1552272 - Unify child process argument parsing for libpref initialization

Status: NEW

(Core :: Preferences: Backend, task, P3)

Description

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

Each type of child process currently has its own code for parsing preference-related arguments, despite the parent side having unified code for generating them. This requires a fair amount of code, so having it duplicated in a half dozen different places isn't ideal.

I think the way we really want to handle this is to create the deserializer object before we begin argument parsing, then pre-check each argument with something like:

  if (deserializer.ProcessArg(aArgv, aArgc, &i)) {
    continue;
  }

and have it return true when it consumes the argument, and update &i to reflect any additional arguments it consumes.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

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