1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/sam_edit.zig b/src/sam_edit.zig
index 95d59a9d..604e2b31 100644
--- a/src/sam_edit.zig
+++ b/src/sam_edit.zig
@@ -92,6 +92,25 @@ pub fn run(arena: std.mem.Allocator, text: []const u8, dot: Range, name: []const
 /// Whether `command` stops inside a `{` group or an `a`, `c` or `i` text
 /// block still waiting for its `.` line: a writer of lines (a ctl, exec)
 /// hands an Edit the lines after it until it does not.
+/// What an Edit command still waits for: nothing, the `.` line that ends
+/// an a, c or i text block, or the `}` of a group.
+pub const Wait = enum { none, text, group };
+
+/// As `needsMore`, saying which: while a text block is open only a `.`
+/// line can end it, so a caller need not parse the block again for every
+/// line of text in it (ninep/ctl.zig, editEnd), which was quadratic.
+pub fn waitsFor(arena: std.mem.Allocator, command: []const u8) Wait {
+    var why: Why = .{};
+    const src = std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}\n", .{command}) catch return .none;
+    defer arena.free(src);
+    var ps: Parser = .{ .arena = arena, .src = src, .why = &why };
+    while (true) {
+        const c = ps.parse(0) catch
+            return if (ps.open_text) .text else if (std.mem.eql(u8, why.text(), "unmatched `{'")) .group else .none;
+        if (c == null) return if (ps.open_text) .text else .none;
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn needsMore(arena: std.mem.Allocator, command: []const u8) bool {
     var why: Why = .{};
     const src = std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}\n", .{command}) catch return false;