to_string :: (c: *u8, count := 1) -> string #expand {
   return string.{ data = c, count = count };
}

Index_Mode :: enum {
   from_left;
   from_right;
}

find_index :: (b: []u8, c: u8, $mode := Index_Mode.from_left) -> bool, int {
   #if #complete mode == {
      case .from_left;
         for b if it == c {
            return true, it_index;
         }

      case .from_right;
         i := b.count - 1;
         while i >= 0 {
            if b[i] == c {
               return true, i;
            }

            i -= 1;
         }
   }

   return false, -1;
}

find_index :: inline (s: string, c: u8, $mode := Index_Mode.from_left) -> bool, int {
   ok, idx := find_index(s.([]u8), c, mode);
   return ok, idx;
}

#scope_file;

// ----------------------------------------------------------
// TESTS
// ----------------------------------------------------------

#if #exists(RUN_TESTS) #run {
   test :: #import "jc/meta/test";
}