size_t GetFileSize(FILE* file) {
fseek(file, 0, SEEK_END);
return static_cast<size_t>(ftell(file));
}
std::string ReadEntireFile(FILE* file) {
const size_t file_size = GetFileSize(file);
char* const buffer = new char[file_size];
size_t bytes_last_read = 0; // # of bytes read in the last fread()
size_t bytes_read = 0; // # of bytes read so far
fseek(file, 0, SEEK_SET);
// Keeps reading the file until we cannot read further or the
// pre-determined file size is reached.
do {
bytes_last_read = fread(buffer+bytes_read, 1, file_size-bytes_read, file);
bytes_read += bytes_last_read;
} while (bytes_last_read > 0 && bytes_read < file_size);
const std::string content(buffer, bytes_read);
delete[] buffer;
return content;
}