strDup.hh

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#ifndef _STRDUP_HH
#define _STRDUP_HH
 
// Copyright (c) 1996-2024 Live Networks, Inc.  All rights reserved.
// A C++ equivalent to the standard C routine "strdup()".
// This generates a char* that can be deleted using "delete[]"
// Header
 
#include <string.h>
 
char* strDup(char const* str);
// Note: strDup(NULL) returns NULL
 
char* strDupSize(char const* str);
// Like "strDup()", except that it *doesn't* copy the original.
// (Instead, it just allocates a string of the same size as the original.)
 
char* strDupSize(char const* str, size_t& resultBufSize);
// An alternative form of "strDupSize()" that also returns the size of the allocated buffer.
 
#endif