+#define STRBUF_INIT { 0, 0, strbuf_slopbuf }
+
+/*----- strbuf life cycle -----*/
+extern void strbuf_init(struct strbuf *, size_t);
+extern void strbuf_release(struct strbuf *);
+extern char *strbuf_detach(struct strbuf *, size_t *);
+extern void strbuf_attach(struct strbuf *, void *, size_t, size_t);
+static inline void strbuf_swap(struct strbuf *a, struct strbuf *b) {
+ struct strbuf tmp = *a;
+ *a = *b;
+ *b = tmp;
+}
+
+/*----- strbuf size related -----*/
+static inline size_t strbuf_avail(struct strbuf *sb) {
+ return sb->alloc ? sb->alloc - sb->len - 1 : 0;
+}
+
+extern void strbuf_grow(struct strbuf *, size_t);
+
+static inline void strbuf_setlen(struct strbuf *sb, size_t len) {
+ if (!sb->alloc)
+ strbuf_grow(sb, 0);
+ assert(len < sb->alloc);
+ sb->len = len;
+ sb->buf[len] = '\0';
+}
+#define strbuf_reset(sb) strbuf_setlen(sb, 0)
+
+/*----- content related -----*/
+extern void strbuf_rtrim(struct strbuf *);
+extern int strbuf_cmp(struct strbuf *, struct strbuf *);
+
+/*----- add data in your buffer -----*/
+static inline void strbuf_addch(struct strbuf *sb, int c) {
+ strbuf_grow(sb, 1);
+ sb->buf[sb->len++] = c;
+ sb->buf[sb->len] = '\0';
+}
+
+extern void strbuf_insert(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, const void *, size_t);
+extern void strbuf_remove(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, size_t len);
+
+/* splice pos..pos+len with given data */
+extern void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *, size_t pos, size_t len,
+ const void *, size_t);
+
+extern void strbuf_add(struct strbuf *, const void *, size_t);
+static inline void strbuf_addstr(struct strbuf *sb, const char *s) {
+ strbuf_add(sb, s, strlen(s));
+}
+static inline void strbuf_addbuf(struct strbuf *sb, struct strbuf *sb2) {
+ strbuf_add(sb, sb2->buf, sb2->len);
+}
+extern void strbuf_adddup(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len);
+
+typedef void (*expand_fn_t) (struct strbuf *sb, const char *placeholder, void *context);
+extern void strbuf_expand(struct strbuf *sb, const char *format, const char **placeholders, expand_fn_t fn, void *context);
+
+__attribute__((format(printf,2,3)))
+extern void strbuf_addf(struct strbuf *sb, const char *fmt, ...);
+
+extern size_t strbuf_fread(struct strbuf *, size_t, FILE *);
+/* XXX: if read fails, any partial read is undone */
+extern ssize_t strbuf_read(struct strbuf *, int fd, size_t hint);
+extern int strbuf_read_file(struct strbuf *sb, const char *path, size_t hint);
+
+extern int strbuf_getline(struct strbuf *, FILE *, int);
+
+extern void stripspace(struct strbuf *buf, int skip_comments);