1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index 179e821da2..4d7c7ed9a3 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -104,6 +104,63 @@ pub fn getSelfDebugInfo() !*DebugInfo {
     }
 }
 
+/// Tries to print a hexadecimal view of the bytes, unbuffered, and ignores any error returned.
+pub fn hexdump(bytes: []const u8) void {
+    hexdump_internal(bytes) catch {};
+}
+
+fn hexdump_internal(bytes: []const u8) !void {
+    const stderr = std.io.getStdErr();
+    const ttyconf = std.io.tty.detectConfig(stderr);
+    const writer = stderr.writer();
+    var chunks = mem.window(u8, bytes, 16, 16);
+    while (chunks.next()) |window| {
+        // 1. Print the address.
+        const address = (@intFromPtr(bytes.ptr) + 0x10 * (chunks.index orelse 0) / 16) - 0x10;
+        try ttyconf.setColor(writer, .dim);
+        // We print the address in lowercase and the bytes in uppercase hexadecimal to distinguish them more.
+        // Also, make sure all lines are aligned by padding the address.
+        try writer.print("{x:0>[1]}  ", .{ address, @sizeOf(usize) * 2 });
+        try ttyconf.setColor(writer, .reset);
+
+        // 2. Print the bytes.
+        for (window, 0..) |byte, index| {
+            try writer.print("{X:0>2} ", .{byte});
+            if (index == 7) try writer.writeByte(' ');
+        }
+        try writer.writeByte(' ');
+        if (window.len < 16) {
+            var missing_columns = (16 - window.len) * 3;
+            if (window.len < 8) missing_columns += 1;
+            try writer.writeByteNTimes(' ', missing_columns);
+        }
+
+        // 3. Print the characters.
+        for (window) |byte| {
+            if (std.ascii.isPrint(byte)) {
+                try writer.writeByte(byte);
+            } else {
+                // TODO: remove this `if` when https://github.com/ziglang/zig/issues/7600 is fixed
+                if (ttyconf == .windows_api) {
+                    try writer.writeByte('.');
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                // Let's print some common control codes as graphical Unicode symbols.
+                // We don't want to do this for all control codes because most control codes apart from
+                // the ones that Zig has escape sequences for are likely not very useful to print as symbols.
+                switch (byte) {
+                    '\n' => try writer.writeAll("␊"),
+                    '\r' => try writer.writeAll("␍"),
+                    '\t' => try writer.writeAll("␉"),
+                    else => try writer.writeByte('.'),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        try writer.writeByte('\n');
+    }
+}
+
 /// Tries to print the current stack trace to stderr, unbuffered, and ignores any error returned.
 /// TODO multithreaded awareness
 pub fn dumpCurrentStackTrace(start_addr: ?usize) void {