convert more examples to unit tests

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp b/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
index d5d19dc..95cf606 100644
--- a/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
+++ b/src/crepe/facade/DB.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ DB::DB(const string & path) {
 	this->db = {db, [](libdb::DB * db) { db->close(db, 0); }};
 
 	// load or create database file
-	ret = this->db->open(this->db.get(), NULL, path.c_str(), NULL, libdb::DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE,
-						 0);
+	const char * file = path.empty() ? NULL : path.c_str();
+	ret = this->db->open(this->db.get(), NULL, file, NULL, libdb::DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, 0);
 	if (ret != 0) throw runtime_error(format("db->open: {}", libdb::db_strerror(ret)));
 
 	// create cursor
diff --git a/src/crepe/facade/DB.h b/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
index 629b0eb..115c0f1 100644
--- a/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
+++ b/src/crepe/facade/DB.h
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ class DB {
 public:
 	/**
 	 * \param path  The path of the database (created if nonexistant)
+	 *
+	 * \note If \p path is empty, the database is entirely in-memory
 	 */
-	DB(const std::string & path);
+	DB(const std::string & path = "");
 	virtual ~DB() = default;
 
 public: