# Compile-time `memfrob()` glibc has a function in `string.h` called `memfrob()` which applies ROT13 to an arbitrary byte buffer. This small C++20 header allows you to do this at compile time to trivially obscure string literals without the literal itself appearing in the binary anywhere at all. # Usage The literals can be created and stored as a sized `char` array, or as a C string pointer. ``` c++ #include "cfrob.hpp" const auto easter_egg = "Something cool"_frob; const char* c_like_easter_egg = "Something cool"_frob; ``` To reverse just apply ROT13 on to the string again. ``` c++ #include auto string2 = strdup(easter_egg); memfrob(string2, strlen(easter_egg)); // `string2` now contains the string "Something cool" free(string2); ``` ## Functions Also provided are `memfrob()` and `strfrob()` functions of our own for both strings and binary data, which do the same as libc `memfrob()`. ``` c++ /// `memfrob()` { const unsigned char data[] = { 0xa, 0xd, 0x10, 0xf7, }; const auto ctime = forb::memfrob(data); // Done at compile time, like the literal. const std::vector cloned = frob::memfrob(data, sizeof(data)); // Clone constant data at runtime into a new `std::vector`. unsigned char* data2 = malloc(10); frob::memfrob(data2, 10); // Mutated in place free(data2); const std::vector xvec{0xad, 0xb, 0xc}; std::vector xfrobbed = frob::memfrob(xvec); // Cloned; std::vector vec{0xad, 0xb, 0xc}; frob::memfrob(&vec); // Mutated `vec` in place. (explicit pointer is used here so you know it's not mutating when you might not expect.) } /// `strfrob()` { const char* string= "const"; std::string frobbed = frob::strfrob(string); // Cloned char* string2 = "mutated"; frob::strfrob(string2); // Mutated in plate const std::string xstring = "stl const string"s; std::string xfrobbed = frob::strfrob(xstring); // Cloned std::string xstring2 = "stl mutate string"; frob::strfrob(&xstring2); // Mutated in plate (explicit pointer is used here so you know it's not mutating when you might not expect.) constexpr const auto ctime = frob::strfrob<>("done at comptime, like the literal `_frob`"); // Explicit template `<>` is required here otherwise it overloads to the non `constexpr` functions, even in a `constexpr` context; } ``` # Test Run `make test` to build and run the test that ensures the original string literal does not appear anywhere in the outputted binary. # License Public domain.