failed attempt to generalize reading file line by line

src/main.zig

@@ -6,32 +6,28 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     // Prints to stderr (it's a shortcut based on `std.io.getStdErr()`)
     std.debug.print("All your {s} are belong to us.\n", .{"codebase"});
 
-    try day01part1(file_name(false, "01"));
-    try day01part1(file_name(true, "01"));
-}
-
-fn day01part1(filename: []const u8) !void {
     var gpa = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
     defer _ = gpa.deinit();
     const allocator = gpa.allocator();
 
-    const file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(filename, .{});
-    defer file.close();
+    // try day01part1(allocator, false);
+    try day01part1(allocator, true);
+}
 
-    var buf_reader = std.io.bufferedReader(file.reader());
-    const reader = buf_reader.reader();
+fn day01part1(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime is_test: bool) !void {
+    const filename = file_name(is_test, "01");
+    const line_reader = try LineReader.init(allocator, filename);
+    errdefer line_reader.deinit();
 
-    var line = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
-    defer line.deinit();
-
-    const writer = line.writer();
-    while (reader.streamUntilDelimiter(writer, '\n', null)) {
-        defer line.clearRetainingCapacity();
-
-        print(":D {s}\n", .{line.items});
-    } else |err| switch (err) {
-        error.EndOfStream => {},
+    while (true) {
+        const bytes = line_reader.next() catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.EndOfStream => {
+                break;
+            },
             else => return err,
+        };
+
+        print("Bytes: {s}\n", .{bytes});
     }
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +37,42 @@ fn file_name(comptime is_test: bool, comptime day: []const u8) []const u8 {
     return "inputs" ++ input_suffix ++ day;
 }
 
+const U8ArrayList = std.ArrayList(u8);
+
+const LineReader = struct {
+    allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
+    file: *std.fs.File,
+    line: *U8ArrayList,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, filename: []const u8) !LineReader {
+        var file = try std.fs.cwd().openFile(filename, .{ .read = true });
+        var line = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+
+        return .{
+            .allocator = allocator,
+            .file = &file,
+            .line = &line,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn next(self: LineReader) ![]u8 {
+        // self.line.clearRetainingCapacity();
+        var line = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.allocator);
+        errdefer line.deinit();
+
+        const reader = self.file.reader();
+        const writer = line.writer();
+
+        try reader.streamUntilDelimiter(writer, '\n', null);
+        return self.line.items;
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: LineReader) void {
+        self.file.close();
+        self.line.deinit();
+    }
+};
+
 test "simple test" {
     var list = std.ArrayList(i32).init(std.testing.allocator);
     defer list.deinit(); // try commenting this out and see if zig detects the memory leak!