Add GapBuffer::erase()

src/core/GapBuffer.cc

@@ -33,6 +33,23 @@ void GapBuffer::insert(size_t position, const uint8_t * data, size_t length)
     m_size += length;
 }
 
+void GapBuffer::erase(size_t position, size_t length)
+{
+    if ((position < m_size) && ((position + length) <= m_size))
+    {
+        if ((position + length) == m_gap_position)
+        {
+            m_gap_position -= length;
+            m_size -= length;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            move_gap(position);
+            m_size -= length;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 std::string GapBuffer::get_string()
 {
     compact();

src/core/GapBuffer.h

@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ public:
      */
     void insert(size_t position, const uint8_t * data, size_t length);
 
+    /**
+     * Erase data from the gap buffer.
+     *
+     * @param position
+     *   Position in the gap buffer to erase data from.
+     * @param length
+     *   Length of the data to erase.
+     */
+    void erase(size_t position, size_t length);
+
     /**
      * Get the contents of the gap buffer as a string.
      *