Function GetSettingFromName

src/settings.cpp:1640–1658

* Given a name of setting, return a setting description from the table. * @param name Name of the setting to return a setting description of. * @param settings Table to look in for the setting. * @return Pointer to the setting description of setting \a name if it can be found, * \c nullptr indicates failure to obtain the description. */

 *         \c nullptr indicates failure to obtain the description.
 */
static const SettingDesc *GetSettingFromName(std::string_view name, const SettingTable &settings)
{
	/* First check all full names */
	for (auto &desc : settings) {
		const SettingDesc *sd = GetSettingDesc(desc);
		if (!SlIsObjectCurrentlyValid(sd->save.version_from, sd->save.version_to)) continue;
		if (sd->GetName() == name) return sd;
	}

	/* Then check the shortcut variant of the name. */
	std::string short_name_suffix = std::string{ "." }.append(name);
	for (auto &desc : settings) {
		const SettingDesc *sd = GetSettingDesc(desc);
		if (!SlIsObjectCurrentlyValid(sd->save.version_from, sd->save.version_to)) continue;
		if (sd->GetName().ends_with(short_name_suffix)) return sd;
	}

	return nullptr;
}

/**
 * Get the SaveLoad for all settings in the settings table.