+static inline int m_strcasecmp(const char *a, const char *b) {
+ return strcasecmp(NONULL(a), NONULL(b));
+}
+
+static inline int m_strncmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t n) {
+ return strncmp (NONULL(a), NONULL(b), n);
+}
+
+static inline int m_strncasecmp(const char *a, const char *b, size_t n) {
+ return strncasecmp(NONULL(a), NONULL(b), n);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+/* making copies */
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline char *m_strdup(const char *s) {
+ ssize_t len = m_strlen(s);
+ return len ? p_dup(s, len + 1) : NULL;
+}
+
+ssize_t m_strcpy(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src);
+ssize_t m_strncpy(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src, ssize_t l);
+
+static inline ssize_t m_strcat(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src) {
+ ssize_t dlen = m_strnlen(dst, n - 1);
+ return dlen + m_strcpy(dst + dlen, n - dlen, src);
+}
+
+static inline ssize_t
+m_strncat(char *dst, ssize_t n, const char *src, ssize_t l) {
+ ssize_t dlen = m_strnlen(dst, n - 1);
+ return dlen + m_strncpy(dst + dlen, n - dlen, src, l);
+}
+
+/****************************************************************************/
+/* parsing related */
+/****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline const char *skipspaces(const char *s) {
+ while (*s && isspace((unsigned char)*s))
+ s++;
+ return s;
+}
+static inline char *vskipspaces(const char *s) {
+ return (char *)skipspaces(s);
+}
+