----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Reads an input until a given character.
--
-- @release $Id: readuntil.lua,v 1.5 2007/04/16 14:01:32 tomas Exp $
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

local strsub, strfind, strlen = string.sub, string.find, string.len


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Creates a function which reads an input until a given character.
-- @param inp Function which reads the input.
-- @return Function which receives a delimiter character and an output
--	function.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
return {
	iterate = function (inp)
		local current = ""
		return function (del, out)
			local dellen = strlen(del) 
			local i, e
			while true do
				i, e = strfind(current, del, 1, 1)
				if i then break end
				local new = inp()
				if not new then break end
				do	 -- handle borders
					local endcurrent = strsub(current, -dellen+1)
					local border = endcurrent .. strsub(new, 1, dellen-1)
					if strlen(current) < dellen or strlen(new) < dellen or
						 strfind(border, del, 1, 1) then
						-- move last part of `current' to new block
						current = strsub(current, 1, -dellen)
						new = endcurrent .. new
					end
				end
				out(current)
				current = new
			end
			out(strsub(current, 1, (i or 0) - 1))
			current = strsub(current, (e or strlen(current)) + 1)
			return (i ~= nil)
		end
	end,
}