From 36ff1857b700d22cc57a70297f1d25c95c5a8cc9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: utox39 <francescomoccaldi39@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 21:58:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat(utils): add a utility function to read files

This function uses the new fs.File.Reader to replace the deprecated fs.File.readToEndAlloc
---
 src/utils.zig | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/utils.zig b/src/utils.zig
index b9b455b..8721cf4 100644
--- a/src/utils.zig
+++ b/src/utils.zig
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ test "getLongestAsciiArtRowLen" {
 
     try std.testing.expectEqual(40, try getLongestAsciiArtRowLen(rows[0..]));
 }
+
+pub fn readFile(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, file: std.fs.File, size: usize) ![]const u8 {
+    var file_buf = try allocator.alloc(u8, size);
+    defer allocator.free(file_buf);
+
+    var reader = std.fs.File.Reader.init(file, file_buf);
+    const read = try reader.read(file_buf);
+
+    const data = file_buf[0..read];
+
+    return allocator.dupe(u8, data);
+}