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+/** @file
+ * IPRT - String Manipulation.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+ *
+ * This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+ * available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
+ * License.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+ *
+ * The contents of this file may alternatively be used under the terms
+ * of the Common Development and Distribution License Version 1.0
+ * (CDDL), a copy of it is provided in the "COPYING.CDDL" file included
+ * in the VirtualBox distribution, in which case the provisions of the
+ * CDDL are applicable instead of those of the GPL.
+ *
+ * You may elect to license modified versions of this file under the
+ * terms and conditions of either the GPL or the CDDL or both.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only OR CDDL-1.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef IPRT_INCLUDED_string_h
+#define IPRT_INCLUDED_string_h
+#ifndef RT_WITHOUT_PRAGMA_ONCE
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <iprt/cdefs.h>
+#include <iprt/types.h>
+#include <iprt/assert.h>
+#include <iprt/stdarg.h>
+#include <iprt/errcore.h> /* for VINF_SUCCESS */
+#if defined(RT_OS_LINUX) && defined(__KERNEL__)
+ /* no C++ hacks ('new' etc) here anymore! */
+# include <linux/string.h>
+
+#elif defined(IN_XF86_MODULE) && !defined(NO_ANSIC)
+ RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+# include "xf86_ansic.h"
+ RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#elif defined(RT_OS_FREEBSD) && defined(_KERNEL)
+ RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+# include <sys/libkern.h>
+ RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#elif defined(RT_OS_NETBSD) && defined(_KERNEL)
+ RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+# include <lib/libkern/libkern.h>
+ RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#elif defined(RT_OS_SOLARIS) && defined(_KERNEL)
+ /*
+ * Same case as with FreeBSD kernel:
+ * The string.h stuff clashes with sys/system.h
+ * ffs = find first set bit.
+ */
+# define ffs ffs_string_h
+# define fls fls_string_h
+# include <string.h>
+# undef fls
+# undef ffs
+# undef strpbrk
+
+#else
+# include <string.h>
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Supply prototypes for standard string functions provided by
+ * IPRT instead of the operating environment.
+ */
+#if defined(RT_OS_DARWIN) && defined(KERNEL)
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+void *memchr(const void *pv, int ch, size_t cb);
+char *strpbrk(const char *pszStr, const char *pszChars);
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+#endif
+
+#if defined(RT_OS_FREEBSD) && defined(_KERNEL)
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+char *strpbrk(const char *pszStr, const char *pszChars);
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+#endif
+
+#if defined(RT_OS_NETBSD) && defined(_KERNEL)
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+char *strpbrk(const char *pszStr, const char *pszChars);
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+#endif
+
+#if (defined(RT_OS_DARWIN) || defined(RT_OS_SOLARIS) || defined(RT_OS_WINDOWS)) && !defined(IPRT_NO_CRT)
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+# if !defined(RT_OS_DARWIN) || RT_CLANG_PREREQ(7 /* whatever post gcc-4.2 */, 0)
+RTDECL(void *) mempcpy(void *pvDst, const void *pvSrc, size_t cb);
+# else
+void *mempcpy(void *pvDst, const void *pvSrc, size_t cb);
+# endif
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+#endif
+
+#if (!defined(RT_OS_LINUX) || !defined(_GNU_SOURCE)) \
+ && (!defined(RT_OS_OS2) || !defined(_GNU_SOURCE)) \
+ && !defined(RT_OS_FREEBSD) \
+ && !defined(RT_OS_NETBSD)
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+void *memrchr(const void *pv, int ch, size_t cb);
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+#endif
+
+
+/** @def RT_USE_RTC_3629
+ * When defined the UTF-8 range will stop at 0x10ffff. If not defined, the
+ * range stops at 0x7fffffff.
+ * @remarks Must be defined both when building and using the IPRT. */
+#ifdef DOXYGEN_RUNNING
+# define RT_USE_RTC_3629
+#endif
+
+
+/**
+ * Byte zero the specified object.
+ *
+ * This will use sizeof(Obj) to figure the size and will call memset, bzero
+ * or some compiler intrinsic to perform the actual zeroing.
+ *
+ * @param Obj The object to zero. Make sure to dereference pointers.
+ *
+ * @remarks Because the macro may use memset it has been placed in string.h
+ * instead of cdefs.h to avoid build issues because someone forgot
+ * to include this header.
+ *
+ * @ingroup grp_rt_cdefs
+ */
+#define RT_ZERO(Obj) RT_BZERO(&(Obj), sizeof(Obj))
+
+/**
+ * Byte zero the specified memory area.
+ *
+ * This will call memset, bzero or some compiler intrinsic to clear the
+ * specified bytes of memory.
+ *
+ * @param pv Pointer to the memory.
+ * @param cb The number of bytes to clear. Please, don't pass 0.
+ *
+ * @remarks Because the macro may use memset it has been placed in string.h
+ * instead of cdefs.h to avoid build issues because someone forgot
+ * to include this header.
+ *
+ * @ingroup grp_rt_cdefs
+ */
+#define RT_BZERO(pv, cb) do { memset((pv), 0, cb); } while (0)
+
+
+/**
+ * For copying a volatile variable to a non-volatile one.
+ * @param a_Dst The non-volatile destination variable.
+ * @param a_VolatileSrc The volatile source variable / dereferenced pointer.
+ */
+#define RT_COPY_VOLATILE(a_Dst, a_VolatileSrc) \
+ do { \
+ void const volatile *a_pvVolatileSrc_BCopy_Volatile = &(a_VolatileSrc); \
+ AssertCompile(sizeof(a_Dst) == sizeof(a_VolatileSrc)); \
+ memcpy(&(a_Dst), (void const *)a_pvVolatileSrc_BCopy_Volatile, sizeof(a_Dst)); \
+ } while (0)
+
+/**
+ * For copy a number of bytes from a volatile buffer to a non-volatile one.
+ *
+ * @param a_pDst Pointer to the destination buffer.
+ * @param a_pVolatileSrc Pointer to the volatile source buffer.
+ * @param a_cbToCopy Number of bytes to copy.
+ */
+#define RT_BCOPY_VOLATILE(a_pDst, a_pVolatileSrc, a_cbToCopy) \
+ do { \
+ void const volatile *a_pvVolatileSrc_BCopy_Volatile = (a_pVolatileSrc); \
+ memcpy((a_pDst), (void const *)a_pvVolatileSrc_BCopy_Volatile, (a_cbToCopy)); \
+ } while (0)
+
+
+/** @defgroup grp_rt_str RTStr - String Manipulation
+ * Mostly UTF-8 related helpers where the standard string functions won't do.
+ * @ingroup grp_rt
+ * @{
+ */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_BEGIN
+
+
+/**
+ * The maximum string length.
+ */
+#define RTSTR_MAX (~(size_t)0)
+
+
+/** @def RTSTR_TAG
+ * The default allocation tag used by the RTStr allocation APIs.
+ *
+ * When not defined before the inclusion of iprt/string.h, this will default to
+ * the pointer to the current file name. The string API will make of use of
+ * this as pointer to a volatile but read-only string.
+ */
+#if !defined(RTSTR_TAG) || defined(DOXYGEN_RUNNING)
+# define RTSTR_TAG (__FILE__)
+#endif
+
+
+#ifdef IN_RING3
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer with default tag, translates pszString from UTF8 to
+ * current codepage.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated native CP string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ */
+#define RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCP(ppszString, pszString) RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCPTag((ppszString), (pszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer with custom tag, translates pszString from UTF-8 to
+ * current codepage.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated native CP string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using
+ * RTStrFree()., const char *pszTag
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTR3DECL(int) RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCPTag(char **ppszString, const char *pszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer with default tag, translates pszString from UTF-8 to
+ * current codepage, extended version.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated native CP string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ */
+#define RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCPEx(ppszString, pszString, cchString) \
+ RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCPExTag((ppszString), (pszString), (cchString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer with custom tag, translates pszString from UTF8 to
+ * current codepage.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated native CP string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using
+ * RTStrFree()., const char *pszTag
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTR3DECL(int) RTStrUtf8ToCurrentCPExTag(char **ppszString, const char *pszString, size_t cchString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer, translates pszString from current codepage to UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString Native string to convert.
+ */
+#define RTStrCurrentCPToUtf8(ppszString, pszString) RTStrCurrentCPToUtf8Tag((ppszString), (pszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer, translates pszString from current codepage to UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString Native string to convert.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTR3DECL(int) RTStrCurrentCPToUtf8Tag(char **ppszString, const char *pszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer, translates pszString from console codepage to UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString Native string to convert.
+ */
+#define RTStrConsoleCPToUtf8(ppszString, pszString) RTStrConsoleCPToUtf8Tag((ppszString), (pszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates tmp buffer, translates pszString from console codepage to UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer of allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString Native string to convert.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTR3DECL(int) RTStrConsoleCPToUtf8Tag(char **ppszString, const char *pszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+#endif /* IN_RING3 */
+
+/**
+ * Free string allocated by any of the non-UCS-2 string functions.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString Pointer to buffer with string to free.
+ * NULL is accepted.
+ */
+RTDECL(void) RTStrFree(char *pszString);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 string (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ */
+#define RTStrDup(pszString) RTStrDupTag((pszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 string (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrDupTag(const char *pszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 string (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszCopy Receives pointer of the allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ */
+#define RTStrDupEx(ppszCopy, pszString) RTStrDupExTag((ppszCopy), (pszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 string (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppszCopy Receives pointer of the allocated UTF-8 string.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrDupExTag(char **ppszCopy, const char *pszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 substring (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated UTF-8 substring.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param cchMax The max number of chars to duplicate, not counting
+ * the terminator.
+ */
+#define RTStrDupN(pszString, cchMax) RTStrDupNTag((pszString), (cchMax), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 substring (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated UTF-8 substring.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param cchMax The max number of chars to duplicate, not counting
+ * the terminator.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrDupNTag(const char *pszString, size_t cchMax, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 substring (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code (VINF_SUCCESS or VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY).
+ * @param ppszCopy Receives pointer of the allocated UTF-8 substring.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param cchMax The max number of chars to duplicate, not counting
+ * the terminator.
+ */
+#define RTStrDupNEx(ppszCopy, pszString, cchMax) RTStrDupNExTag((ppszCopy), (pszString), (cchMax), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates a new copy of the given UTF-8 substring (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code (VINF_SUCCESS or VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY).
+ * @param ppszCopy Receives pointer of the allocated UTF-8 substring.
+ * The returned pointer must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to duplicate.
+ * @param cchMax The max number of chars to duplicate, not counting
+ * the terminator.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrDupNExTag(char **ppszCopy, const char *pszString, size_t cchMax, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Appends a string onto an existing IPRT allocated string (default tag).
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param pszAppend The string to append. NULL and empty strings
+ * are quietly ignored.
+ */
+#define RTStrAAppend(ppsz, pszAppend) RTStrAAppendTag((ppsz), (pszAppend), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Appends a string onto an existing IPRT allocated string (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param pszAppend The string to append. NULL and empty strings
+ * are quietly ignored.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrAAppendTag(char **ppsz, const char *pszAppend, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Appends N bytes from a strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string
+ * (default tag).
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param pszAppend The string to append. Can be NULL if cchAppend
+ * is NULL.
+ * @param cchAppend The number of chars (not code points) to append
+ * from pszAppend. Must not be more than
+ * @a pszAppend contains, except for the special
+ * value RTSTR_MAX that can be used to indicate all
+ * of @a pszAppend without having to strlen it.
+ */
+#define RTStrAAppendN(ppsz, pszAppend, cchAppend) RTStrAAppendNTag((ppsz), (pszAppend), (cchAppend), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Appends N bytes from a strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string (custom
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param pszAppend The string to append. Can be NULL if cchAppend
+ * is NULL.
+ * @param cchAppend The number of chars (not code points) to append
+ * from pszAppend. Must not be more than
+ * @a pszAppend contains, except for the special
+ * value RTSTR_MAX that can be used to indicate all
+ * of @a pszAppend without having to strlen it.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrAAppendNTag(char **ppsz, const char *pszAppend, size_t cchAppend, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Appends one or more strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string.
+ *
+ * This is a very flexible and efficient alternative to using RTStrAPrintf to
+ * combine several strings together.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the
+ * @a va.
+ * @param va List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. The strings will be appended to
+ * the string in the first argument.
+ */
+#define RTStrAAppendExNV(ppsz, cPairs, va) RTStrAAppendExNVTag((ppsz), (cPairs), (va), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Appends one or more strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string.
+ *
+ * This is a very flexible and efficient alternative to using RTStrAPrintf to
+ * combine several strings together.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the
+ * @a va.
+ * @param va List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. The strings will be appended to
+ * the string in the first argument.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrAAppendExNVTag(char **ppsz, size_t cPairs, va_list va, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Appends one or more strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string
+ * (untagged).
+ *
+ * This is a very flexible and efficient alternative to using RTStrAPrintf to
+ * combine several strings together.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the
+ * ellipsis.
+ * @param ... List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. The strings will be appended to
+ * the string in the first argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTStrAAppendExN(char **ppsz, size_t cPairs, ...)
+{
+ int rc;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, cPairs);
+ rc = RTStrAAppendExNVTag(ppsz, cPairs, va, RTSTR_TAG);
+ va_end(va);
+ return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Appends one or more strings onto an existing IPRT allocated string (custom
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * This is a very flexible and efficient alternative to using RTStrAPrintf to
+ * combine several strings together.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer must either be NULL or point to a string
+ * returned by an IPRT string API. (In/Out)
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the
+ * ellipsis.
+ * @param ... List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. The strings will be appended to
+ * the string in the first argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTStrAAppendExNTag(char **ppsz, const char *pszTag, size_t cPairs, ...)
+{
+ int rc;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, cPairs);
+ rc = RTStrAAppendExNVTag(ppsz, cPairs, va, pszTag);
+ va_end(va);
+ return rc;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Truncates an IPRT allocated string (default tag).
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS.
+ * @retval VERR_OUT_OF_RANGE if cchNew is too long. Nothing is done.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer can be NULL if @a cchNew is 0, no change
+ * is made then. If we actually reallocate the
+ * string, the string pointer might be changed by
+ * this call. (In/Out)
+ * @param cchNew The new string length (excluding the
+ * terminator). The string must be at least this
+ * long or we'll return VERR_OUT_OF_RANGE and
+ * assert on you.
+ */
+#define RTStrATruncate(ppsz, cchNew) RTStrATruncateTag((ppsz), (cchNew), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Truncates an IPRT allocated string.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS.
+ * @retval VERR_OUT_OF_RANGE if cchNew is too long. Nothing is done.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. The string
+ * pointer can be NULL if @a cchNew is 0, no change
+ * is made then. If we actually reallocate the
+ * string, the string pointer might be changed by
+ * this call. (In/Out)
+ * @param cchNew The new string length (excluding the
+ * terminator). The string must be at least this
+ * long or we'll return VERR_OUT_OF_RANGE and
+ * assert on you.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrATruncateTag(char **ppsz, size_t cchNew, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates memory for string storage (default tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not use this function, except if there is some very
+ * custom string handling you need doing that isn't covered by any of the other
+ * APIs.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated string. The first byte is always set
+ * to the string terminator char, the contents of the remainder of the
+ * memory is undefined. The string must be freed by calling RTStrFree.
+ *
+ * NULL is returned if the allocation failed. Please translate this to
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY and not VERR_NO_MEMORY. Also consider
+ * RTStrAllocEx if an IPRT status code is required.
+ *
+ * @param cb How many bytes to allocate. If this is zero, we
+ * will allocate a terminator byte anyway.
+ */
+#define RTStrAlloc(cb) RTStrAllocTag((cb), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates memory for string storage (custom tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not use this function, except if there is some very
+ * custom string handling you need doing that isn't covered by any of the other
+ * APIs.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the allocated string. The first byte is always set
+ * to the string terminator char, the contents of the remainder of the
+ * memory is undefined. The string must be freed by calling RTStrFree.
+ *
+ * NULL is returned if the allocation failed. Please translate this to
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY and not VERR_NO_MEMORY. Also consider
+ * RTStrAllocEx if an IPRT status code is required.
+ *
+ * @param cb How many bytes to allocate. If this is zero, we
+ * will allocate a terminator byte anyway.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrAllocTag(size_t cb, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Allocates memory for string storage, with status code (default tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not use this function, except if there is some very
+ * custom string handling you need doing that isn't covered by any of the other
+ * APIs.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Where to return the allocated string. This will
+ * be set to NULL on failure. On success, the
+ * returned memory will always start with a
+ * terminator char so that it is considered a valid
+ * C string, the contents of rest of the memory is
+ * undefined.
+ * @param cb How many bytes to allocate. If this is zero, we
+ * will allocate a terminator byte anyway.
+ */
+#define RTStrAllocEx(ppsz, cb) RTStrAllocExTag((ppsz), (cb), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocates memory for string storage, with status code (custom tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not use this function, except if there is some very
+ * custom string handling you need doing that isn't covered by any of the other
+ * APIs.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Where to return the allocated string. This will
+ * be set to NULL on failure. On success, the
+ * returned memory will always start with a
+ * terminator char so that it is considered a valid
+ * C string, the contents of rest of the memory is
+ * undefined.
+ * @param cb How many bytes to allocate. If this is zero, we
+ * will allocate a terminator byte anyway.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrAllocExTag(char **ppsz, size_t cb, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Reallocates the specified string (default tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not have use this function, except perhaps to truncate a
+ * really long string you've got from some IPRT string API, but then you should
+ * use RTStrATruncate.
+ *
+ * @returns VINF_SUCCESS.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string variable containing the
+ * input and output string.
+ *
+ * When not freeing the string, the result will
+ * always have the last byte set to the terminator
+ * character so that when used for string
+ * truncation the result will be a valid C string
+ * (your job to keep it a valid UTF-8 string).
+ *
+ * When the input string is NULL and we're supposed
+ * to reallocate, the returned string will also
+ * have the first byte set to the terminator char
+ * so it will be a valid C string.
+ *
+ * @param cbNew When @a cbNew is zero, we'll behave like
+ * RTStrFree and @a *ppsz will be set to NULL.
+ *
+ * When not zero, this will be the new size of the
+ * memory backing the string, i.e. it includes the
+ * terminator char.
+ */
+#define RTStrRealloc(ppsz, cbNew) RTStrReallocTag((ppsz), (cbNew), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Reallocates the specified string (custom tag).
+ *
+ * You should normally not have use this function, except perhaps to truncate a
+ * really long string you've got from some IPRT string API, but then you should
+ * use RTStrATruncate.
+ *
+ * @returns VINF_SUCCESS.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY if we failed to reallocate the string, @a *ppsz
+ * remains unchanged.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string variable containing the
+ * input and output string.
+ *
+ * When not freeing the string, the result will
+ * always have the last byte set to the terminator
+ * character so that when used for string
+ * truncation the result will be a valid C string
+ * (your job to keep it a valid UTF-8 string).
+ *
+ * When the input string is NULL and we're supposed
+ * to reallocate, the returned string will also
+ * have the first byte set to the terminator char
+ * so it will be a valid C string.
+ *
+ * @param cbNew When @a cbNew is zero, we'll behave like
+ * RTStrFree and @a *ppsz will be set to NULL.
+ *
+ * When not zero, this will be the new size of the
+ * memory backing the string, i.e. it includes the
+ * terminator char.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrReallocTag(char **ppsz, size_t cbNew, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Validates the UTF-8 encoding of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrValidateEncoding(const char *psz);
+
+/** @name Flags for RTStrValidateEncodingEx and RTUtf16ValidateEncodingEx
+ * @{
+ */
+/** Check that the string is zero terminated within the given size.
+ * VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW will be returned if the check fails. */
+#define RTSTR_VALIDATE_ENCODING_ZERO_TERMINATED RT_BIT_32(0)
+/** Check that the string is exactly the given length.
+ * If it terminates early, VERR_BUFFER_UNDERFLOW will be returned. When used
+ * together with RTSTR_VALIDATE_ENCODING_ZERO_TERMINATED, the given length must
+ * include the terminator or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW will be returned. */
+#define RTSTR_VALIDATE_ENCODING_EXACT_LENGTH RT_BIT_32(1)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * Validates the UTF-8 encoding of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param cch The max string length (/ size). Use RTSTR_MAX to
+ * process the entire string.
+ * @param fFlags Combination of RTSTR_VALIDATE_ENCODING_XXX flags.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrValidateEncodingEx(const char *psz, size_t cch, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the UTF-8 encoding is valid.
+ *
+ * @returns true / false.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrIsValidEncoding(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Purge all bad UTF-8 encoding in the string, replacing it with '?'.
+ *
+ * @returns The number of bad characters (0 if nothing was done).
+ * @param psz The string to purge.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrPurgeEncoding(char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Sanitizes a (valid) UTF-8 string by replacing all characters outside a white
+ * list in-place by an ASCII replacedment character.
+ *
+ * Multi-byte characters will be replaced byte by byte.
+ *
+ * @returns The number of code points replaced. In the case of an incorrectly
+ * encoded string -1 will be returned, and the string is not completely
+ * processed. In the case of puszValidPairs having an odd number of
+ * code points, -1 will be also return but without any modification to
+ * the string.
+ * @param psz The string to sanitise.
+ * @param puszValidPairs A zero-terminated array of pairs of Unicode points.
+ * Each pair is the start and end point of a range,
+ * and the union of these ranges forms the white list.
+ * @param chReplacement The ASCII replacement character.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrPurgeComplementSet(char *psz, PCRTUNICP puszValidPairs, char chReplacement);
+
+/**
+ * Gets the number of code points the string is made up of, excluding
+ * the terminator.
+ *
+ *
+ * @returns Number of code points (RTUNICP).
+ * @returns 0 if the string was incorrectly encoded.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrUniLen(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Gets the number of code points the string is made up of, excluding
+ * the terminator.
+ *
+ * This function will validate the string, and incorrectly encoded UTF-8
+ * strings will be rejected.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param cch The max string length. Use RTSTR_MAX to process the entire string.
+ * @param pcuc Where to store the code point count.
+ * This is undefined on failure.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrUniLenEx(const char *psz, size_t cch, size_t *pcuc);
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into an unicode string (i.e. RTUNICPs), allocating the string buffer.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppUniString Receives pointer to the allocated unicode string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTUniFree().
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUni(const char *pszString, PRTUNICP *ppUniString);
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to an array of code points, allocating the result
+ * array if requested.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppaCps If cCps is non-zero, this must either be pointing to pointer to
+ * a buffer of the specified size, or pointer to a NULL pointer.
+ * If *ppusz is NULL or cCps is zero a buffer of at least cCps items
+ * will be allocated to hold the translated string.
+ * If a buffer was requested it must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param cCps The number of code points in the unicode string. This includes the terminator.
+ * @param pcCps Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUniEx(const char *pszString, size_t cchString, PRTUNICP *ppaCps, size_t cCps, size_t *pcCps);
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of the string in RTUTF16 items.
+ *
+ * This function will validate the string, and incorrectly encoded UTF-8
+ * strings will be rejected. The primary purpose of this function is to
+ * help allocate buffers for RTStrToUtf16Ex of the correct size. For most
+ * other purposes RTStrCalcUtf16LenEx() should be used.
+ *
+ * @returns Number of RTUTF16 items.
+ * @returns 0 if the string was incorrectly encoded.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrCalcUtf16Len(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of the string in RTUTF16 items.
+ *
+ * This function will validate the string, and incorrectly encoded UTF-8
+ * strings will be rejected.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param cch The max string length. Use RTSTR_MAX to process the entire string.
+ * @param pcwc Where to store the string length. Optional.
+ * This is undefined on failure.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCalcUtf16LenEx(const char *psz, size_t cch, size_t *pcwc);
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a UTF-16 allocating the result buffer (default
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppwszString Receives pointer to the allocated UTF-16 string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ */
+#define RTStrToUtf16(pszString, ppwszString) RTStrToUtf16Tag((pszString), (ppwszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a UTF-16 allocating the result buffer (custom
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * This differs from RTStrToUtf16 in that it always produces a
+ * big-endian string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppwszString Receives pointer to the allocated UTF-16 string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUtf16Tag(const char *pszString, PRTUTF16 *ppwszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a UTF-16BE allocating the result buffer
+ * (default tag).
+ *
+ * This differs from RTStrToUtf16Tag in that it always produces a
+ * big-endian string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppwszString Receives pointer to the allocated UTF-16BE string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ */
+#define RTStrToUtf16Big(pszString, ppwszString) RTStrToUtf16BigTag((pszString), (ppwszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a UTF-16BE allocating the result buffer (custom
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppwszString Receives pointer to the allocated UTF-16BE string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUtf16BigTag(const char *pszString, PRTUTF16 *ppwszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to UTF-16, allocating the result buffer if requested.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppwsz If cwc is non-zero, this must either be pointing to pointer to
+ * a buffer of the specified size, or pointer to a NULL pointer.
+ * If *ppwsz is NULL or cwc is zero a buffer of at least cwc items
+ * will be allocated to hold the translated string.
+ * If a buffer was requested it must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param cwc The buffer size in RTUTF16s. This includes the terminator.
+ * @param pcwc Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ */
+#define RTStrToUtf16Ex(pszString, cchString, ppwsz, cwc, pcwc) \
+ RTStrToUtf16ExTag((pszString), (cchString), (ppwsz), (cwc), (pcwc), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to UTF-16, allocating the result buffer if
+ * requested (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppwsz If cwc is non-zero, this must either be pointing to pointer to
+ * a buffer of the specified size, or pointer to a NULL pointer.
+ * If *ppwsz is NULL or cwc is zero a buffer of at least cwc items
+ * will be allocated to hold the translated string.
+ * If a buffer was requested it must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param cwc The buffer size in RTUTF16s. This includes the terminator.
+ * @param pcwc Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUtf16ExTag(const char *pszString, size_t cchString,
+ PRTUTF16 *ppwsz, size_t cwc, size_t *pcwc, const char *pszTag);
+
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to UTF-16BE, allocating the result buffer if requested.
+ *
+ * This differs from RTStrToUtf16Ex in that it always produces a
+ * big-endian string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppwsz If cwc is non-zero, this must either be pointing to pointer to
+ * a buffer of the specified size, or pointer to a NULL pointer.
+ * If *ppwsz is NULL or cwc is zero a buffer of at least cwc items
+ * will be allocated to hold the translated string.
+ * If a buffer was requested it must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param cwc The buffer size in RTUTF16s. This includes the terminator.
+ * @param pcwc Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ */
+#define RTStrToUtf16BigEx(pszString, cchString, ppwsz, cwc, pcwc) \
+ RTStrToUtf16BigExTag((pszString), (cchString), (ppwsz), (cwc), (pcwc), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to UTF-16BE, allocating the result buffer if
+ * requested (custom tag).
+ *
+ * This differs from RTStrToUtf16ExTag in that it always produces a
+ * big-endian string.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert. The conversion stop
+ * when it reaches cchString or the string terminator ('\\0').
+ * Use RTSTR_MAX to translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppwsz If cwc is non-zero, this must either be pointing to pointer to
+ * a buffer of the specified size, or pointer to a NULL pointer.
+ * If *ppwsz is NULL or cwc is zero a buffer of at least cwc items
+ * will be allocated to hold the translated string.
+ * If a buffer was requested it must be freed using RTUtf16Free().
+ * @param cwc The buffer size in RTUTF16s. This includes the terminator.
+ * @param pcwc Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUtf16BigExTag(const char *pszString, size_t cchString,
+ PRTUTF16 *ppwsz, size_t cwc, size_t *pcwc, const char *pszTag);
+
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of the string in Latin-1 characters.
+ *
+ * This function will validate the string, and incorrectly encoded UTF-8
+ * strings as well as string with codepoints outside the latin-1 range will be
+ * rejected. The primary purpose of this function is to help allocate buffers
+ * for RTStrToLatin1Ex of the correct size. For most other purposes
+ * RTStrCalcLatin1LenEx() should be used.
+ *
+ * @returns Number of Latin-1 characters.
+ * @returns 0 if the string was incorrectly encoded.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrCalcLatin1Len(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of the string in Latin-1 characters.
+ *
+ * This function will validate the string, and incorrectly encoded UTF-8
+ * strings as well as string with codepoints outside the latin-1 range will be
+ * rejected.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param cch The max string length. Use RTSTR_MAX to process the
+ * entire string.
+ * @param pcch Where to store the string length. Optional.
+ * This is undefined on failure.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCalcLatin1LenEx(const char *psz, size_t cch, size_t *pcch);
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a Latin-1 allocating the result buffer (default
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer to the allocated Latin-1 string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ */
+#define RTStrToLatin1(pszString, ppszString) RTStrToLatin1Tag((pszString), (ppszString), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translate a UTF-8 string into a Latin-1 allocating the result buffer (custom
+ * tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param ppszString Receives pointer to the allocated Latin-1 string.
+ * The returned string must be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToLatin1Tag(const char *pszString, char **ppszString, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to Latin-1, allocating the result buffer if requested.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert.
+ * The conversion stop when it reaches cchString or
+ * the string terminator ('\\0'). Use RTSTR_MAX to
+ * translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppsz If cch is non-zero, this must either be pointing to
+ * pointer to a buffer of the specified size, or
+ * pointer to a NULL pointer. If *ppsz is NULL or cch
+ * is zero a buffer of at least cch items will be
+ * allocated to hold the translated string. If a
+ * buffer was requested it must be freed using
+ * RTStrFree().
+ * @param cch The buffer size in bytes. This includes the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pcch Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ */
+#define RTStrToLatin1Ex(pszString, cchString, ppsz, cch, pcch) \
+ RTStrToLatin1ExTag((pszString), (cchString), (ppsz), (cch), (pcch), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Translates pszString from UTF-8 to Latin1, allocating the result buffer if
+ * requested (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pszString UTF-8 string to convert.
+ * @param cchString The maximum size in chars (the type) to convert.
+ * The conversion stop when it reaches cchString or
+ * the string terminator ('\\0'). Use RTSTR_MAX to
+ * translate the entire string.
+ * @param ppsz If cch is non-zero, this must either be pointing to
+ * pointer to a buffer of the specified size, or
+ * pointer to a NULL pointer. If *ppsz is NULL or cch
+ * is zero a buffer of at least cch items will be
+ * allocated to hold the translated string. If a
+ * buffer was requested it must be freed using
+ * RTStrFree().
+ * @param cch The buffer size in bytes. This includes the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pcch Where to store the length of the translated string,
+ * excluding the terminator. (Optional)
+ *
+ * This may be set under some error conditions,
+ * however, only for VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW and
+ * VERR_NO_STR_MEMORY will it contain a valid string
+ * length that can be used to resize the buffer.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToLatin1ExTag(const char *pszString, size_t cchString, char **ppsz, size_t cch, size_t *pcch, const char *pszTag);
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position.
+ *
+ * @returns unicode code point.
+ * @returns RTUNICP_INVALID if the encoding is invalid.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ */
+RTDECL(RTUNICP) RTStrGetCpInternal(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code
+ * @returns VERR_INVALID_UTF8_ENCODING if the encoding is invalid.
+ * @param ppsz The string cursor.
+ * This is advanced one character forward on failure.
+ * @param pCp Where to store the unicode code point.
+ * Stores RTUNICP_INVALID if the encoding is invalid.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrGetCpExInternal(const char **ppsz, PRTUNICP pCp);
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position for a string of a
+ * given length.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_UTF8_ENCODING if the encoding is invalid.
+ * @retval VERR_END_OF_STRING if *pcch is 0. *pCp is set to RTUNICP_INVALID.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz The string.
+ * @param pcch Pointer to the length of the string. This will be
+ * decremented by the size of the code point.
+ * @param pCp Where to store the unicode code point.
+ * Stores RTUNICP_INVALID if the encoding is invalid.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrGetCpNExInternal(const char **ppsz, size_t *pcch, PRTUNICP pCp);
+
+/**
+ * Put the unicode code point at the given string position
+ * and return the pointer to the char following it.
+ *
+ * This function will not consider anything at or following the
+ * buffer area pointed to by psz. It is therefore not suitable for
+ * inserting code points into a string, only appending/overwriting.
+ *
+ * @returns pointer to the char following the written code point.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param CodePoint The code point to write.
+ * This should not be RTUNICP_INVALID or any other
+ * character out of the UTF-8 range.
+ *
+ * @remark This is a worker function for RTStrPutCp().
+ *
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrPutCpInternal(char *psz, RTUNICP CodePoint);
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position.
+ *
+ * @returns unicode code point.
+ * @returns RTUNICP_INVALID if the encoding is invalid.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ *
+ * @remark We optimize this operation by using an inline function for
+ * the most frequent and simplest sequence, the rest is
+ * handled by RTStrGetCpInternal().
+ */
+DECLINLINE(RTUNICP) RTStrGetCp(const char *psz)
+{
+ const unsigned char uch = *(const unsigned char *)psz;
+ if (!(uch & RT_BIT(7)))
+ return uch;
+ return RTStrGetCpInternal(psz);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. This will be updated to
+ * point to the char following the current code point.
+ * This is advanced one character forward on failure.
+ * @param pCp Where to store the code point.
+ * RTUNICP_INVALID is stored here on failure.
+ *
+ * @remark We optimize this operation by using an inline function for
+ * the most frequent and simplest sequence, the rest is
+ * handled by RTStrGetCpExInternal().
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTStrGetCpEx(const char **ppsz, PRTUNICP pCp)
+{
+ const unsigned char uch = **(const unsigned char **)ppsz;
+ if (!(uch & RT_BIT(7)))
+ {
+ (*ppsz)++;
+ *pCp = uch;
+ return VINF_SUCCESS;
+ }
+ return RTStrGetCpExInternal(ppsz, pCp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the unicode code point at the given string position for a string of a
+ * given maximum length.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_UTF8_ENCODING if the encoding is invalid.
+ * @retval VERR_END_OF_STRING if *pcch is 0. *pCp is set to RTUNICP_INVALID.
+ *
+ * @param ppsz Pointer to the string pointer. This will be updated to
+ * point to the char following the current code point.
+ * @param pcch Pointer to the maximum string length. This will be
+ * decremented by the size of the code point found.
+ * @param pCp Where to store the code point.
+ * RTUNICP_INVALID is stored here on failure.
+ *
+ * @remark We optimize this operation by using an inline function for
+ * the most frequent and simplest sequence, the rest is
+ * handled by RTStrGetCpNExInternal().
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RTStrGetCpNEx(const char **ppsz, size_t *pcch, PRTUNICP pCp)
+{
+ if (RT_LIKELY(*pcch != 0))
+ {
+ const unsigned char uch = **(const unsigned char **)ppsz;
+ if (!(uch & RT_BIT(7)))
+ {
+ (*ppsz)++;
+ (*pcch)--;
+ *pCp = uch;
+ return VINF_SUCCESS;
+ }
+ }
+ return RTStrGetCpNExInternal(ppsz, pcch, pCp);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the UTF-8 size in characters of a given Unicode code point.
+ *
+ * The code point is expected to be a valid Unicode one, but not necessarily in
+ * the range supported by UTF-8.
+ *
+ * @returns The number of chars (bytes) required to encode the code point, or
+ * zero if there is no UTF-8 encoding.
+ * @param CodePoint The unicode code point.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(size_t) RTStrCpSize(RTUNICP CodePoint)
+{
+ if (CodePoint < 0x00000080)
+ return 1;
+ if (CodePoint < 0x00000800)
+ return 2;
+ if (CodePoint < 0x00010000)
+ return 3;
+#ifdef RT_USE_RTC_3629
+ if (CodePoint < 0x00011000)
+ return 4;
+#else
+ if (CodePoint < 0x00200000)
+ return 4;
+ if (CodePoint < 0x04000000)
+ return 5;
+ if (CodePoint < 0x7fffffff)
+ return 6;
+#endif
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Put the unicode code point at the given string position
+ * and return the pointer to the char following it.
+ *
+ * This function will not consider anything at or following the
+ * buffer area pointed to by psz. It is therefore not suitable for
+ * inserting code points into a string, only appending/overwriting.
+ *
+ * @returns pointer to the char following the written code point.
+ * @param psz The string.
+ * @param CodePoint The code point to write.
+ * This should not be RTUNICP_INVALID or any other
+ * character out of the UTF-8 range.
+ *
+ * @remark We optimize this operation by using an inline function for
+ * the most frequent and simplest sequence, the rest is
+ * handled by RTStrPutCpInternal().
+ */
+DECLINLINE(char *) RTStrPutCp(char *psz, RTUNICP CodePoint)
+{
+ if (CodePoint < 0x80)
+ {
+ *psz++ = (char)CodePoint;
+ return psz;
+ }
+ return RTStrPutCpInternal(psz, CodePoint);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Skips ahead, past the current code point.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the char after the current code point.
+ * @param psz Pointer to the current code point.
+ * @remark This will not move the next valid code point, only past the current one.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(char *) RTStrNextCp(const char *psz)
+{
+ RTUNICP Cp;
+ RTStrGetCpEx(&psz, &Cp);
+ return (char *)psz;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Skips back to the previous code point.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the char before the current code point.
+ * @returns pszStart on failure.
+ * @param pszStart Pointer to the start of the string.
+ * @param psz Pointer to the current code point.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrPrevCp(const char *pszStart, const char *psz);
+
+
+/** @page pg_rt_str_format The IPRT Format Strings
+ *
+ * IPRT implements most of the commonly used format types and flags with the
+ * exception of floating point which is completely missing. In addition IPRT
+ * provides a number of IPRT specific format types for the IPRT typedefs and
+ * other useful things. Note that several of these extensions are similar to
+ * \%p and doesn't care much if you try add formating flags/width/precision.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 0a, The commonly used format types:
+ * - \%s - Takes a pointer to a zero terminated string (UTF-8) and
+ * prints it with the optionally adjustment (width, -) and
+ * length restriction (precision).
+ * - \%ls - Same as \%s except that the input is UTF-16 (output UTF-8).
+ * - \%Ls - Same as \%s except that the input is UCS-32 (output UTF-8).
+ * - \%S - Same as \%s, used to convert to current codeset but this is
+ * now done by the streams code. Deprecated, use \%s.
+ * - \%lS - Ditto. Deprecated, use \%ls.
+ * - \%LS - Ditto. Deprecated, use \%Ls.
+ * - \%c - Takes a char and prints it.
+ * - \%d - Takes a signed integer and prints it as decimal. Thousand
+ * separator (\'), zero padding (0), adjustment (-+), width,
+ * precision
+ * - \%i - Same as \%d.
+ * - \%u - Takes an unsigned integer and prints it as decimal. Thousand
+ * separator (\'), zero padding (0), adjustment (-+), width,
+ * precision
+ * - \%x - Takes an unsigned integer and prints it as lowercased
+ * hexadecimal. The special hash (\#) flag causes a '0x'
+ * prefixed to be printed. Zero padding (0), adjustment (-+),
+ * width, precision.
+ * - \%X - Same as \%x except that it is uppercased.
+ * - \%o - Takes an unsigned (?) integer and prints it as octal. Zero
+ * padding (0), adjustment (-+), width, precision.
+ * - \%p - Takes a pointer (void technically) and prints it. Zero
+ * padding (0), adjustment (-+), width, precision.
+ *
+ * The \%d, \%i, \%u, \%x, \%X and \%o format types support the following
+ * argument type specifiers:
+ * - \%ll - long long (uint64_t).
+ * - \%L - long long (uint64_t).
+ * - \%l - long (uint32_t, uint64_t)
+ * - \%h - short (int16_t).
+ * - \%hh - char (int8_t).
+ * - \%H - char (int8_t).
+ * - \%z - size_t.
+ * - \%j - intmax_t (int64_t).
+ * - \%t - ptrdiff_t.
+ * The type in parentheses is typical sizes, however when printing those types
+ * you are better off using the special group 2 format types below (\%RX32 and
+ * such).
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 0b, IPRT format tricks:
+ * - %M - Replaces the format string, takes a string pointer.
+ * - %N - Nested formatting, takes a pointer to a format string
+ * followed by the pointer to a va_list variable. The va_list
+ * variable will not be modified and the caller must do va_end()
+ * on it. Make sure the va_list variable is NOT in a parameter
+ * list or some gcc versions/targets may get it all wrong.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 1, the basic runtime typedefs (excluding those which obviously are
+ * pointer):
+ * - \%RTbool - Takes a bool value and prints 'true', 'false', or '!%d!'.
+ * - \%RTeic - Takes a #PCRTERRINFO value outputting 'rc: msg',
+ * or 'rc - msg' with the \# flag.
+ * - \%RTeim - Takes a #PCRTERRINFO value outputting ': msg', or
+ * ' - msg' with the \# flag.
+ * - \%RTfile - Takes a #RTFILE value.
+ * - \%RTfmode - Takes a #RTFMODE value.
+ * - \%RTfoff - Takes a #RTFOFF value.
+ * - \%RTfp16 - Takes a #RTFAR16 value.
+ * - \%RTfp32 - Takes a #RTFAR32 value.
+ * - \%RTfp64 - Takes a #RTFAR64 value.
+ * - \%RTgid - Takes a #RTGID value.
+ * - \%RTino - Takes a #RTINODE value.
+ * - \%RTint - Takes a #RTINT value.
+ * - \%RTiop - Takes a #RTIOPORT value.
+ * - \%RTldrm - Takes a #RTLDRMOD value.
+ * - \%RTmac - Takes a #PCRTMAC pointer.
+ * - \%RTnaddr - Takes a #PCRTNETADDR value.
+ * - \%RTnaipv4 - Takes a #RTNETADDRIPV4 value.
+ * - \%RTnaipv6 - Takes a #PCRTNETADDRIPV6 value.
+ * - \%RTnthrd - Takes a #RTNATIVETHREAD value.
+ * - \%RTnthrd - Takes a #RTNATIVETHREAD value.
+ * - \%RTproc - Takes a #RTPROCESS value.
+ * - \%RTptr - Takes a #RTINTPTR or #RTUINTPTR value (but not void *).
+ * - \%RTreg - Takes a #RTCCUINTREG value.
+ * - \%RTsel - Takes a #RTSEL value.
+ * - \%RTsem - Takes a #RTSEMEVENT, #RTSEMEVENTMULTI, #RTSEMMUTEX, #RTSEMFASTMUTEX, or #RTSEMRW value.
+ * - \%RTsock - Takes a #RTSOCKET value.
+ * - \%RTthrd - Takes a #RTTHREAD value.
+ * - \%RTuid - Takes a #RTUID value.
+ * - \%RTuint - Takes a #RTUINT value.
+ * - \%RTunicp - Takes a #RTUNICP value.
+ * - \%RTutf16 - Takes a #RTUTF16 value.
+ * - \%RTuuid - Takes a #PCRTUUID and will print the UUID as a string.
+ * - \%RTxuint - Takes a #RTUINT or #RTINT value, formatting it as hex.
+ * - \%RGi - Takes a #RTGCINT value.
+ * - \%RGp - Takes a #RTGCPHYS value.
+ * - \%RGr - Takes a #RTGCUINTREG value.
+ * - \%RGu - Takes a #RTGCUINT value.
+ * - \%RGv - Takes a #RTGCPTR, #RTGCINTPTR or #RTGCUINTPTR value.
+ * - \%RGx - Takes a #RTGCUINT or #RTGCINT value, formatting it as hex.
+ * - \%RHi - Takes a #RTHCINT value.
+ * - \%RHp - Takes a #RTHCPHYS value.
+ * - \%RHr - Takes a #RTHCUINTREG value.
+ * - \%RHu - Takes a #RTHCUINT value.
+ * - \%RHv - Takes a #RTHCPTR, #RTHCINTPTR or #RTHCUINTPTR value.
+ * - \%RHx - Takes a #RTHCUINT or #RTHCINT value, formatting it as hex.
+ * - \%RRv - Takes a #RTRCPTR, #RTRCINTPTR or #RTRCUINTPTR value.
+ * - \%RCi - Takes a #RTINT value.
+ * - \%RCp - Takes a #RTCCPHYS value.
+ * - \%RCr - Takes a #RTCCUINTREG value.
+ * - \%RCu - Takes a #RTUINT value.
+ * - \%RCv - Takes a #uintptr_t, #intptr_t, void * value.
+ * - \%RCx - Takes a #RTUINT or #RTINT value, formatting it as hex.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 2, the generic integer types which are prefered over relying on what
+ * bit-count a 'long', 'short', or 'long long' has on a platform. This are
+ * highly prefered for the [u]intXX_t kind of types:
+ * - \%RI[8|16|32|64] - Signed integer value of the specifed bit count.
+ * - \%RU[8|16|32|64] - Unsigned integer value of the specifed bit count.
+ * - \%RX[8|16|32|64] - Hexadecimal integer value of the specifed bit count.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 3, hex dumpers and other complex stuff which requires more than simple
+ * formatting:
+ * - \%Rhxd - Takes a pointer to the memory which is to be dumped in typical
+ * hex format. Use the precision to specify the length, and the width to
+ * set the number of bytes per line. Default width and precision is 16.
+ * - \%RhxD - Same as \%Rhxd, except that it skips duplicate lines.
+ * - \%Rhxs - Takes a pointer to the memory to be displayed as a hex string,
+ * i.e. a series of space separated bytes formatted as two digit hex value.
+ * Use the precision to specify the length. Default length is 16 bytes.
+ * The width, if specified, is ignored.
+ * The space separtor can get change to a colon by
+ * using the ' flag, and removed entirely using \#.
+ * - \%RhXd - Same as \%Rhxd, but takes an additional uint64_t
+ * value with the memory start address/offset after
+ * the memory pointer.
+ * - \%RhXD - Same as \%RhxD, but takes an additional uint64_t
+ * value with the memory start address/offset after
+ * the memory pointer.
+ * - \%RhXs - Same as \%Rhxs, but takes an additional uint64_t
+ * value with the memory start address/offset after
+ * the memory pointer.
+ *
+ * - \%Rhcb - Human readable byte size formatting, using
+ * binary unit prefixes (GiB, MiB and such). Takes a
+ * 64-bit unsigned integer as input. Does one
+ * decimal point by default, can do 0-3 via precision
+ * field. No rounding when calculating fraction.
+ * The space flag add a space between the value and
+ * unit.
+ * - \%RhcB - Same a \%Rhcb only the 'i' is skipped in the unit.
+ * - \%Rhci - SI variant of \%Rhcb, fraction is rounded.
+ * - \%Rhub - Human readable number formatting, using
+ * binary unit prefixes. Takes a 64-bit unsigned
+ * integer as input. Does one decimal point by
+ * default, can do 0-3 via precision field. No
+ * rounding when calculating fraction. The space
+ * flag add a space between the value and unit.
+ * - \%RhuB - Same a \%Rhub only the 'i' is skipped in the unit.
+ * - \%Rhui - SI variant of \%Rhub, fraction is rounded.
+ *
+ * - \%Rrc - Takes an integer iprt status code as argument. Will insert the
+ * status code define corresponding to the iprt status code.
+ * - \%Rrs - Takes an integer iprt status code as argument. Will insert the
+ * short description of the specified status code.
+ * - \%Rrf - Takes an integer iprt status code as argument. Will insert the
+ * full description of the specified status code.
+ * Note! Works like \%Rrs when IN_RT_STATIC is defined (so please avoid).
+ * - \%Rra - Takes an integer iprt status code as argument. Will insert the
+ * status code define + full description.
+ * Note! Reduced output when IN_RT_STATIC is defined (so please avoid).
+ * - \%Rwc - Takes a long Windows error code as argument. Will insert the status
+ * code define corresponding to the Windows error code.
+ * - \%Rwf - Takes a long Windows error code as argument. Will insert the
+ * full description of the specified status code.
+ * Note! Works like \%Rwc when IN_RT_STATIC is defined.
+ * - \%Rwa - Takes a long Windows error code as argument. Will insert the
+ * error code define + full description.
+ * Note! Reduced output when IN_RT_STATIC is defined (so please avoid).
+ *
+ * - \%Rhrc - Takes a COM/XPCOM status code as argument. Will insert the status
+ * code define corresponding to the Windows error code.
+ * - \%Rhrf - Takes a COM/XPCOM status code as argument. Will insert the
+ * full description of the specified status code.
+ * Note! Works like \%Rhrc when IN_RT_STATIC is
+ * defined on Windows (so please avoid).
+ * - \%Rhra - Takes a COM/XPCOM error code as argument. Will insert the
+ * error code define + full description.
+ * Note! Reduced output when IN_RT_STATIC is defined on Windows (so please avoid).
+ *
+ * - \%Rfn - Pretty printing of a function or method. It drops the
+ * return code and parameter list.
+ * - \%Rbn - Prints the base name. For dropping the path in
+ * order to save space when printing a path name.
+ *
+ * - \%lRbs - Same as \%ls except inlut is big endian UTF-16.
+ *
+ * On other platforms, \%Rw? simply prints the argument in a form of 0xXXXXXXXX.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 4, structure dumpers:
+ * - \%RDtimespec - Takes a PCRTTIMESPEC.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 5, XML / HTML, JSON and URI escapers:
+ * - \%RMas - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it as an attribute value with the proper escaping.
+ * This typically ends up in double quotes.
+ *
+ * - \%RMes - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it as an element with the necessary escaping.
+ *
+ * - \%RMjs - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it in quotes with proper JSON escaping.
+ *
+ * - \%RMpa - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it percent-encoded (RFC-3986). All reserved characters
+ * are encoded.
+ *
+ * - \%RMpf - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it percent-encoded (RFC-3986), form style. This
+ * means '+' is used to escape space (' ') and '%2B'
+ * is used to escape '+'.
+ *
+ * - \%RMpp - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it percent-encoded (RFC-3986), path style. This
+ * means '/' will not be escaped.
+ *
+ * - \%RMpq - Takes a string pointer (const char *) and outputs
+ * it percent-encoded (RFC-3986), query style. This
+ * means '+' will not be escaped.
+ *
+ *
+ * Group 6, CPU Architecture Register dumpers:
+ * - \%RAx86[reg] - Takes a 64-bit register value if the register is
+ * 64-bit or smaller. Check the code wrt which
+ * registers are implemented.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef DECLARED_FNRTSTROUTPUT /* duplicated in iprt/log.h & errcore.h */
+# define DECLARED_FNRTSTROUTPUT
+/**
+ * Output callback.
+ *
+ * @returns number of bytes written.
+ * @param pvArg User argument.
+ * @param pachChars Pointer to an array of utf-8 characters.
+ * @param cbChars Number of bytes in the character array pointed to by pachChars.
+ */
+typedef DECLCALLBACKTYPE(size_t, FNRTSTROUTPUT,(void *pvArg, const char *pachChars, size_t cbChars));
+/** Pointer to callback function. */
+typedef FNRTSTROUTPUT *PFNRTSTROUTPUT;
+#endif
+
+/** @name Format flag.
+ * These are used by RTStrFormat extensions and RTStrFormatNumber, mind
+ * that not all flags makes sense to both of the functions.
+ * @{ */
+#define RTSTR_F_CAPITAL 0x0001
+#define RTSTR_F_LEFT 0x0002
+#define RTSTR_F_ZEROPAD 0x0004
+#define RTSTR_F_SPECIAL 0x0008
+#define RTSTR_F_VALSIGNED 0x0010
+#define RTSTR_F_PLUS 0x0020
+#define RTSTR_F_BLANK 0x0040
+#define RTSTR_F_WIDTH 0x0080
+#define RTSTR_F_PRECISION 0x0100
+#define RTSTR_F_THOUSAND_SEP 0x0200
+#define RTSTR_F_OBFUSCATE_PTR 0x0400
+
+#define RTSTR_F_BIT_MASK 0xf800
+#define RTSTR_F_8BIT 0x0800
+#define RTSTR_F_16BIT 0x1000
+#define RTSTR_F_32BIT 0x2000
+#define RTSTR_F_64BIT 0x4000
+#define RTSTR_F_128BIT 0x8000
+/** @} */
+
+/** @def RTSTR_GET_BIT_FLAG
+ * Gets the bit flag for the specified type.
+ */
+#define RTSTR_GET_BIT_FLAG(type) \
+ ( sizeof(type) * 8 == 32 ? RTSTR_F_32BIT \
+ : sizeof(type) * 8 == 64 ? RTSTR_F_64BIT \
+ : sizeof(type) * 8 == 16 ? RTSTR_F_16BIT \
+ : sizeof(type) * 8 == 8 ? RTSTR_F_8BIT \
+ : sizeof(type) * 8 == 128 ? RTSTR_F_128BIT \
+ : 0)
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback to format non-standard format specifiers.
+ *
+ * @returns The number of bytes formatted.
+ * @param pvArg Formatter argument.
+ * @param pfnOutput Pointer to output function.
+ * @param pvArgOutput Argument for the output function.
+ * @param ppszFormat Pointer to the format string pointer. Advance this till the char
+ * after the format specifier.
+ * @param pArgs Pointer to the argument list. Use this to fetch the arguments.
+ * @param cchWidth Format Width. -1 if not specified.
+ * @param cchPrecision Format Precision. -1 if not specified.
+ * @param fFlags Flags (RTSTR_NTFS_*).
+ * @param chArgSize The argument size specifier, 'l' or 'L'.
+ */
+typedef DECLCALLBACKTYPE(size_t, FNSTRFORMAT,(void *pvArg, PFNRTSTROUTPUT pfnOutput, void *pvArgOutput,
+ const char **ppszFormat, va_list *pArgs, int cchWidth,
+ int cchPrecision, unsigned fFlags, char chArgSize));
+/** Pointer to a FNSTRFORMAT() function. */
+typedef FNSTRFORMAT *PFNSTRFORMAT;
+
+
+/**
+ * Partial implementation of a printf like formatter.
+ * It doesn't do everything correct, and there is no floating point support.
+ * However, it supports custom formats by the means of a format callback.
+ *
+ * @returns number of bytes formatted.
+ * @param pfnOutput Output worker.
+ * Called in two ways. Normally with a string and its length.
+ * For termination, it's called with NULL for string, 0 for length.
+ * @param pvArgOutput Argument to the output worker.
+ * @param pfnFormat Custom format worker.
+ * @param pvArgFormat Argument to the format worker.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param InArgs Argument list.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrFormatV(PFNRTSTROUTPUT pfnOutput, void *pvArgOutput, PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArgFormat,
+ const char *pszFormat, va_list InArgs) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Partial implementation of a printf like formatter.
+ *
+ * It doesn't do everything correct, and there is no floating point support.
+ * However, it supports custom formats by the means of a format callback.
+ *
+ * @returns number of bytes formatted.
+ * @param pfnOutput Output worker.
+ * Called in two ways. Normally with a string and its length.
+ * For termination, it's called with NULL for string, 0 for length.
+ * @param pvArgOutput Argument to the output worker.
+ * @param pfnFormat Custom format worker.
+ * @param pvArgFormat Argument to the format worker.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... Argument list.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrFormat(PFNRTSTROUTPUT pfnOutput, void *pvArgOutput, PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArgFormat,
+ const char *pszFormat, ...) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 6);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an integer number according to the parameters.
+ *
+ * @returns Length of the formatted number.
+ * @param psz Pointer to output string buffer of sufficient size.
+ * @param u64Value Value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrFormatNumber(char *psz, uint64_t u64Value, unsigned int uiBase, signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision,
+ unsigned int fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 8-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param u8Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU8(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, uint8_t u8Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 16-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param u16Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU16(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, uint16_t u16Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 32-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param u32Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU32(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, uint32_t u32Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 64-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param u64Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU64(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, uint64_t u64Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 128-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pu128Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ * @remarks The current implementation is limited to base 16 and doesn't do
+ * width or precision and probably ignores few flags too.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU128(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTUINT128U pu128Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 256-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pu256Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ * @remarks The current implementation is limited to base 16 and doesn't do
+ * width or precision and probably ignores few flags too.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU256(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTUINT256U pu256Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an unsigned 512-bit number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pu512Value The value to format.
+ * @param uiBase Number representation base.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ * @remarks The current implementation is limited to base 16 and doesn't do
+ * width or precision and probably ignores few flags too.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatU512(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTUINT512U pu512Value, unsigned int uiBase,
+ signed int cchWidth, signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an 32-bit extended floating point number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pr32Value The value to format.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatR32(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTFLOAT32U pr32Value, signed int cchWidth,
+ signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an 64-bit extended floating point number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pr64Value The value to format.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatR64(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTFLOAT64U pr64Value, signed int cchWidth,
+ signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+#if !defined(__IBMCPP__) && !defined(__IBMC__)
+
+/**
+ * Formats an 80-bit extended floating point number.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pr80Value The value to format.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatR80(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTFLOAT80U pr80Value, signed int cchWidth,
+ signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/**
+ * Formats an 80-bit extended floating point number, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the formatted number or VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW.
+ * @param pszBuf The output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pr80Value The value to format.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags, RTSTR_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrFormatR80u2(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, PCRTFLOAT80U2 pr80Value, signed int cchWidth,
+ signed int cchPrecision, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+#endif /* uint16_t bitfields doesn't work */
+
+
+/**
+ * Callback for formatting a type.
+ *
+ * This is registered using the RTStrFormatTypeRegister function and will
+ * be called during string formatting to handle the specified %R[type].
+ * The argument for this format type is assumed to be a pointer and it's
+ * passed in the @a pvValue argument.
+ *
+ * @returns Length of the formatted output.
+ * @param pfnOutput Output worker.
+ * @param pvArgOutput Argument to the output worker.
+ * @param pszType The type name.
+ * @param pvValue The argument value.
+ * @param cchWidth Width.
+ * @param cchPrecision Precision.
+ * @param fFlags Flags (NTFS_*).
+ * @param pvUser The user argument.
+ */
+typedef DECLCALLBACKTYPE(size_t, FNRTSTRFORMATTYPE,(PFNRTSTROUTPUT pfnOutput, void *pvArgOutput,
+ const char *pszType, void const *pvValue,
+ int cchWidth, int cchPrecision, unsigned fFlags,
+ void *pvUser));
+/** Pointer to a FNRTSTRFORMATTYPE. */
+typedef FNRTSTRFORMATTYPE *PFNRTSTRFORMATTYPE;
+
+
+/**
+ * Register a format handler for a type.
+ *
+ * The format handler is used to handle '%R[type]' format types, where the argument
+ * in the vector is a pointer value (a bit restrictive, but keeps it simple).
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure that no other thread will be making use of any of
+ * the dynamic formatting type facilities simultaneously with this call.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_ALREADY_EXISTS if the type has already been registered.
+ * @retval VERR_TOO_MANY_OPEN_FILES if all the type slots has been allocated already.
+ *
+ * @param pszType The type name.
+ * @param pfnHandler The handler address. See FNRTSTRFORMATTYPE for details.
+ * @param pvUser The user argument to pass to the handler. See RTStrFormatTypeSetUser
+ * for how to update this later.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrFormatTypeRegister(const char *pszType, PFNRTSTRFORMATTYPE pfnHandler, void *pvUser);
+
+/**
+ * Deregisters a format type.
+ *
+ * The caller must ensure that no other thread will be making use of any of
+ * the dynamic formatting type facilities simultaneously with this call.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND if not found.
+ *
+ * @param pszType The type to deregister.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrFormatTypeDeregister(const char *pszType);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the user argument for a type.
+ *
+ * This can be used if a user argument needs relocating in GC.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND if not found.
+ *
+ * @param pszType The type to update.
+ * @param pvUser The new user argument value.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrFormatTypeSetUser(const char *pszType, void *pvUser);
+
+
+/**
+ * String printf.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the returned string (in pszBuffer) excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cchBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use RTStrPrintf2V! Problematic return value on overflow.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrPrintfV(char *pszBuffer, size_t cchBuffer, const char *pszFormat, va_list args) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(3, 0);
+
+/**
+ * String printf.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the returned string (in pszBuffer) excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cchBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use RTStrPrintf2! Problematic return value on overflow.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrPrintf(char *pszBuffer, size_t cchBuffer, const char *pszFormat, ...) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(3, 4);
+
+/**
+ * String printf with custom formatting.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the returned string (in pszBuffer) excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pfnFormat Pointer to handler function for the custom formats.
+ * @param pvArg Argument to the pfnFormat function.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cchBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use RTStrPrintf2ExV! Problematic return value on overflow.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrPrintfExV(PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArg, char *pszBuffer, size_t cchBuffer,
+ const char *pszFormat, va_list args) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 0);
+
+/**
+ * String printf with custom formatting.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the returned string (in pszBuffer) excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param pfnFormat Pointer to handler function for the custom formats.
+ * @param pvArg Argument to the pfnFormat function.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cchBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Use RTStrPrintf2Ex! Problematic return value on overflow.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrPrintfEx(PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArg, char *pszBuffer, size_t cchBuffer,
+ const char *pszFormat, ...) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 6);
+
+/**
+ * String printf, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns On success, positive count of formatted character excluding the
+ * terminator. On buffer overflow, negative number giving the required
+ * buffer size (including terminator char).
+ *
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrPrintf2V(char *pszBuffer, size_t cbBuffer, const char *pszFormat, va_list args) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(3, 0);
+
+/**
+ * String printf, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns On success, positive count of formatted character excluding the
+ * terminator. On buffer overflow, negative number giving the required
+ * buffer size (including terminator char).
+ *
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrPrintf2(char *pszBuffer, size_t cbBuffer, const char *pszFormat, ...) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(3, 4);
+
+/**
+ * String printf with custom formatting, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns On success, positive count of formatted character excluding the
+ * terminator. On buffer overflow, negative number giving the required
+ * buffer size (including terminator char).
+ *
+ * @param pfnFormat Pointer to handler function for the custom formats.
+ * @param pvArg Argument to the pfnFormat function.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrPrintf2ExV(PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArg, char *pszBuffer, size_t cbBuffer,
+ const char *pszFormat, va_list args) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 0);
+
+/**
+ * String printf with custom formatting, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns On success, positive count of formatted character excluding the
+ * terminator. On buffer overflow, negative number giving the required
+ * buffer size (including terminator char).
+ *
+ * @param pfnFormat Pointer to handler function for the custom formats.
+ * @param pvArg Argument to the pfnFormat function.
+ * @param pszBuffer Output buffer.
+ * @param cbBuffer Size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(ssize_t) RTStrPrintf2Ex(PFNSTRFORMAT pfnFormat, void *pvArg, char *pszBuffer, size_t cbBuffer,
+ const char *pszFormat, ...) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(5, 6);
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the string in the returned *ppszBuffer excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @returns -1 on failure.
+ * @param ppszBuffer Where to store the pointer to the allocated output buffer.
+ * The buffer should be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * On failure *ppszBuffer will be set to NULL.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ */
+#define RTStrAPrintfV(ppszBuffer, pszFormat, args) RTStrAPrintfVTag((ppszBuffer), (pszFormat), (args), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the string in the returned *ppszBuffer excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @returns -1 on failure.
+ * @param ppszBuffer Where to store the pointer to the allocated output buffer.
+ * The buffer should be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * On failure *ppszBuffer will be set to NULL.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrAPrintfVTag(char **ppszBuffer, const char *pszFormat, va_list args, const char *pszTag) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(2, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf.
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the string in the returned *ppszBuffer excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @returns -1 on failure.
+ * @param ppszBuffer Where to store the pointer to the allocated output buffer.
+ * The buffer should be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * On failure *ppszBuffer will be set to NULL.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(2, 3) RTStrAPrintf(char **ppszBuffer, const char *pszFormat, ...)
+{
+ int cbRet;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, pszFormat);
+ cbRet = RTStrAPrintfVTag(ppszBuffer, pszFormat, va, RTSTR_TAG);
+ va_end(va);
+ return cbRet;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns The length of the string in the returned *ppszBuffer excluding the
+ * terminator.
+ * @returns -1 on failure.
+ * @param ppszBuffer Where to store the pointer to the allocated output buffer.
+ * The buffer should be freed using RTStrFree().
+ * On failure *ppszBuffer will be set to NULL.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(int) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(3, 4) RTStrAPrintfTag(char **ppszBuffer, const char *pszTag, const char *pszFormat, ...)
+{
+ int cbRet;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, pszFormat);
+ cbRet = RTStrAPrintfVTag(ppszBuffer, pszFormat, va, pszTag);
+ va_end(va);
+ return cbRet;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns Formatted string. Use RTStrFree() to free it. NULL when out of
+ * memory.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ */
+#define RTStrAPrintf2V(pszFormat, args) RTStrAPrintf2VTag((pszFormat), (args), RTSTR_TAG)
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf, version 2.
+ *
+ * @returns Formatted string. Use RTStrFree() to free it. NULL when out of
+ * memory.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param args The format argument.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrAPrintf2VTag(const char *pszFormat, va_list args, const char *pszTag) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(1, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf, version 2 (default tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Formatted string. Use RTStrFree() to free it. NULL when out of
+ * memory.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(char *) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(1, 2) RTStrAPrintf2(const char *pszFormat, ...)
+{
+ char *pszRet;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, pszFormat);
+ pszRet = RTStrAPrintf2VTag(pszFormat, va, RTSTR_TAG);
+ va_end(va);
+ return pszRet;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Allocating string printf, version 2 (custom tag).
+ *
+ * @returns Formatted string. Use RTStrFree() to free it. NULL when out of
+ * memory.
+ * @param pszTag Allocation tag used for statistics and such.
+ * @param pszFormat Pointer to the format string, @see pg_rt_str_format.
+ * @param ... The format argument.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(char *) RT_IPRT_FORMAT_ATTR(2, 3) RTStrAPrintf2Tag(const char *pszTag, const char *pszFormat, ...)
+{
+ char *pszRet;
+ va_list va;
+ va_start(va, pszFormat);
+ pszRet = RTStrAPrintf2VTag(pszFormat, va, pszTag);
+ va_end(va);
+ return pszRet;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Strips blankspaces from both ends of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to first non-blank char in the string.
+ * @param psz The string to strip.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrStrip(char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Strips blankspaces from the start of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to first non-blank char in the string.
+ * @param psz The string to strip.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrStripL(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Strips blankspaces from the end of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns psz.
+ * @param psz The string to strip.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrStripR(char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * String copy with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param pszDst The destination buffer.
+ * @param cbDst The size of the destination buffer (in bytes).
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCopy(char *pszDst, size_t cbDst, const char *pszSrc);
+
+/**
+ * String copy with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param pszDst The destination buffer.
+ * @param cbDst The size of the destination buffer (in bytes).
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ * @param cchSrcMax The maximum number of chars (not code points) to
+ * copy from the source string, not counting the
+ * terminator as usual.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCopyEx(char *pszDst, size_t cbDst, const char *pszSrc, size_t cchSrcMax);
+
+/**
+ * String copy with overflow handling and buffer advancing.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param ppszDst Pointer to the destination buffer pointer.
+ * This will be advanced to the end of the copied
+ * bytes (points at the terminator). This is also
+ * updated on overflow.
+ * @param pcbDst Pointer to the destination buffer size
+ * variable. This will be updated in accord with
+ * the buffer pointer.
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCopyP(char **ppszDst, size_t *pcbDst, const char *pszSrc);
+
+/**
+ * String copy with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param ppszDst Pointer to the destination buffer pointer.
+ * This will be advanced to the end of the copied
+ * bytes (points at the terminator). This is also
+ * updated on overflow.
+ * @param pcbDst Pointer to the destination buffer size
+ * variable. This will be updated in accord with
+ * the buffer pointer.
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ * @param cchSrcMax The maximum number of chars (not code points) to
+ * copy from the source string, not counting the
+ * terminator as usual.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCopyPEx(char **ppszDst, size_t *pcbDst, const char *pszSrc, size_t cchSrcMax);
+
+/**
+ * String concatenation with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param pszDst The destination buffer.
+ * @param cbDst The size of the destination buffer (in bytes).
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCat(char *pszDst, size_t cbDst, const char *pszSrc);
+
+/**
+ * String concatenation with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param pszDst The destination buffer.
+ * @param cbDst The size of the destination buffer (in bytes).
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ * @param cchSrcMax The maximum number of chars (not code points) to
+ * copy from the source string, not counting the
+ * terminator as usual.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCatEx(char *pszDst, size_t cbDst, const char *pszSrc, size_t cchSrcMax);
+
+/**
+ * String concatenation with overflow handling.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param ppszDst Pointer to the destination buffer pointer.
+ * This will be advanced to the end of the copied
+ * bytes (points at the terminator). This is also
+ * updated on overflow.
+ * @param pcbDst Pointer to the destination buffer size
+ * variable. This will be updated in accord with
+ * the buffer pointer.
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCatP(char **ppszDst, size_t *pcbDst, const char *pszSrc);
+
+/**
+ * String concatenation with overflow handling and buffer advancing.
+ *
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS on success.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the destination buffer is too small. The
+ * buffer will contain as much of the string as it can hold, fully
+ * terminated.
+ *
+ * @param ppszDst Pointer to the destination buffer pointer.
+ * This will be advanced to the end of the copied
+ * bytes (points at the terminator). This is also
+ * updated on overflow.
+ * @param pcbDst Pointer to the destination buffer size
+ * variable. This will be updated in accord with
+ * the buffer pointer.
+ * @param pszSrc The source string. NULL is not OK.
+ * @param cchSrcMax The maximum number of chars (not code points) to
+ * copy from the source string, not counting the
+ * terminator as usual.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCatPEx(char **ppszDst, size_t *pcbDst, const char *pszSrc, size_t cchSrcMax);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case sensitive string compare between two UTF-8 strings.
+ *
+ * Encoding errors are ignored by the current implementation. So, the only
+ * difference between this and the CRT strcmp function is the handling of
+ * NULL arguments.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrCmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case sensitive string compare between two UTF-8 strings, given
+ * a maximum string length.
+ *
+ * Encoding errors are ignored by the current implementation. So, the only
+ * difference between this and the CRT strncmp function is the handling of
+ * NULL arguments.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param cchMax The maximum string length
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrNCmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case insensitive string compare between two UTF-8 strings.
+ *
+ * This is a simplified compare, as only the simplified lower/upper case folding
+ * specified by the unicode specs are used. It does not consider character pairs
+ * as they are used in some languages, just simple upper & lower case compares.
+ *
+ * The result is the difference between the mismatching codepoints after they
+ * both have been lower cased.
+ *
+ * If the string encoding is invalid the function will assert (strict builds)
+ * and use RTStrCmp for the remainder of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrICmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case insensitive string compare between two UTF-8 strings, given a
+ * maximum string length.
+ *
+ * This is a simplified compare, as only the simplified lower/upper case folding
+ * specified by the unicode specs are used. It does not consider character pairs
+ * as they are used in some languages, just simple upper & lower case compares.
+ *
+ * The result is the difference between the mismatching codepoints after they
+ * both have been lower cased.
+ *
+ * If the string encoding is invalid the function will assert (strict builds)
+ * and use RTStrNCmp for the remainder of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param cchMax Maximum string length
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrNICmp(const char *psz1, const char *psz2, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case insensitive string compare between a UTF-8 string and a 7-bit
+ * ASCII string.
+ *
+ * This is potentially faster than RTStrICmp and drags in less dependencies. It
+ * is really handy for hardcoded inputs.
+ *
+ * If the string encoding is invalid the function will assert (strict builds)
+ * and use RTStrCmp for the remainder of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second string, 7-bit ASCII. Null is allowed.
+ * @sa RTStrICmp, RTUtf16ICmpAscii
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrICmpAscii(const char *psz1, const char *psz2);
+
+/**
+ * Performs a case insensitive string compare between a UTF-8 string and a 7-bit
+ * ASCII string, given a maximum string length.
+ *
+ * This is potentially faster than RTStrNICmp and drags in less dependencies.
+ * It is really handy for hardcoded inputs.
+ *
+ * If the string encoding is invalid the function will assert (strict builds)
+ * and use RTStrNCmp for the remainder of the string.
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ * @param psz1 First UTF-8 string. Null is allowed.
+ * @param psz2 Second string, 7-bit ASCII. Null is allowed.
+ * @param cchMax Maximum string length
+ * @sa RTStrNICmp, RTUtf16NICmpAscii
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrNICmpAscii(const char *psz1, const char *psz2, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether @a pszString starts with @a pszStart.
+ *
+ * @returns true / false.
+ * @param pszString The string to check.
+ * @param pszStart The start string to check for.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrStartsWith(const char *pszString, const char *pszStart);
+
+/**
+ * Checks whether @a pszString starts with @a pszStart, case insensitive.
+ *
+ * @returns true / false.
+ * @param pszString The string to check.
+ * @param pszStart The start string to check for.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrIStartsWith(const char *pszString, const char *pszStart);
+
+/**
+ * Splits a string buffer with a given separator into separate strings.
+ * If no separators are found, no strings are returned. Consequtive separators will be skipped.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * @param pcszStrings String buffer to split.
+ * @param cbStrings Size (in bytes) of string buffer to split, including terminator.
+ * @param pcszSeparator Separator to use / find for splitting strings.
+ * @param ppapszStrings Where to return the allocated string array on success. Needs to be free'd by the caller.
+ * @param pcStrings Where to return the number of split strings in \a ppapszStrings.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrSplit(const char *pcszStrings, size_t cbStrings,
+ const char *pcszSeparator, char ***ppapszStrings, size_t *pcStrings);
+
+/**
+ * Locates a case sensitive substring.
+ *
+ * If any of the two strings are NULL, then NULL is returned. If the needle is
+ * an empty string, then the haystack is returned (i.e. matches anything).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first occurrence of the substring if found, NULL if
+ * not.
+ *
+ * @param pszHaystack The string to search.
+ * @param pszNeedle The substring to search for.
+ *
+ * @remarks The difference between this and strstr is the handling of NULL
+ * pointers.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrStr(const char *pszHaystack, const char *pszNeedle);
+
+/**
+ * Locates a case insensitive substring.
+ *
+ * If any of the two strings are NULL, then NULL is returned. If the needle is
+ * an empty string, then the haystack is returned (i.e. matches anything).
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first occurrence of the substring if found, NULL if
+ * not.
+ *
+ * @param pszHaystack The string to search.
+ * @param pszNeedle The substring to search for.
+ *
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrIStr(const char *pszHaystack, const char *pszNeedle);
+
+/**
+ * Converts the string to lower case.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the converted string.
+ * @param psz The string to convert.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrToLower(char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Converts the string to upper case.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the converted string.
+ * @param psz The string to convert.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrToUpper(char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the string is case foldable, i.e. whether it would change if
+ * subject to RTStrToLower or RTStrToUpper.
+ *
+ * @returns true / false
+ * @param psz The string in question.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrIsCaseFoldable(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the string is upper cased (no lower case chars in it).
+ *
+ * @returns true / false
+ * @param psz The string in question.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrIsUpperCased(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Checks if the string is lower cased (no upper case chars in it).
+ *
+ * @returns true / false
+ * @param psz The string in question.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrIsLowerCased(const char *psz);
+
+/**
+ * Find the length of a zero-terminated byte string, given
+ * a max string length.
+ *
+ * See also RTStrNLenEx.
+ *
+ * @returns The string length or cbMax. The returned length does not include
+ * the zero terminator if it was found.
+ *
+ * @param pszString The string.
+ * @param cchMax The max string length.
+ */
+RTDECL(size_t) RTStrNLen(const char *pszString, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Find the length of a zero-terminated byte string, given
+ * a max string length.
+ *
+ * See also RTStrNLen.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS if the string has a length less than cchMax.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the end of the string wasn't found
+ * before cchMax was reached.
+ *
+ * @param pszString The string.
+ * @param cchMax The max string length.
+ * @param pcch Where to store the string length excluding the
+ * terminator. This is set to cchMax if the terminator
+ * isn't found.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrNLenEx(const char *pszString, size_t cchMax, size_t *pcch);
+
+/** The maximum size argument of a memchr call. */
+#define RTSTR_MEMCHR_MAX ((~(size_t)0 >> 1) - 15)
+
+/**
+ * Find the zero terminator in a string with a limited length.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the zero terminator.
+ * @returns NULL if the zero terminator was not found.
+ *
+ * @param pszString The string.
+ * @param cchMax The max string length. RTSTR_MAX is fine.
+ */
+RTDECL(char *) RTStrEnd(char const *pszString, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Finds the offset at which a simple character first occurs in a string.
+ *
+ * @returns The offset of the first occurence or the terminator offset.
+ * @param pszHaystack The string to search.
+ * @param chNeedle The character to search for.
+ */
+DECLINLINE(size_t) RTStrOffCharOrTerm(const char *pszHaystack, char chNeedle)
+{
+ const char *psz = pszHaystack;
+ char ch;
+ while ( (ch = *psz) != chNeedle
+ && ch != '\0')
+ psz++;
+ return (size_t)(psz - pszHaystack);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Matches a simple string pattern.
+ *
+ * @returns true if the string matches the pattern, otherwise false.
+ *
+ * @param pszPattern The pattern. Special chars are '*' and '?', where the
+ * asterisk matches zero or more characters and question
+ * mark matches exactly one character.
+ * @param pszString The string to match against the pattern.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrSimplePatternMatch(const char *pszPattern, const char *pszString);
+
+/**
+ * Matches a simple string pattern, neither which needs to be zero terminated.
+ *
+ * This is identical to RTStrSimplePatternMatch except that you can optionally
+ * specify the length of both the pattern and the string. The function will
+ * stop when it hits a string terminator or either of the lengths.
+ *
+ * @returns true if the string matches the pattern, otherwise false.
+ *
+ * @param pszPattern The pattern. Special chars are '*' and '?', where the
+ * asterisk matches zero or more characters and question
+ * mark matches exactly one character.
+ * @param cchPattern The pattern length. Pass RTSTR_MAX if you don't know the
+ * length and wish to stop at the string terminator.
+ * @param pszString The string to match against the pattern.
+ * @param cchString The string length. Pass RTSTR_MAX if you don't know the
+ * length and wish to match up to the string terminator.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrSimplePatternNMatch(const char *pszPattern, size_t cchPattern,
+ const char *pszString, size_t cchString);
+
+/**
+ * Matches multiple patterns against a string.
+ *
+ * The patterns are separated by the pipe character (|).
+ *
+ * @returns true if the string matches the pattern, otherwise false.
+ *
+ * @param pszPatterns The patterns.
+ * @param cchPatterns The lengths of the patterns to use. Pass RTSTR_MAX to
+ * stop at the terminator.
+ * @param pszString The string to match against the pattern.
+ * @param cchString The string length. Pass RTSTR_MAX stop stop at the
+ * terminator.
+ * @param poffPattern Offset into the patterns string of the patttern that
+ * matched. If no match, this will be set to RTSTR_MAX.
+ * This is optional, NULL is fine.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrSimplePatternMultiMatch(const char *pszPatterns, size_t cchPatterns,
+ const char *pszString, size_t cchString,
+ size_t *poffPattern);
+
+/**
+ * Compares two version strings RTStrICmp fashion.
+ *
+ * The version string is split up into sections at punctuation, spaces,
+ * underscores, dashes and plus signs. The sections are then split up into
+ * numeric and string sub-sections. Finally, the sub-sections are compared
+ * in a numeric or case insesntivie fashion depending on what they are.
+ *
+ * The following strings are considered to be equal: "1.0.0", "1.00.0", "1.0",
+ * "1". These aren't: "1.0.0r993", "1.0", "1.0r993", "1.0_Beta3", "1.1"
+ *
+ * @returns < 0 if the first string less than the second string.
+ * @returns 0 if the first string identical to the second string.
+ * @returns > 0 if the first string greater than the second string.
+ *
+ * @param pszVer1 First version string to compare.
+ * @param pszVer2 Second version string to compare first version with.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrVersionCompare(const char *pszVer1, const char *pszVer2);
+
+
+/** @defgroup rt_str_conv String To/From Number Conversions
+ * @{ */
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit unsigned number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu64 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt64Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint64_t *pu64);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit unsigned number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu64 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt64Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint64_t *pu64);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit unsigned number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 64-bit unsigned number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint64_t) RTStrToUInt64(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit unsigned number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu32 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt32Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint32_t *pu32);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit unsigned number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu32 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt32Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint32_t *pu32);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit unsigned number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 32-bit unsigned number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTStrToUInt32(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit unsigned number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu16 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt16Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint16_t *pu16);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit unsigned number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu16 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt16Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint16_t *pu16);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit unsigned number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 16-bit unsigned number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint16_t) RTStrToUInt16(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit unsigned number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu8 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt8Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint8_t *pu8);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit unsigned number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_NEGATIVE_UNSIGNED
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pu8 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToUInt8Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, uint8_t *pu8);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit unsigned number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 8-bit unsigned number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint8_t) RTStrToUInt8(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit signed number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi64 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt64Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int64_t *pi64);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit signed number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi64 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt64Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int64_t *pi64);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 64-bit signed number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 64-bit signed number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(int64_t) RTStrToInt64(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit signed number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi32 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt32Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int32_t *pi32);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit signed number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi32 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt32Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int32_t *pi32);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 32-bit signed number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 32-bit signed number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(int32_t) RTStrToInt32(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit signed number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi16 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt16Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int16_t *pi16);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit signed number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi16 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt16Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int16_t *pi16);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 16-bit signed number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 16-bit signed number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(int16_t) RTStrToInt16(const char *pszValue);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit signed number.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char
+ * following the number. (Optional)
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi8 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt8Ex(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int8_t *pi8);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit signed number,
+ * making sure the full string is converted.
+ *
+ * @returns iprt status code.
+ * Warnings are used to indicate conversion problems.
+ * @retval VWRN_NUMBER_TOO_BIG
+ * @retval VINF_SUCCESS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VERR_TRAILING_SPACES
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ *
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ * @param uBaseAndMaxLen The low byte is the base of the representation, the
+ * upper 24 bits are the max length to parse. If the base
+ * is zero the function will look for known prefixes before
+ * defaulting to 10. A max length of zero means no length
+ * restriction.
+ * @param pi8 Where to store the converted number. (optional)
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToInt8Full(const char *pszValue, unsigned uBaseAndMaxLen, int8_t *pi8);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string representation of a number to a 8-bit signed number.
+ * The base is guessed.
+ *
+ * @returns 8-bit signed number on success.
+ * @returns 0 on failure.
+ * @param pszValue Pointer to the string value.
+ */
+RTDECL(int8_t) RTStrToInt8(const char *pszValue);
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string to long double floating point, extended edition.
+ *
+ * Please note that long double can be double precision, extended precision, or
+ * quad precision floating point depending on the platform and architecture. See
+ * RT_COMPILER_WITH_128BIT_LONG_DOUBLE and RT_COMPILER_WITH_80BIT_LONG_DOUBLE.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS if no valid digits found.
+ * @retval VWRN_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow with denormal/subnormal return
+ * value
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow, value set to +/- zero.
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_OVERFLOW on overflow, value set to +/- infinity.
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ *
+ * @param pszValue The string to parse.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char following
+ * the number. Optional.
+ * @param cchMax Max number of character to parse. Zero means unlimited.
+ * @param plrd Where to return the number. Optional.
+ *
+ * @note This code isn't entirely perfect yet. It could exhibit rounding
+ * differences compared to strtold & the compiler, and extreme value
+ * may overflow/underflow prematurely depending on the build config.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToLongDoubleEx(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, size_t cchMax, long double *plrd);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string to double precision floating point, extended edition.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS if no valid digits found.
+ * @retval VWRN_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow with denormal/subnormal return
+ * value
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow, value set to +/- zero.
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_OVERFLOW on overflow, value set to +/- infinity.
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ *
+ * @param pszValue The string to parse.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char following
+ * the number. Optional.
+ * @param cchMax Max number of character to parse. Zero means unlimited.
+ * @param prd Where to return the number. Optional.
+ *
+ * @note This code isn't entirely perfect yet. It could exhibit rounding
+ * differences compared to strtold & the compiler, and extreme value
+ * may overflow/underflow prematurely depending on the build config.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToDoubleEx(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, size_t cchMax, double *prd);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string to single precision floating point, extended edition.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS if no valid digits found.
+ * @retval VWRN_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow with denormal/subnormal return
+ * value
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_UNDERFLOW on underflow, value set to +/- zero.
+ * @retval VERR_FLOAT_OVERFLOW on overflow, value set to +/- infinity.
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ *
+ * @param pszValue The string to parse.
+ * @param ppszNext Where to store the pointer to the first char following
+ * the number. Optional.
+ * @param cchMax Max number of character to parse. Zero means unlimited.
+ * @param pr Where to return the number. Optional.
+ *
+ * @note This code isn't entirely perfect yet. It could exhibit rounding
+ * differences compared to strtold & the compiler, and extreme value
+ * may overflow/underflow prematurely depending on the build config.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrToFloatEx(const char *pszValue, char **ppszNext, size_t cchMax, float *pr);
+
+
+/**
+ * Gets a long double NaN.
+ *
+ * @returns NaN value.
+ * @param pszTag Optional NaN tag for modifying the NaN value. We
+ * recognizes a string of hex digits for inserting into the
+ * fraction part. This may be followed 'quiet' or
+ * 'signaling', ignoring case and requiring at only the
+ * first character. The two components may be separated by
+ * zero or more '_' characters. Any other stuff in the tag
+ * will be ignored.
+ *
+ * If the tag is empty or we cannot grok any of it, we'll
+ * return a default quiet NaN.
+ * @param fPositive Whether the NaN value should be positive or negative
+ * (for what that's worth).
+ */
+RTDECL(long double) RTStrNanLongDouble(const char *pszTag, bool fPositive);
+
+/**
+ * Gets a double NaN.
+ *
+ * @returns NaN value.
+ * @param pszTag Optional NaN tag for modifying the NaN value. We
+ * recognizes a string of hex digits for inserting into the
+ * fraction part. This may be followed 'quiet' or
+ * 'signaling', ignoring case and requiring at only the
+ * first character. The two components may be separated by
+ * zero or more '_' characters. Any other stuff in the tag
+ * will be ignored.
+ *
+ * If the tag is empty or we cannot grok any of it, we'll
+ * return a default quiet NaN.
+ * @param fPositive Whether the NaN value should be positive or negative
+ * (for what that's worth).
+ */
+RTDECL(double) RTStrNanDouble(const char *pszTag, bool fPositive);
+
+/**
+ * Gets a float NaN.
+ *
+ * @returns NaN value.
+ * @param pszTag Optional NaN tag for modifying the NaN value. We
+ * recognizes a string of hex digits for inserting into the
+ * fraction part. This may be followed 'quiet' or
+ * 'signaling', ignoring case and requiring at only the
+ * first character. The two components may be separated by
+ * zero or more '_' characters. Any other stuff in the tag
+ * will be ignored.
+ *
+ * If the tag is empty or we cannot grok any of it, we'll
+ * return a default quiet NaN.
+ * @param fPositive Whether the NaN value should be positive or negative
+ * (for what that's worth).
+ */
+RTDECL(float) RTStrNanFloat(const char *pszTag, bool fPositive);
+
+/**
+ * Formats a buffer stream as hex bytes.
+ *
+ * The default is no separating spaces or line breaks or anything.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_POINTER if any of the pointers are wrong.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the buffer is insufficent to hold the bytes.
+ *
+ * @param pszBuf Output string buffer.
+ * @param cbBuf The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param pv Pointer to the bytes to stringify.
+ * @param cb The number of bytes to stringify.
+ * @param fFlags Combination of RTSTRPRINTHEXBYTES_F_XXX values.
+ * @sa RTUtf16PrintHexBytes.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrPrintHexBytes(char *pszBuf, size_t cbBuf, void const *pv, size_t cb, uint32_t fFlags);
+/** @name RTSTRPRINTHEXBYTES_F_XXX - flags for RTStrPrintHexBytes and RTUtf16PritnHexBytes.
+ * @{ */
+/** Upper case hex digits, the default is lower case. */
+#define RTSTRPRINTHEXBYTES_F_UPPER RT_BIT(0)
+/** Add a space between each group. */
+#define RTSTRPRINTHEXBYTES_F_SEP_SPACE RT_BIT(1)
+/** Add a colon between each group. */
+#define RTSTRPRINTHEXBYTES_F_SEP_COLON RT_BIT(2)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string of hex bytes back into binary data.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_POINTER if any of the pointers are wrong.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the string contains too many hex bytes.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_UNDERFLOW if there aren't enough hex bytes to fill up
+ * the output buffer.
+ * @retval VERR_UNEVEN_INPUT if the input contains a half byte.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ *
+ * @param pszHex The string containing the hex bytes.
+ * @param pv Output buffer.
+ * @param cb The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param fFlags RTSTRCONVERTHEXBYTES_F_XXX.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrConvertHexBytes(char const *pszHex, void *pv, size_t cb, uint32_t fFlags);
+
+/** @name RTSTRCONVERTHEXBYTES_F_XXX - Flags for RTStrConvertHexBytes() and RTStrConvertHexBytesEx().
+ * @{ */
+/** Accept colon as a byte separator. */
+#define RTSTRCONVERTHEXBYTES_F_SEP_COLON RT_BIT(0)
+/** @} */
+
+/**
+ * Converts a string of hex bytes back into binary data, extended version.
+ *
+ * @returns IPRT status code.
+ * @retval VERR_INVALID_POINTER if any of the pointers are wrong.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW if the string contains too many hex bytes.
+ * @retval VERR_BUFFER_UNDERFLOW if there aren't enough hex bytes to fill up
+ * the output buffer and *pcbReturned is NULL.
+ * @retval VINF_BUFFER_UNDERFLOW if there aren't enough hex bytes to fill up
+ * the output buffer and *pcbReturned is not NULL, *pcbReturned holds
+ * the actual number of bytes.
+ * @retval VERR_UNEVEN_INPUT if the input contains a half byte.
+ * @retval VERR_NO_DIGITS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_CHARS
+ * @retval VWRN_TRAILING_SPACES
+ *
+ * @param pszHex The string containing the hex bytes.
+ * @param pv Output buffer.
+ * @param cb The size of the output buffer.
+ * @param fFlags RTSTRCONVERTHEXBYTES_F_XXX.
+ * @param ppszNext Set to point at where we stopped decoding hex bytes.
+ * Optional.
+ * @param pcbReturned Where to return the number of bytes found. Optional.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrConvertHexBytesEx(char const *pszHex, void *pv, size_t cb, uint32_t fFlags,
+ const char **ppszNext, size_t *pcbReturned);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup rt_str_space Unique String Space
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/** Pointer to a string name space container node core. */
+typedef struct RTSTRSPACECORE *PRTSTRSPACECORE;
+/** Pointer to a pointer to a string name space container node core. */
+typedef PRTSTRSPACECORE *PPRTSTRSPACECORE;
+
+/**
+ * String name space container node core.
+ */
+typedef struct RTSTRSPACECORE
+{
+ /** Pointer to the left leaf node. Don't touch. */
+ PRTSTRSPACECORE pLeft;
+ /** Pointer to the left right node. Don't touch. */
+ PRTSTRSPACECORE pRight;
+ /** Pointer to the list of string with the same hash key value. Don't touch. */
+ PRTSTRSPACECORE pList;
+ /** Hash key. Don't touch. */
+ uint32_t Key;
+ /** Height of this tree: max(heigth(left), heigth(right)) + 1. Don't touch */
+ unsigned char uchHeight;
+ /** The string length. Read only! */
+ size_t cchString;
+ /** Pointer to the string. Read only! */
+ const char *pszString;
+} RTSTRSPACECORE;
+
+/** String space. (Initialize with NULL.) */
+typedef PRTSTRSPACECORE RTSTRSPACE;
+/** Pointer to a string space. */
+typedef PPRTSTRSPACECORE PRTSTRSPACE;
+
+
+/**
+ * Inserts a string into a unique string space.
+ *
+ * @returns true on success.
+ * @returns false if the string collided with an existing string.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to insert it into.
+ * @param pStr The string node.
+ */
+RTDECL(bool) RTStrSpaceInsert(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, PRTSTRSPACECORE pStr);
+
+/**
+ * Removes a string from a unique string space.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the removed string node.
+ * @returns NULL if the string was not found in the string space.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to remove it from.
+ * @param pszString The string to remove.
+ */
+RTDECL(PRTSTRSPACECORE) RTStrSpaceRemove(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, const char *pszString);
+
+/**
+ * Gets a string from a unique string space.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the string node.
+ * @returns NULL if the string was not found in the string space.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to get it from.
+ * @param pszString The string to get.
+ */
+RTDECL(PRTSTRSPACECORE) RTStrSpaceGet(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, const char *pszString);
+
+/**
+ * Gets a string from a unique string space.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the string node.
+ * @returns NULL if the string was not found in the string space.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to get it from.
+ * @param pszString The string to get.
+ * @param cchMax The max string length to evaluate. Passing
+ * RTSTR_MAX is ok and makes it behave just like
+ * RTStrSpaceGet.
+ */
+RTDECL(PRTSTRSPACECORE) RTStrSpaceGetN(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, const char *pszString, size_t cchMax);
+
+/**
+ * Callback function for RTStrSpaceEnumerate() and RTStrSpaceDestroy().
+ *
+ * @returns 0 on continue.
+ * @returns Non-zero to aborts the operation.
+ * @param pStr The string node
+ * @param pvUser The user specified argument.
+ */
+typedef DECLCALLBACKTYPE(int, FNRTSTRSPACECALLBACK,(PRTSTRSPACECORE pStr, void *pvUser));
+/** Pointer to callback function for RTStrSpaceEnumerate() and RTStrSpaceDestroy(). */
+typedef FNRTSTRSPACECALLBACK *PFNRTSTRSPACECALLBACK;
+
+/**
+ * Destroys the string space.
+ *
+ * The caller supplies a callback which will be called for each of the string
+ * nodes in for freeing their memory and other resources.
+ *
+ * @returns 0 or what ever non-zero return value pfnCallback returned
+ * when aborting the destruction.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to destroy.
+ * @param pfnCallback The callback.
+ * @param pvUser The user argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrSpaceDestroy(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, PFNRTSTRSPACECALLBACK pfnCallback, void *pvUser);
+
+/**
+ * Enumerates the string space.
+ * The caller supplies a callback which will be called for each of
+ * the string nodes.
+ *
+ * @returns 0 or what ever non-zero return value pfnCallback returned
+ * when aborting the destruction.
+ * @param pStrSpace The space to enumerate.
+ * @param pfnCallback The callback.
+ * @param pvUser The user argument.
+ */
+RTDECL(int) RTStrSpaceEnumerate(PRTSTRSPACE pStrSpace, PFNRTSTRSPACECALLBACK pfnCallback, void *pvUser);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup rt_str_hash Sting hashing
+ * @{ */
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the given string using algorithm \#1.
+ *
+ * @returns String hash.
+ * @param pszString The string to hash.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTStrHash1(const char *pszString);
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the given string using algorithm \#1.
+ *
+ * @returns String hash.
+ * @param pszString The string to hash.
+ * @param cchString The max length to hash. Hashing will stop if the
+ * terminator character is encountered first. Passing
+ * RTSTR_MAX is fine.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTStrHash1N(const char *pszString, size_t cchString);
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the given strings as if they were concatenated using algorithm \#1.
+ *
+ * @returns String hash.
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the
+ * ellipsis.
+ * @param ... List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. Passing RTSTR_MAX as the size is
+ * fine.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTStrHash1ExN(size_t cPairs, ...);
+
+/**
+ * Hashes the given strings as if they were concatenated using algorithm \#1.
+ *
+ * @returns String hash.
+ * @param cPairs The number of string / length pairs in the @a va.
+ * @param va List of string (const char *) and length
+ * (size_t) pairs. Passing RTSTR_MAX as the size is
+ * fine.
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t) RTStrHash1ExNV(size_t cPairs, va_list va);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @defgroup rt_str_mem Raw memory operations.
+ *
+ * @note Following the memchr/memcpy/memcmp/memset tradition and putting these
+ * in the string.h header rather than in the mem.h one.
+ *
+ * @{ */
+
+/**
+ * Searches @a pvHaystack for a 16-bit sized and aligned @a uNeedle.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first hit if found, NULL if not found.
+ * @param pvHaystack The memory to search.
+ * @param uNeedle The 16-bit value to find.
+ * @param cbHaystack Size of the memory to search.
+ * @sa memchr, RTStrMemFind32, RTStrMemFind64
+ */
+RTDECL(uint16_t *) RTStrMemFind16(const void *pvHaystack, uint16_t uNeedle, size_t cbHaystack);
+
+/**
+ * Searches @a pvHaystack for a 32-bit sized and aligned @a uNeedle.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first hit if found, NULL if not found.
+ * @param pvHaystack The memory to search.
+ * @param uNeedle The 32-bit value to find.
+ * @param cbHaystack Size of the memory to search.
+ * @sa memchr, RTStrMemFind16, RTStrMemFind64
+ */
+RTDECL(uint32_t *) RTStrMemFind32(const void *pvHaystack, uint32_t uNeedle, size_t cbHaystack);
+
+/**
+ * Searches @a pvHaystack for a 64-bit sized and aligned @a uNeedle.
+ *
+ * @returns Pointer to the first hit if found, NULL if not found.
+ * @param pvHaystack The memory to search.
+ * @param uNeedle The 64-bit value to find.
+ * @param cbHaystack Size of the memory to search.
+ * @sa memchr, RTStrMemFind16, RTStrMemFind32
+ */
+RTDECL(uint64_t *) RTStrMemFind64(const void *pvHaystack, uint64_t uNeedle, size_t cbHaystack);
+
+/** @} */
+
+
+/** @} */
+
+RT_C_DECLS_END
+
+#endif /* !IPRT_INCLUDED_string_h */