From 31caeec248f40459b3efdadde72f586d8ed4dfac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@asterconsulting.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2025 21:51:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Optimisation of strings

---
 include/etl/string_utilities.h | 93 ----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 93 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/etl/string_utilities.h b/include/etl/string_utilities.h
index b824cd28..46ead0bf 100644
--- a/include/etl/string_utilities.h
+++ b/include/etl/string_utilities.h
@@ -883,99 +883,6 @@ namespace etl
 
     etl::transform(itr, s.end(), itr, ::tolower);
   }
-
-  //***************************************************************************
-  /// str_n_copy
-  /// Copies from src to dst until either n characters have been copied, or a 
-  /// terminating null is found.
-  /// Null terminates the destination if less than n characters have been copied.
-  /// Returns a str_n_copy_result.
-  //***************************************************************************
-  struct str_n_copy_result
-  {
-    size_t count;
-    bool   truncated;
-    bool   terminated;
-  };
-
-  template <typename T>
-  str_n_copy_result str_n_copy(const T* src, size_t n, T* dst)
-  {
-    if ((src == ETL_NULLPTR) || (dst == ETL_NULLPTR))
-    {
-      return { 0, false, false };
-    }
-
-    size_t count = 0;
-
-#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
-    // Use restrict if available, for better optimization
-    const T* __restrict s = src;
-    T* __restrict       d = dst;
-#else
-    const T* s = src;
-    T*       d = dst;
-#endif
-
-    // Copy in blocks of 4 for loop unrolling
-    count += 4;
-    while (count <= n) 
-    {
-      if (s[0] == 0) 
-      { 
-        break; 
-      }
-      
-      d[0] = s[0];
-      
-      if (s[1] == 0) 
-      { 
-        count += 1; 
-        d[1] = 0; 
-        return { count, false, true }; 
-      } 
-      
-      d[1] = s[1];
-      
-      if (s[2] == 0) 
-      { 
-        count += 2; d[2] = 0; 
-        return { count, false, true }; 
-      } 
-      
-      d[2] = s[2];
-      
-      if (s[3] == 0) 
-      { 
-        count += 3; 
-        d[3] = 0; 
-        return { count, false, true }; 
-      } 
-      
-      d[3] = s[3];
-      s += 4; 
-      d += 4; 
-      count += 4;
-    }
-
-    // Copy remaining
-    while ((count < n) && (*s != 0)) 
-    {
-      *d++ = *s++;
-      ++count;
-    }
-
-    // 
-    if (count <= n) 
-    {
-      *d = 0;
-      return { count, false, true };
-    } 
-    else 
-    {
-      return { count, *s != 0, false };
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 #include "private/minmax_pop.h"