7;  /* surrogate half? */
    *e |= (*c > 0x10FFFF) << 8;  /* out of range? */
    *e |= (s[1] & 0xc0) >> 2;
    *e |= (s[2] & 0xc0) >> 4;
    *e |= (s[3]       ) >> 6;
    *e ^= 0x2a; /* top two bits of each tail byte correct? */
    *e >>= shifte[len];

    return next;
}

#endif