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#ifndef __BLI_DYNSTR_H__
#define __BLI_DYNSTR_H__

/** \file BLI_dynstr.h
 *  \ingroup bli
 *  \brief A dynamically sized string ADT.
 *  \section aboutdynstr Dynamic String
 * This ADT is designed purely for dynamic string creation
 * through appending, not for general usage, the intent is
 * to build up dynamic strings using a DynStr object, then
 * convert it to a c-string and work with that.
 */

#include <stdarg.h>

#include "BLI_compiler_attrs.h"

struct DynStr;

/** The abstract DynStr type */
typedef struct DynStr DynStr;

DynStr *BLI_dynstr_new(void) ATTR_MALLOC ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
void    BLI_dynstr_append(DynStr *__restrict ds, const char *cstr) ATTR_NONNULL();
void    BLI_dynstr_nappend(DynStr *__restrict ds, const char *cstr, int len) ATTR_NONNULL();

void    BLI_dynstr_appendf(DynStr *__restrict ds, const char *__restrict format, ...) ATTR_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 3) ATTR_NONNULL(1, 2);
void    BLI_dynstr_vappendf(DynStr *__restrict ds, const char *__restrict format, va_list args) ATTR_PRINTF_FORMAT(2, 0) ATTR_NONNULL(1, 2);

int     BLI_dynstr_get_len(DynStr *ds) ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL();
char   *BLI_dynstr_get_cstring(DynStr *ds) ATTR_MALLOC ATTR_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT ATTR_NONNULL();

void    BLI_dynstr_get_cstring_ex(DynStr *__restrict ds, char *__restrict str) ATTR_NONNULL();
void    BLI_dynstr_free(DynStr *ds) ATTR_NONNULL();

#endif  /* __BLI_DYNSTR_H__ */
