Use iterators in search::context() and don't return extra whitespace

Should be easier to understand now.

src/search.cpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <array>
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <vector>
@@ -181,49 +182,70 @@ match_context context(const boost::match_results<string::const_iterator> &match,
         return {};
     }
 
-    const auto &prefix{match.prefix().str()};
-    const auto &suffix{match.suffix().str()};
-    size_t pos_before{prefix.length()};
-    size_t pos_after{};
-
     ++words;
 
+    const auto &rbegin_before{std::reverse_iterator(match.prefix().end())};
+    const auto &rend_before{std::reverse_iterator(match.prefix().begin())};
+
+    const auto &begin_after{match.suffix().begin()};
+    const auto &end_after{match.suffix().end()};
+
+    auto pos_before{rbegin_before};
+    auto pos_after{begin_after};
+
+    const std::array<char, 4> whitespace{' ', '\n', '\r', '\t'};
+    auto is_whitespace{
+        [&whitespace](char check)
+        {
+            return std::any_of(whitespace.begin(), whitespace.end(),
+                               [&check](const char ws) { return check == ws; });
+        }};
+
     while (words != 0)
     {
-        if (pos_before != 0)
+        if (pos_before != rend_before)
         {
-            pos_before = prefix.rfind(' ', pos_before);
+            pos_before = std::find_first_of(pos_before, rend_before,
-            if (pos_before != string::npos)
+                                            whitespace.begin(),
+                                            whitespace.end());
+            if (pos_before != rend_before)
             {
-                --pos_before;
+                while (is_whitespace(*pos_before))
-            }
+                {
-            else
+                    ++pos_before;
-            {
+                }
-                pos_before = 0;
             }
         }
 
-        if (pos_after != string::npos)
+        if (pos_after != end_after)
         {
-            pos_after = suffix.find(' ', pos_after);
+            pos_after = std::find_first_of(pos_after, end_after,
-            if (pos_after != string::npos)
+                                           whitespace.begin(),
+                                           whitespace.end());
+            if (pos_after != end_after)
             {
-                ++pos_after;
+                while (is_whitespace(*pos_after))
+                {
+                    ++pos_after;
+                }
             }
         }
         words -= 1;
     }
 
-    if (pos_before != 0)
+    const std::string prefix_reversed(rbegin_before, pos_before);
+    string prefix(prefix_reversed.rbegin(), prefix_reversed.rend());
+    std::string suffix(begin_after, pos_after);
+    while (is_whitespace(*prefix.begin()))
     {
-        pos_before += 2;
+        prefix.erase(0, 1);
     }
-    if (pos_after != string::npos)
+    while (is_whitespace(*suffix.rbegin()))
     {
-        pos_after -= 1;
+        suffix.erase(suffix.size() - 1);
     }
 
-    return {prefix.substr(pos_before), suffix.substr(0, pos_after)};
+    return {prefix, suffix};
 }
 
 string headline(const std::string_view prefix)