2 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/stringrep.cpp b/src/stringrep.cpp
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stringrep.cpp
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+#include "stringrep.h"
+
+int32_t stringlen( const char *s )
+{
+        for( int32_t i = 0;; i++ )
+                if( !s[i] )
+                        return i;
+}
+
+char *stringdup( const char *s )
+{
+        int len = stringlen( s );
+        char *r = new char[len+1];
+        for( int j = 0; j <= len; j++ )
+                r[j] = s[j];
+
+        return r;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/stringrep.h b/src/stringrep.h
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stringrep.h
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+#ifndef STRING_REP_H
+#define STRING_REP_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the length of a string.
+ */
+int32_t stringlen( const char *s );
+
+/**
+ * Identicle to strdup, which isn't available everywhere, but uses c++ memory
+ * facilities.  Remember to use delete[] when freeing the returned string.
+ */
+char *stringdup( const char *s );
+
+#endif