merge-in-bstring-and-eliminate-mquark-usage.patch

From 8e2acc84f37094d048ff4ad28e157f5946bea0c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Waite <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:21:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Write a new quark implementation in C++ for the compiler
 Merge bstrlib.h, bstrlib.c into compiler
 Eliminate code which was generating problems in the bstring compile, as it is not used by the compiler

---
 lib/ext/melbourne/Rakefile            |    7 -
 lib/ext/melbourne/bstring-license.txt |   29 +
 lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.c           | 2918 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.h           |  302 ++++
 lib/ext/melbourne/internal.hpp        |    3 +-
 lib/ext/melbourne/quark.cpp           |   50 +
 lib/ext/melbourne/quark.hpp           |   14 +
 lib/ext/melbourne/var_table.hpp       |    2 +-
 rakelib/vm.rake                       |    7 +-
 vm/builtin/string.cpp                 |    1 -
 10 files changed, 3316 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lib/ext/melbourne/bstring-license.txt
 create mode 100644 lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.c
 create mode 100644 lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.h
 create mode 100644 lib/ext/melbourne/quark.cpp
 create mode 100644 lib/ext/melbourne/quark.hpp

diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/Rakefile b/lib/ext/melbourne/Rakefile
index eab0cc4..ffd3d34 100644
--- a/lib/ext/melbourne/Rakefile
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/Rakefile
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ end
 
 add_objects project_files, ext_dir
 
-add_include_dir "#{$ELIBSDIR}/libbstring",
-                "#{$ELIBSDIR}/libmquark",
-                "#{$ELIBSDIR}/libptr_array",
-                "#{$ELIBSDIR}/libcchash"
-
-add_external_lib "mquark", "bstring", "ptr_array", "cchash"
-
 # Build the Melbourne extension against Rubinius
 directory "rbx"
 melbourne_rbx = "rbx/melbourne.#{$DLEXT}"
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/bstring-license.txt b/lib/ext/melbourne/bstring-license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ececeed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/bstring-license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Paul Hsieh
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
+    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 
+
+    Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+    and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
+
+    Neither the name of bstrlib nor the names of its contributors may be used 
+    to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
+    specific prior written permission. 
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" 
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.c b/lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0da3abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.c
@@ -0,0 +1,2918 @@
+/*
+ * This source file is part of the bstring string library.  This code was
+ * written by Paul Hsieh in 2002-2007, and is covered by the BSD open source 
+ * license. Refer to the accompanying documentation for details on usage and 
+ * license.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * bstrlib.c
+ *
+ * This file is the core module for implementing the bstring functions.
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include "bstrlib.h"
+
+/* Optionally include a mechanism for debugging memory */
+
+#if defined(MEMORY_DEBUG) || defined(BSTRLIB_MEMORY_DEBUG)
+#include "memdbg.h"
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__alloc
+#define bstr__alloc(x) malloc (x)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__free
+#define bstr__free(p) free (p)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__realloc
+#define bstr__realloc(p,x) realloc ((p), (x))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__memcpy
+#define bstr__memcpy(d,s,l) memcpy ((d), (s), (l))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__memmove
+#define bstr__memmove(d,s,l) memmove ((d), (s), (l))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__memset
+#define bstr__memset(d,c,l) memset ((d), (c), (l))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__memcmp
+#define bstr__memcmp(d,c,l) memcmp ((d), (c), (l))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef bstr__memchr
+#define bstr__memchr(s,c,l) memchr ((s), (c), (l))
+#endif
+
+/* Just a length safe wrapper for memmove. */
+
+#define bBlockCopy(D,S,L) { if ((L) > 0) bstr__memmove ((D),(S),(L)); }
+
+/* Compute the snapped size for a given requested size.  By snapping to powers
+   of 2 like this, repeated reallocations are avoided. */
+static int snapUpSize (int i) {
+	if (i < 8) {
+		i = 8;
+	} else {
+		unsigned int j;
+		j = (unsigned int) i;
+
+		j |= (j >>  1);
+		j |= (j >>  2);
+		j |= (j >>  4);
+		j |= (j >>  8);		/* Ok, since int >= 16 bits */
+#if (UINT_MAX != 0xffff)
+		j |= (j >> 16);		/* For 32 bit int systems */
+#if (UINT_MAX > 0xffffffffUL)
+		j |= (j >> 32);		/* For 64 bit int systems */
+#endif
+#endif
+		/* Least power of two greater than i */
+		j++;
+		if ((int) j >= i) i = (int) j;
+	}
+	return i;
+}
+
+/*  int balloc (bstring b, int len)
+ *
+ *  Increase the size of the memory backing the bstring b to at least len.
+ */
+int balloc (bstring b, int olen) {
+	int len;
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0 || 
+	    b->mlen < b->slen || olen <= 0) {
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if (olen >= b->mlen) {
+		unsigned char * x;
+
+		if ((len = snapUpSize (olen)) <= b->mlen) return BSTR_OK;
+
+		/* Assume probability of a non-moving realloc is 0.125 */
+		if (7 * b->mlen < 8 * b->slen) {
+
+			/* If slen is close to mlen in size then use realloc to reduce
+			   the memory defragmentation */
+
+			reallocStrategy:;
+
+			x = (unsigned char *) bstr__realloc (b->data, (size_t) len);
+			if (x == NULL) {
+
+				/* Since we failed, try allocating the tighest possible 
+				   allocation */
+
+				if (NULL == (x = (unsigned char *) bstr__realloc (b->data, (size_t) (len = olen)))) {
+					return BSTR_ERR;
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+
+			/* If slen is not close to mlen then avoid the penalty of copying
+			   the extra bytes that are allocated, but not considered part of
+			   the string */
+
+			if (NULL == (x = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc ((size_t) len))) {
+
+				/* Perhaps there is no available memory for the two 
+				   allocations to be in memory at once */
+
+				goto reallocStrategy;
+
+			} else {
+				if (b->slen) bstr__memcpy ((char *) x, (char *) b->data, (size_t) b->slen);
+				bstr__free (b->data);
+			}
+		}
+		b->data = x;
+		b->mlen = len;
+		b->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	}
+
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int ballocmin (bstring b, int len)
+ *
+ *  Set the size of the memory backing the bstring b to len or b->slen+1,
+ *  whichever is larger.  Note that repeated use of this function can degrade
+ *  performance.
+ */
+int ballocmin (bstring b, int len) {
+	unsigned char * s;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || (b->slen+1) < 0 || b->mlen <= 0 || 
+	    b->mlen < b->slen || len <= 0) {
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if (len < b->slen + 1) len = b->slen + 1;
+
+	if (len != b->mlen) {
+		s = (unsigned char *) bstr__realloc (b->data, (size_t) len);
+		if (NULL == s) return BSTR_ERR;
+		s[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		b->data = s;
+		b->mlen = len;
+	}
+
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bfromcstr (const char * str)
+ *
+ *  Create a bstring which contains the contents of the '\0' terminated char *
+ *  buffer str.
+ */
+bstring bfromcstr (const char * str) {
+bstring b;
+int i;
+size_t j;
+
+	if (str == NULL) return NULL;
+	j = (strlen) (str);
+	i = snapUpSize ((int) (j + (2 - (j != 0))));
+	if (i <= (int) j) return NULL;
+
+	b = (bstring) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct tagbstring));
+	if (NULL == b) return NULL;
+	b->slen = (int) j;
+	if (NULL == (b->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc (b->mlen = i))) {
+		bstr__free (b);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	bstr__memcpy (b->data, str, j+1);
+	return b;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bfromcstralloc (int mlen, const char * str)
+ *
+ *  Create a bstring which contains the contents of the '\0' terminated char *
+ *  buffer str.  The memory buffer backing the string is at least len 
+ *  characters in length.
+ */
+bstring bfromcstralloc (int mlen, const char * str) {
+bstring b;
+int i;
+size_t j;
+
+	if (str == NULL) return NULL;
+	j = (strlen) (str);
+	i = snapUpSize ((int) (j + (2 - (j != 0))));
+	if (i <= (int) j) return NULL;
+
+	b = (bstring) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct tagbstring));
+	if (b == NULL) return NULL;
+	b->slen = (int) j;
+	if (i < mlen) i = mlen;
+
+	if (NULL == (b->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc (b->mlen = i))) {
+		bstr__free (b);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	bstr__memcpy (b->data, str, j+1);
+	return b;
+}
+
+/*  bstring blk2bstr (const void * blk, int len)
+ *
+ *  Create a bstring which contains the content of the block blk of length 
+ *  len.
+ */
+bstring blk2bstr (const void * blk, int len) {
+bstring b;
+int i;
+
+	if (blk == NULL || len < 0) return NULL;
+	b = (bstring) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct tagbstring));
+	if (b == NULL) return NULL;
+	b->slen = len;
+
+	i = len + (2 - (len != 0));
+	i = snapUpSize (i);
+
+	b->mlen = i;
+
+	b->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc ((size_t) b->mlen);
+	if (b->data == NULL) {
+		bstr__free (b);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (len > 0) bstr__memcpy (b->data, blk, (size_t) len);
+	b->data[len] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+
+	return b;
+}
+
+/*  char * bstr2cstr (const_bstring s, char z)
+ *
+ *  Create a '\0' terminated char * buffer which is equal to the contents of 
+ *  the bstring s, except that any contained '\0' characters are converted 
+ *  to the character in z. This returned value should be freed with a 
+ *  bcstrfree () call, by the calling application.
+ */
+char * bstr2cstr (const_bstring b, char z) {
+int i, l;
+char * r;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->data == NULL) return NULL;
+	l = b->slen;
+	r = (char *) bstr__alloc ((size_t) (l + 1));
+	if (r == NULL) return r;
+
+	for (i=0; i < l; i ++) {
+		r[i] = (char) ((b->data[i] == '\0') ? z : (char) (b->data[i]));
+	}
+
+	r[l] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*  int bcstrfree (char * s)
+ *
+ *  Frees a C-string generated by bstr2cstr ().  This is normally unnecessary
+ *  since it just wraps a call to bstr__free (), however, if bstr__alloc () 
+ *  and bstr__free () have been redefined as a macros within the bstrlib 
+ *  module (via defining them in memdbg.h after defining 
+ *  BSTRLIB_MEMORY_DEBUG) with some difference in behaviour from the std 
+ *  library functions, then this allows a correct way of freeing the memory 
+ *  that allows higher level code to be independent from these macro 
+ *  redefinitions.
+ */
+int bcstrfree (char * s) {
+	if (s) {
+		bstr__free (s);
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int bconcat (bstring b0, const_bstring b1)
+ *
+ *  Concatenate the bstring b1 to the bstring b0.
+ */
+int bconcat (bstring b0, const_bstring b1) {
+int len, d;
+bstring aux = (bstring) b1;
+
+	if (b0 == NULL || b1 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || b1->data == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	d = b0->slen;
+	len = b1->slen;
+	if ((d | (b0->mlen - d) | len) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (b0->mlen <= d + len + 1) {
+		ptrdiff_t pd;
+		if (0 <= (pd = b1->data - b0->data) && pd < b0->mlen) {
+			if (NULL == (aux = bstrcpy (b1))) return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+		if (balloc (b0, d + len + 1) != BSTR_OK) {
+			if (aux != b1) bdestroy (aux);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	bBlockCopy (&b0->data[d], &aux->data[0], (size_t) len);
+	b0->data[d + len] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b0->slen += len;
+	if (aux != b1) bdestroy (aux);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bconchar (bstring b, char c)
+ *
+ *  Concatenate the single character c to the bstring b.
+ */
+int bconchar (bstring b, char c) {
+int d;
+
+	if (b == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	d = b->slen;
+	if ((d | (b->mlen - d)) < 0 || balloc (b, d + 2) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+	b->data[d] = (unsigned char) c;
+	b->data[d + 1] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen++;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bcatcstr (bstring b, const char * s)
+ *
+ *  Concatenate a char * string to a bstring.
+ */
+int bcatcstr (bstring b, const char * s) {
+char * d;
+int i, l;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen
+	 || b->mlen <= 0 || s == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Optimistically concatenate directly */
+	l = b->mlen - b->slen;
+	d = (char *) &b->data[b->slen];
+	for (i=0; i < l; i++) {
+		if ((*d++ = *s++) == '\0') {
+			b->slen += i;
+			return BSTR_OK;
+		}
+	}
+	b->slen += i;
+
+	/* Need to explicitely resize and concatenate tail */
+	return bcatblk (b, (const void *) s, (int) strlen (s));
+}
+
+/*  int bcatblk (bstring b, const void * s, int len)
+ *
+ *  Concatenate a fixed length buffer to a bstring.
+ */
+int bcatblk (bstring b, const void * s, int len) {
+int nl;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen
+	 || b->mlen <= 0 || s == NULL || len < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (0 > (nl = b->slen + len)) return BSTR_ERR; /* Overflow? */
+	if (b->mlen <= nl && 0 > balloc (b, nl + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	bBlockCopy (&b->data[b->slen], s, (size_t) len);
+	b->slen = nl;
+	b->data[nl] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bstrcpy (const_bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Create a copy of the bstring b.
+ */
+bstring bstrcpy (const_bstring b) {
+bstring b0;
+int i,j;
+
+	/* Attempted to copy an invalid string? */
+	if (b == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->data == NULL) return NULL;
+
+	b0 = (bstring) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct tagbstring));
+	if (b0 == NULL) {
+		/* Unable to allocate memory for string header */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	i = b->slen;
+	j = snapUpSize (i + 1);
+
+	b0->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc (j);
+	if (b0->data == NULL) {
+		j = i + 1;
+		b0->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc (j);
+		if (b0->data == NULL) {
+			/* Unable to allocate memory for string data */
+			bstr__free (b0);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	b0->mlen = j;
+	b0->slen = i;
+
+	if (i) bstr__memcpy ((char *) b0->data, (char *) b->data, i);
+	b0->data[b0->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+
+	return b0;
+}
+
+/*  int bassign (bstring a, const_bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Overwrite the string a with the contents of string b.
+ */
+int bassign (bstring a, const_bstring b) {
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b->slen != 0) {
+		if (balloc (a, b->slen) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+		bstr__memmove (a->data, b->data, b->slen);
+	} else {
+		if (a == NULL || a->data == NULL || a->mlen < a->slen || 
+		    a->slen < 0 || a->mlen == 0) 
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+	a->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	a->slen = b->slen;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bassignmidstr (bstring a, const_bstring b, int left, int len)
+ *
+ *  Overwrite the string a with the middle of contents of string b 
+ *  starting from position left and running for a length len.  left and 
+ *  len are clamped to the ends of b as with the function bmidstr.
+ */
+int bassignmidstr (bstring a, const_bstring b, int left, int len) {
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (left < 0) {
+		len += left;
+		left = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (len > b->slen - left) len = b->slen - left;
+
+	if (a == NULL || a->data == NULL || a->mlen < a->slen ||
+	    a->slen < 0 || a->mlen == 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (len > 0) {
+		if (balloc (a, len) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+		bstr__memmove (a->data, b->data + left, len);
+		a->slen = len;
+	} else {
+		a->slen = 0;
+	}
+	a->data[a->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bassigncstr (bstring a, const char * str)
+ *
+ *  Overwrite the string a with the contents of char * string str.  Note that 
+ *  the bstring a must be a well defined and writable bstring.  If an error 
+ *  occurs BSTR_ERR is returned however a may be partially overwritten.
+ */
+int bassigncstr (bstring a, const char * str) {
+int i;
+size_t len;
+	if (a == NULL || a->data == NULL || a->mlen < a->slen ||
+	    a->slen < 0 || a->mlen == 0 || NULL == str) 
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	for (i=0; i < a->mlen; i++) {
+		if ('\0' == (a->data[i] = str[i])) {
+			a->slen = i;
+			return BSTR_OK;
+		}
+	}
+
+	a->slen = i;
+	len = strlen (str + i);
+	if (len > INT_MAX || i + len + 1 > INT_MAX ||
+	    0 > balloc (a, (int) (i + len + 1))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	bBlockCopy (a->data + i, str + i, (size_t) len + 1);
+	a->slen += (int) len;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bassignblk (bstring a, const void * s, int len)
+ *
+ *  Overwrite the string a with the contents of the block (s, len).  Note that 
+ *  the bstring a must be a well defined and writable bstring.  If an error 
+ *  occurs BSTR_ERR is returned and a is not overwritten.
+ */
+int bassignblk (bstring a, const void * s, int len) {
+	if (a == NULL || a->data == NULL || a->mlen < a->slen ||
+	    a->slen < 0 || a->mlen == 0 || NULL == s || len + 1 < 1) 
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (len + 1 > a->mlen && 0 > balloc (a, len + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	bBlockCopy (a->data, s, (size_t) len);
+	a->data[len] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	a->slen = len;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int btrunc (bstring b, int n)
+ *
+ *  Truncate the bstring to at most n characters.
+ */
+int btrunc (bstring b, int n) {
+	if (n < 0 || b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b->slen > n) {
+		b->slen = n;
+		b->data[n] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+#define   upcase(c) (toupper ((unsigned char) c))
+#define downcase(c) (tolower ((unsigned char) c))
+#define   wspace(c) (isspace ((unsigned char) c))
+
+/*  int btoupper (bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Convert contents of bstring to upper case.
+ */
+int btoupper (bstring b) {
+int i, len;
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=0, len = b->slen; i < len; i++) {
+		b->data[i] = (unsigned char) upcase (b->data[i]);
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int btolower (bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Convert contents of bstring to lower case.
+ */
+int btolower (bstring b) {
+int i, len;
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=0, len = b->slen; i < len; i++) {
+		b->data[i] = (unsigned char) downcase (b->data[i]);
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bstricmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1)
+ *
+ *  Compare two strings without differentiating between case.  The return 
+ *  value is the difference of the values of the characters where the two 
+ *  strings first differ after lower case transformation, otherwise 0 is 
+ *  returned indicating that the strings are equal.  If the lengths are 
+ *  different, then a difference from 0 is given, but if the first extra 
+ *  character is '\0', then it is taken to be the value UCHAR_MAX+1.
+ */
+int bstricmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1) {
+int i, v, n;
+
+	if (bdata (b0) == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || 
+	    bdata (b1) == NULL || b1->slen < 0) return SHRT_MIN;
+	if ((n = b0->slen) > b1->slen) n = b1->slen;
+	else if (b0->slen == b1->slen && b0->data == b1->data) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i ++) {
+		v  = (char) downcase (b0->data[i])
+		   - (char) downcase (b1->data[i]);
+		if (0 != v) return v;
+	}
+
+	if (b0->slen > n) {
+		v = (char) downcase (b0->data[n]);
+		if (v) return v;
+		return UCHAR_MAX + 1;
+	}
+	if (b1->slen > n) {
+		v = - (char) downcase (b1->data[n]);
+		if (v) return v;
+		return - (int) (UCHAR_MAX + 1);
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bstrnicmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n)
+ *
+ *  Compare two strings without differentiating between case for at most n
+ *  characters.  If the position where the two strings first differ is
+ *  before the nth position, the return value is the difference of the values
+ *  of the characters, otherwise 0 is returned.  If the lengths are different
+ *  and less than n characters, then a difference from 0 is given, but if the 
+ *  first extra character is '\0', then it is taken to be the value 
+ *  UCHAR_MAX+1.
+ */
+int bstrnicmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n) {
+int i, v, m;
+
+	if (bdata (b0) == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || 
+	    bdata (b1) == NULL || b1->slen < 0 || n < 0) return SHRT_MIN;
+	m = n;
+	if (m > b0->slen) m = b0->slen;
+	if (m > b1->slen) m = b1->slen;
+
+	if (b0->data != b1->data) {
+		for (i = 0; i < m; i ++) {
+			v  = (char) downcase (b0->data[i]);
+			v -= (char) downcase (b1->data[i]);
+			if (v != 0) return b0->data[i] - b1->data[i];
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (n == m || b0->slen == b1->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	if (b0->slen > m) {
+		v = (char) downcase (b0->data[m]);
+		if (v) return v;
+		return UCHAR_MAX + 1;
+	}
+
+	v = - (char) downcase (b1->data[m]);
+	if (v) return v;
+	return - (int) (UCHAR_MAX + 1);
+}
+
+/*  int biseqcaseless (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1)
+ *
+ *  Compare two strings for equality without differentiating between case.  
+ *  If the strings differ other than in case, 0 is returned, if the strings 
+ *  are the same, 1 is returned, if there is an error, -1 is returned.  If 
+ *  the length of the strings are different, this function is O(1).  '\0' 
+ *  termination characters are not treated in any special way.
+ */
+int biseqcaseless (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1) {
+int i, n;
+
+	if (bdata (b0) == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || 
+	    bdata (b1) == NULL || b1->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b0->slen != b1->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+	if (b0->data == b1->data || b0->slen == 0) return 1;
+	for (i=0, n=b0->slen; i < n; i++) {
+		if (b0->data[i] != b1->data[i]) {
+			unsigned char c = (unsigned char) downcase (b0->data[i]);
+			if (c != (unsigned char) downcase (b1->data[i])) return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*  int bisstemeqcaselessblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len)
+ *
+ *  Compare beginning of string b0 with a block of memory of length len 
+ *  without differentiating between case for equality.  If the beginning of b0
+ *  differs from the memory block other than in case (or if b0 is too short), 
+ *  0 is returned, if the strings are the same, 1 is returned, if there is an 
+ *  error, -1 is returned.  '\0' characters are not treated in any special 
+ *  way.
+ */
+int bisstemeqcaselessblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len) {
+int i;
+
+	if (bdata (b0) == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || NULL == blk || len < 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b0->slen < len) return BSTR_OK;
+	if (b0->data == (const unsigned char *) blk || len == 0) return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i ++) {
+		if (b0->data[i] != ((const unsigned char *) blk)[i]) {
+			if (downcase (b0->data[i]) != 
+			    downcase (((const unsigned char *) blk)[i])) return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*
+ * int bltrimws (bstring b)
+ *
+ * Delete whitespace contiguous from the left end of the string.
+ */
+int bltrimws (bstring b) {
+int i, len;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	for (len = b->slen, i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+		if (!wspace (b->data[i])) {
+			return bdelete (b, 0, i);
+		}
+	}
+
+	b->data[0] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = 0;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * int brtrimws (bstring b)
+ *
+ * Delete whitespace contiguous from the right end of the string.
+ */
+int brtrimws (bstring b) {
+int i;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	for (i = b->slen - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (!wspace (b->data[i])) {
+			if (b->mlen > i) b->data[i+1] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+			b->slen = i + 1;
+			return BSTR_OK;
+		}
+	}
+
+	b->data[0] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = 0;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * int btrimws (bstring b)
+ *
+ * Delete whitespace contiguous from both ends of the string.
+ */
+int btrimws (bstring b) {
+int i, j;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	for (i = b->slen - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (!wspace (b->data[i])) {
+			if (b->mlen > i) b->data[i+1] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+			b->slen = i + 1;
+			for (j = 0; wspace (b->data[j]); j++) {}
+			return bdelete (b, 0, j);
+		}
+	}
+
+	b->data[0] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = 0;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int biseq (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1)
+ *
+ *  Compare the string b0 and b1.  If the strings differ, 0 is returned, if 
+ *  the strings are the same, 1 is returned, if there is an error, -1 is 
+ *  returned.  If the length of the strings are different, this function is
+ *  O(1).  '\0' termination characters are not treated in any special way.
+ */
+int biseq (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1) {
+	if (b0 == NULL || b1 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || b1->data == NULL ||
+		b0->slen < 0 || b1->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b0->slen != b1->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+	if (b0->data == b1->data || b0->slen == 0) return 1;
+	return !bstr__memcmp (b0->data, b1->data, b0->slen);
+}
+
+/*  int bisstemeqblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len)
+ *
+ *  Compare beginning of string b0 with a block of memory of length len for 
+ *  equality.  If the beginning of b0 differs from the memory block (or if b0 
+ *  is too short), 0 is returned, if the strings are the same, 1 is returned, 
+ *  if there is an error, -1 is returned.  '\0' characters are not treated in 
+ *  any special way.
+ */
+int bisstemeqblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len) {
+int i;
+
+	if (bdata (b0) == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || NULL == blk || len < 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b0->slen < len) return BSTR_OK;
+	if (b0->data == (const unsigned char *) blk || len == 0) return 1;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i ++) {
+		if (b0->data[i] != ((const unsigned char *) blk)[i]) return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/*  int biseqcstr (const_bstring b, const char *s)
+ *
+ *  Compare the bstring b and char * string s.  The C string s must be '\0' 
+ *  terminated at exactly the length of the bstring b, and the contents 
+ *  between the two must be identical with the bstring b with no '\0' 
+ *  characters for the two contents to be considered equal.  This is 
+ *  equivalent to the condition that their current contents will be always be 
+ *  equal when comparing them in the same format after converting one or the 
+ *  other.  If the strings are equal 1 is returned, if they are unequal 0 is 
+ *  returned and if there is a detectable error BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int biseqcstr (const_bstring b, const char * s) {
+int i;
+	if (b == NULL || s == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=0; i < b->slen; i++) {
+		if (s[i] == '\0' || b->data[i] != (unsigned char) s[i]) return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+	return s[i] == '\0';
+}
+
+/*  int biseqcstrcaseless (const_bstring b, const char *s)
+ *
+ *  Compare the bstring b and char * string s.  The C string s must be '\0' 
+ *  terminated at exactly the length of the bstring b, and the contents 
+ *  between the two must be identical except for case with the bstring b with 
+ *  no '\0' characters for the two contents to be considered equal.  This is 
+ *  equivalent to the condition that their current contents will be always be 
+ *  equal ignoring case when comparing them in the same format after 
+ *  converting one or the other.  If the strings are equal, except for case, 
+ *  1 is returned, if they are unequal regardless of case 0 is returned and 
+ *  if there is a detectable error BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int biseqcstrcaseless (const_bstring b, const char * s) {
+int i;
+	if (b == NULL || s == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=0; i < b->slen; i++) {
+		if (s[i] == '\0' || 
+		    (b->data[i] != (unsigned char) s[i] && 
+		     downcase (b->data[i]) != (unsigned char) downcase (s[i])))
+			return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+	return s[i] == '\0';
+}
+
+/*  int bstrcmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1)
+ *
+ *  Compare the string b0 and b1.  If there is an error, SHRT_MIN is returned, 
+ *  otherwise a value less than or greater than zero, indicating that the 
+ *  string pointed to by b0 is lexicographically less than or greater than 
+ *  the string pointed to by b1 is returned.  If the the string lengths are 
+ *  unequal but the characters up until the length of the shorter are equal 
+ *  then a value less than, or greater than zero, indicating that the string 
+ *  pointed to by b0 is shorter or longer than the string pointed to by b1 is 
+ *  returned.  0 is returned if and only if the two strings are the same.  If 
+ *  the length of the strings are different, this function is O(n).  Like its
+ *  standard C library counter part strcmp, the comparison does not proceed 
+ *  past any '\0' termination characters encountered.
+ */
+int bstrcmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1) {
+int i, v, n;
+
+	if (b0 == NULL || b1 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || b1->data == NULL ||
+		b0->slen < 0 || b1->slen < 0) return SHRT_MIN;
+	n = b0->slen; if (n > b1->slen) n = b1->slen;
+	if (b0->slen == b1->slen && (b0->data == b1->data || b0->slen == 0))
+		return BSTR_OK;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i ++) {
+		v = ((char) b0->data[i]) - ((char) b1->data[i]);
+		if (v != 0) return v;
+		if (b0->data[i] == (unsigned char) '\0') return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	if (b0->slen > n) return 1;
+	if (b1->slen > n) return -1;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bstrncmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n)
+ *
+ *  Compare the string b0 and b1 for at most n characters.  If there is an 
+ *  error, SHRT_MIN is returned, otherwise a value is returned as if b0 and 
+ *  b1 were first truncated to at most n characters then bstrcmp was called
+ *  with these new strings are paremeters.  If the length of the strings are 
+ *  different, this function is O(n).  Like its standard C library counter 
+ *  part strcmp, the comparison does not proceed past any '\0' termination 
+ *  characters encountered.
+ */
+int bstrncmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n) {
+int i, v, m;
+
+	if (b0 == NULL || b1 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || b1->data == NULL ||
+		b0->slen < 0 || b1->slen < 0) return SHRT_MIN;
+	m = n;
+	if (m > b0->slen) m = b0->slen;
+	if (m > b1->slen) m = b1->slen;
+
+	if (b0->data != b1->data) {
+		for (i = 0; i < m; i ++) {
+			v = ((char) b0->data[i]) - ((char) b1->data[i]);
+			if (v != 0) return v;
+			if (b0->data[i] == (unsigned char) '\0') return BSTR_OK;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (n == m || b0->slen == b1->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	if (b0->slen > m) return 1;
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bmidstr (const_bstring b, int left, int len)
+ *
+ *  Create a bstring which is the substring of b starting from position left
+ *  and running for a length len (clamped by the end of the bstring b.)  If
+ *  b is detectably invalid, then NULL is returned.  The section described 
+ *  by (left, len) is clamped to the boundaries of b.
+ */
+bstring bmidstr (const_bstring b, int left, int len) {
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->data == NULL) return NULL;
+
+	if (left < 0) {
+		len += left;
+		left = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (len > b->slen - left) len = b->slen - left;
+
+	if (len <= 0) return bfromcstr ("");
+	return blk2bstr (b->data + left, len);
+}
+
+/*  int bdelete (bstring b, int pos, int len)
+ *
+ *  Removes characters from pos to pos+len-1 inclusive and shifts the tail of 
+ *  the bstring starting from pos+len to pos.  len must be positive for this 
+ *  call to have any effect.  The section of the string described by (pos, 
+ *  len) is clamped to boundaries of the bstring b.
+ */
+int bdelete (bstring b, int pos, int len) {
+	/* Clamp to left side of bstring */
+	if (pos < 0) {
+		len += pos;
+		pos = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (len < 0 || b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen < 0 || 
+	    b->mlen < b->slen || b->mlen <= 0) 
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (len > 0 && pos < b->slen) {
+		if (pos + len >= b->slen) {
+			b->slen = pos;
+		} else {
+			bBlockCopy ((char *) (b->data + pos),
+			            (char *) (b->data + pos + len), 
+			            b->slen - (pos+len));
+			b->slen -= len;
+		}
+		b->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bdestroy (bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Free up the bstring.  Note that if b is detectably invalid or not writable
+ *  then no action is performed and BSTR_ERR is returned.  Like a freed memory
+ *  allocation, dereferences, writes or any other action on b after it has 
+ *  been bdestroyed is undefined.
+ */
+int bdestroy (bstring b) {
+	if (b == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen <= 0 || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->data == NULL)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	bstr__free (b->data);
+
+	/* In case there is any stale usage, there is one more chance to 
+	   notice this error. */
+
+	b->slen = -1;
+	b->mlen = -__LINE__;
+	b->data = NULL;
+
+	bstr__free (b);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int binstr (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2)
+ *
+ *  Search for the bstring b2 in b1 starting from position pos, and searching 
+ *  forward.  If it is found then return with the first position where it is 
+ *  found, otherwise return BSTR_ERR.  Note that this is just a brute force 
+ *  string searcher that does not attempt clever things like the Boyer-Moore 
+ *  search algorithm.  Because of this there are many degenerate cases where 
+ *  this can take much longer than it needs to.
+ */
+int binstr (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2) {
+int j, ii, ll, lf;
+unsigned char * d0;
+unsigned char c0;
+register unsigned char * d1;
+register unsigned char c1;
+register int i;
+
+	if (b1 == NULL || b1->data == NULL || b1->slen < 0 ||
+	    b2 == NULL || b2->data == NULL || b2->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen == pos) return (b2->slen == 0)?pos:BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen < pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+
+	/* No space to find such a string? */
+	if ((lf = b1->slen - b2->slen + 1) <= pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* An obvious alias case */
+	if (b1->data == b2->data && pos == 0) return 0;
+
+	i = pos;
+
+	d0 = b2->data;
+	d1 = b1->data;
+	ll = b2->slen;
+
+	/* Peel off the b2->slen == 1 case */
+	c0 = d0[0];
+	if (1 == ll) {
+		for (;i < lf; i++) if (c0 == d1[i]) return i;
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	c1 = c0;
+	j = 0;
+	lf = b1->slen - 1;
+
+	ii = -1;
+	if (i < lf) do {
+		/* Unrolled current character test */
+		if (c1 != d1[i]) {
+			if (c1 != d1[1+i]) {
+				i += 2;
+				continue;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+
+		/* Take note if this is the start of a potential match */
+		if (0 == j) ii = i;
+
+		/* Shift the test character down by one */
+		j++;
+		i++;
+
+		/* If this isn't past the last character continue */
+		if (j < ll) {
+			c1 = d0[j];
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		N0:;
+
+		/* If no characters mismatched, then we matched */
+		if (i == ii+j) return ii;
+
+		/* Shift back to the beginning */
+		i -= j;
+		j  = 0;
+		c1 = c0;
+	} while (i < lf);
+
+	/* Deal with last case if unrolling caused a misalignment */
+	if (i == lf && ll == j+1 && c1 == d1[i]) goto N0;
+
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int binstrr (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2)
+ *
+ *  Search for the bstring b2 in b1 starting from position pos, and searching 
+ *  backward.  If it is found then return with the first position where it is 
+ *  found, otherwise return BSTR_ERR.  Note that this is just a brute force 
+ *  string searcher that does not attempt clever things like the Boyer-Moore 
+ *  search algorithm.  Because of this there are many degenerate cases where 
+ *  this can take much longer than it needs to.
+ */
+int binstrr (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2) {
+int j, i, l;
+unsigned char * d0, * d1;
+
+	if (b1 == NULL || b1->data == NULL || b1->slen < 0 ||
+	    b2 == NULL || b2->data == NULL || b2->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen == pos && b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+	if (b1->slen < pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+
+	/* Obvious alias case */
+	if (b1->data == b2->data && pos == 0 && b2->slen <= b1->slen) return 0;
+
+	i = pos;
+	if ((l = b1->slen - b2->slen) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* If no space to find such a string then snap back */
+	if (l + 1 <= i) i = l;
+	j = 0;
+
+	d0 = b2->data;
+	d1 = b1->data;
+	l  = b2->slen;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (d0[j] == d1[i + j]) {
+			j ++;
+			if (j >= l) return i;
+		} else {
+			i --;
+			if (i < 0) break;
+			j=0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int binstrcaseless (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2)
+ *
+ *  Search for the bstring b2 in b1 starting from position pos, and searching 
+ *  forward but without regard to case.  If it is found then return with the 
+ *  first position where it is found, otherwise return BSTR_ERR.  Note that 
+ *  this is just a brute force string searcher that does not attempt clever 
+ *  things like the Boyer-Moore search algorithm.  Because of this there are 
+ *  many degenerate cases where this can take much longer than it needs to.
+ */
+int binstrcaseless (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2) {
+int j, i, l, ll;
+unsigned char * d0, * d1;
+
+	if (b1 == NULL || b1->data == NULL || b1->slen < 0 ||
+	    b2 == NULL || b2->data == NULL || b2->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen == pos) return (b2->slen == 0)?pos:BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen < pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+
+	l = b1->slen - b2->slen + 1;
+
+	/* No space to find such a string? */
+	if (l <= pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* An obvious alias case */
+	if (b1->data == b2->data && pos == 0) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	i = pos;
+	j = 0;
+
+	d0 = b2->data;
+	d1 = b1->data;
+	ll = b2->slen;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (d0[j] == d1[i + j] || downcase (d0[j]) == downcase (d1[i + j])) {
+			j ++;
+			if (j >= ll) return i;
+		} else {
+			i ++;
+			if (i >= l) break;
+			j=0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int binstrrcaseless (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2)
+ *
+ *  Search for the bstring b2 in b1 starting from position pos, and searching 
+ *  backward but without regard to case.  If it is found then return with the 
+ *  first position where it is found, otherwise return BSTR_ERR.  Note that 
+ *  this is just a brute force string searcher that does not attempt clever 
+ *  things like the Boyer-Moore search algorithm.  Because of this there are 
+ *  many degenerate cases where this can take much longer than it needs to.
+ */
+int binstrrcaseless (const_bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2) {
+int j, i, l;
+unsigned char * d0, * d1;
+
+	if (b1 == NULL || b1->data == NULL || b1->slen < 0 ||
+	    b2 == NULL || b2->data == NULL || b2->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1->slen == pos && b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+	if (b1->slen < pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b2->slen == 0) return pos;
+
+	/* Obvious alias case */
+	if (b1->data == b2->data && pos == 0 && b2->slen <= b1->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	i = pos;
+	if ((l = b1->slen - b2->slen) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* If no space to find such a string then snap back */
+	if (l + 1 <= i) i = l;
+	j = 0;
+
+	d0 = b2->data;
+	d1 = b1->data;
+	l  = b2->slen;
+
+	for (;;) {
+		if (d0[j] == d1[i + j] || downcase (d0[j]) == downcase (d1[i + j])) {
+			j ++;
+			if (j >= l) return i;
+		} else {
+			i --;
+			if (i < 0) break;
+			j=0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+
+/*  int bstrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos)
+ *
+ *  Search for the character c in b forwards from the position pos 
+ *  (inclusive).
+ */
+int bstrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos) {
+unsigned char * p;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen <= pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	p = (unsigned char *) bstr__memchr ((b->data + pos), (unsigned char) c, (b->slen - pos));
+	if (p) return (int) (p - b->data);
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int bstrrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos)
+ *
+ *  Search for the character c in b backwards from the position pos in string 
+ *  (inclusive).
+ */
+int bstrrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos) {
+int i;
+ 
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen <= pos || pos < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=pos; i >= 0; i--) {
+		if (b->data[i] == (unsigned char) c) return i;
+	}
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+#if !defined (BSTRLIB_AGGRESSIVE_MEMORY_FOR_SPEED_TRADEOFF)
+#define LONG_LOG_BITS_QTY (3)
+#define LONG_BITS_QTY (1 << LONG_LOG_BITS_QTY)
+#define LONG_TYPE unsigned char
+
+#define CFCLEN ((1 << CHAR_BIT) / LONG_BITS_QTY)
+struct charField { LONG_TYPE content[CFCLEN]; };
+#define testInCharField(cf,c) ((cf)->content[(c) >> LONG_LOG_BITS_QTY] & (((long)1) << ((c) & (LONG_BITS_QTY-1))))
+#define setInCharField(cf,idx) { \
+	unsigned int c = (unsigned int) (idx); \
+	(cf)->content[c >> LONG_LOG_BITS_QTY] |= (LONG_TYPE) (1ul << (c & (LONG_BITS_QTY-1))); \
+}
+
+#else
+
+#define CFCLEN (1 << CHAR_BIT)
+struct charField { unsigned char content[CFCLEN]; };
+#define testInCharField(cf,c) ((cf)->content[(unsigned char) (c)])
+#define setInCharField(cf,idx) (cf)->content[(unsigned int) (idx)] = ~0
+
+#endif
+
+/* Convert a bstring to charField */
+static int buildCharField (struct charField * cf, const_bstring b) {
+int i;
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->slen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	memset ((void *) cf->content, 0, sizeof (struct charField));
+	for (i=0; i < b->slen; i++) {
+		setInCharField (cf, b->data[i]);
+	}
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+static void invertCharField (struct charField * cf) {
+int i;
+	for (i=0; i < CFCLEN; i++) cf->content[i] = ~cf->content[i];
+}
+
+/* Inner engine for binchr */
+static int binchrCF (const unsigned char * data, int len, int pos, const struct charField * cf) {
+int i;
+	for (i=pos; i < len; i++) {
+		unsigned char c = (unsigned char) data[i];
+		if (testInCharField (cf, c)) return i;
+	}
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int binchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+ *
+ *  Search for the first position in b0 starting from pos or after, in which 
+ *  one of the characters in b1 is found and return it.  If such a position 
+ *  does not exist in b0, then BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int binchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1) {
+struct charField chrs;
+	if (pos < 0 || b0 == NULL || b0->data == NULL ||
+	    b0->slen <= pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (1 == b1->slen) return bstrchrp (b0, b1->data[0], pos);
+	if (0 > buildCharField (&chrs, b1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	return binchrCF (b0->data, b0->slen, pos, &chrs);
+}
+
+/* Inner engine for binchrr */
+static int binchrrCF (const unsigned char * data, int pos, const struct charField * cf) {
+int i;
+	for (i=pos; i >= 0; i--) {
+		unsigned int c = (unsigned int) data[i];
+		if (testInCharField (cf, c)) return i;
+	}
+	return BSTR_ERR;
+}
+
+/*  int binchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+ *
+ *  Search for the last position in b0 no greater than pos, in which one of 
+ *  the characters in b1 is found and return it.  If such a position does not 
+ *  exist in b0, then BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int binchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1) {
+struct charField chrs;
+	if (pos < 0 || b0 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || b1 == NULL ||
+	    b0->slen < pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (pos == b0->slen) pos--;
+	if (1 == b1->slen) return bstrrchrp (b0, b1->data[0], pos);
+	if (0 > buildCharField (&chrs, b1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	return binchrrCF (b0->data, pos, &chrs);
+}
+
+/*  int bninchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+ *
+ *  Search for the first position in b0 starting from pos or after, in which 
+ *  none of the characters in b1 is found and return it.  If such a position 
+ *  does not exist in b0, then BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int bninchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1) {
+struct charField chrs;
+	if (pos < 0 || b0 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || 
+	    b0->slen <= pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (buildCharField (&chrs, b1) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	invertCharField (&chrs);
+	return binchrCF (b0->data, b0->slen, pos, &chrs);
+}
+
+/*  int bninchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+ *
+ *  Search for the last position in b0 no greater than pos, in which none of 
+ *  the characters in b1 is found and return it.  If such a position does not 
+ *  exist in b0, then BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int bninchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1) {
+struct charField chrs;
+	if (pos < 0 || b0 == NULL || b0->data == NULL || 
+	    b0->slen < pos) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (pos == b0->slen) pos--;
+	if (buildCharField (&chrs, b1) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	invertCharField (&chrs);
+	return binchrrCF (b0->data, pos, &chrs);
+}
+
+/*  int bsetstr (bstring b0, int pos, bstring b1, unsigned char fill)
+ *
+ *  Overwrite the string b0 starting at position pos with the string b1. If 
+ *  the position pos is past the end of b0, then the character "fill" is 
+ *  appended as necessary to make up the gap between the end of b0 and pos.
+ *  If b1 is NULL, it behaves as if it were a 0-length string.
+ */
+int bsetstr (bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1, unsigned char fill) {
+int d, newlen;
+ptrdiff_t pd;
+bstring aux = (bstring) b1;
+
+	if (pos < 0 || b0 == NULL || b0->slen < 0 || NULL == b0->data || 
+	    b0->mlen < b0->slen || b0->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (b1 != NULL && (b1->slen < 0 || b1->data == NULL)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	d = pos;
+
+	/* Aliasing case */
+	if (NULL != aux) {
+		if ((pd = (ptrdiff_t) (b1->data - b0->data)) >= 0 && pd < (ptrdiff_t) b0->mlen) {
+			if (NULL == (aux = bstrcpy (b1))) return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+		d += aux->slen;
+	}
+
+	/* Increase memory size if necessary */
+	if (balloc (b0, d + 1) != BSTR_OK) {
+		if (aux != b1) bdestroy (aux);
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	newlen = b0->slen;
+
+	/* Fill in "fill" character as necessary */
+	if (pos > newlen) {
+		bstr__memset (b0->data + b0->slen, (int) fill, (size_t) (pos - b0->slen));
+		newlen = pos;
+	}
+
+	/* Copy b1 to position pos in b0. */
+	if (aux != NULL) {
+		bBlockCopy ((char *) (b0->data + pos), (char *) aux->data, aux->slen);
+		if (aux != b1) bdestroy (aux);
+	}
+
+	/* Indicate the potentially increased size of b0 */
+	if (d > newlen) newlen = d;
+
+	b0->slen = newlen;
+	b0->data[newlen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int binsert (bstring b1, int pos, bstring b2, unsigned char fill)
+ *
+ *  Inserts the string b2 into b1 at position pos.  If the position pos is 
+ *  past the end of b1, then the character "fill" is appended as necessary to 
+ *  make up the gap between the end of b1 and pos.  Unlike bsetstr, binsert
+ *  does not allow b2 to be NULL.
+ */
+int binsert (bstring b1, int pos, const_bstring b2, unsigned char fill) {
+int d, l;
+ptrdiff_t pd;
+bstring aux = (bstring) b2;
+
+	if (pos < 0 || b1 == NULL || b2 == NULL || b1->slen < 0 || 
+	    b2->slen < 0 || b1->mlen < b1->slen || b1->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Aliasing case */
+	if ((pd = (ptrdiff_t) (b2->data - b1->data)) >= 0 && pd < (ptrdiff_t) b1->mlen) {
+		if (NULL == (aux = bstrcpy (b2))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	/* Compute the two possible end pointers */
+	d = b1->slen + aux->slen;
+	l = pos + aux->slen;
+	if ((d|l) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (l > d) {
+		/* Inserting past the end of the string */
+		if (balloc (b1, l + 1) != BSTR_OK) {
+			if (aux != b2) bdestroy (aux);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+		bstr__memset (b1->data + b1->slen, (int) fill, (size_t) (pos - b1->slen));
+		b1->slen = l;
+	} else {
+		/* Inserting in the middle of the string */
+		if (balloc (b1, d + 1) != BSTR_OK) {
+			if (aux != b2) bdestroy (aux);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+		bBlockCopy (b1->data + l, b1->data + pos, d - l);
+		b1->slen = d;
+	}
+	bBlockCopy (b1->data + pos, aux->data, aux->slen);
+	b1->data[b1->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	if (aux != b2) bdestroy (aux);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int breplace (bstring b1, int pos, int len, bstring b2, 
+ *                unsigned char fill)
+ *
+ *  Replace a section of a string from pos for a length len with the string b2.
+ *  fill is used is pos > b1->slen.
+ */
+int breplace (bstring b1, int pos, int len, const_bstring b2, 
+			  unsigned char fill) {
+int pl, ret;
+ptrdiff_t pd;
+bstring aux = (bstring) b2;
+
+	if (pos < 0 || len < 0 || (pl = pos + len) < 0 || b1 == NULL || 
+	    b2 == NULL || b1->data == NULL || b2->data == NULL || 
+	    b1->slen < 0 || b2->slen < 0 || b1->mlen < b1->slen ||
+	    b1->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Straddles the end? */
+	if (pl >= b1->slen) {
+		if ((ret = bsetstr (b1, pos, b2, fill)) < 0) return ret;
+		if (pos + b2->slen < b1->slen) {
+			b1->slen = pos + b2->slen;
+			b1->data[b1->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		}
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Aliasing case */
+	if ((pd = (ptrdiff_t) (b2->data - b1->data)) >= 0 && pd < (ptrdiff_t) b1->slen) {
+		if (NULL == (aux = bstrcpy (b2))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	if (aux->slen > len) {
+		if (balloc (b1, b1->slen + aux->slen - len) != BSTR_OK) {
+			if (aux != b2) bdestroy (aux);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (aux->slen != len) bstr__memmove (b1->data + pos + aux->slen, b1->data + pos + len, b1->slen - (pos + len));
+	bstr__memcpy (b1->data + pos, aux->data, aux->slen);
+	b1->slen += aux->slen - len;
+	b1->data[b1->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	if (aux != b2) bdestroy (aux);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bfindreplace (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, 
+ *                    int pos)
+ *
+ *  Replace all occurrences of a find string with a replace string after a
+ *  given point in a bstring.
+ */
+
+typedef int (*instr_fnptr) (const_bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2);
+
+static int findreplaceengine (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, int pos, instr_fnptr instr) {
+int i, ret, slen, mlen, delta, acc;
+int * d;
+int static_d[32];
+ptrdiff_t pd;
+bstring auxf = (bstring) find;
+bstring auxr = (bstring) repl;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->data == NULL || find == NULL ||
+	    find->data == NULL || repl == NULL || repl->data == NULL || 
+	    pos < 0 || find->slen <= 0 || b->mlen < 0 || b->slen > b->mlen || 
+	    b->mlen <= 0 || b->slen < 0 || repl->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (pos > b->slen - find->slen) return BSTR_OK;
+
+	/* Alias with find string */
+	pd = (ptrdiff_t) (find->data - b->data);
+	if ((ptrdiff_t) (pos - find->slen) < pd && pd < (ptrdiff_t) b->slen) {
+		if (NULL == (auxf = bstrcpy (find))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	/* Alias with repl string */
+	pd = (ptrdiff_t) (repl->data - b->data);
+	if ((ptrdiff_t) (pos - repl->slen) < pd && pd < (ptrdiff_t) b->slen) {
+		if (NULL == (auxr = bstrcpy (repl))) {
+			if (auxf != find) bdestroy (auxf);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	delta = auxf->slen - auxr->slen;
+
+	/* in-place replacement since find and replace strings are of equal 
+	   length */
+	if (delta == 0) {
+		while ((pos = instr (b, pos, auxf)) >= 0) {
+			bstr__memcpy (b->data + pos, auxr->data, auxr->slen);
+			pos += auxf->slen;
+		}
+		if (auxf != find) bdestroy (auxf);
+		if (auxr != repl) bdestroy (auxr);
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	/* shrinking replacement since auxf->slen > auxr->slen */
+	if (delta > 0) {
+		acc = 0;
+
+		while ((i = instr (b, pos, auxf)) >= 0) {
+			if (acc && i > pos)
+				bstr__memmove (b->data + pos - acc, b->data + pos, i - pos);
+			if (auxr->slen)
+				bstr__memcpy (b->data + i - acc, auxr->data, auxr->slen);
+			acc += delta;
+			pos = i + auxf->slen;
+		}
+
+		if (acc) {
+			i = b->slen;
+			if (i > pos)
+				bstr__memmove (b->data + pos - acc, b->data + pos, i - pos);
+			b->slen -= acc;
+			b->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		}
+
+		if (auxf != find) bdestroy (auxf);
+		if (auxr != repl) bdestroy (auxr);
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	/* expanding replacement since find->slen < repl->slen.  Its a lot 
+	   more complicated. */
+
+	mlen = 32;
+	d = (int *) static_d; /* Avoid malloc for trivial cases */
+	acc = slen = 0;
+
+	while ((pos = instr (b, pos, auxf)) >= 0) {
+		if (slen + 1 >= mlen) {
+			int sl;
+			int * t;
+			mlen += mlen;
+			sl = sizeof (int *) * mlen;
+			if (static_d == d) d = NULL;
+			if (sl < mlen || NULL == (t = (int *) bstr__realloc (d, sl))) {
+				ret = BSTR_ERR;
+				goto done;
+			}
+			if (NULL == d) bstr__memcpy (t, static_d, sizeof (static_d));
+			d = t;
+		}
+		d[slen] = pos;
+		slen++;
+		acc -= delta;
+		pos += auxf->slen;
+		if (pos < 0 || acc < 0) {
+			ret = BSTR_ERR;
+			goto done;
+		}
+	}
+	d[slen] = b->slen;
+
+	if (BSTR_OK == (ret = balloc (b, b->slen + acc + 1))) {
+		b->slen += acc;
+		for (i = slen-1; i >= 0; i--) {
+			int s, l;
+			s = d[i] + auxf->slen;
+			l = d[i+1] - s;
+			if (l) {
+				bstr__memmove (b->data + s + acc, b->data + s, l);
+			}
+			if (auxr->slen) {
+				bstr__memmove (b->data + s + acc - auxr->slen, 
+				         auxr->data, auxr->slen);
+			}
+			acc += delta;		
+		}
+		b->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	}
+
+	done:;
+	if (static_d == d) d = NULL;
+	bstr__free (d);
+	if (auxf != find) bdestroy (auxf);
+	if (auxr != repl) bdestroy (auxr);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*  int bfindreplace (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, 
+ *                    int pos)
+ *
+ *  Replace all occurrences of a find string with a replace string after a
+ *  given point in a bstring.
+ */
+int bfindreplace (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, int pos) {
+	return findreplaceengine (b, find, repl, pos, binstr);
+}
+
+/*  int bfindreplacecaseless (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, 
+ *                    int pos)
+ *
+ *  Replace all occurrences of a find string, ignoring case, with a replace 
+ *  string after a given point in a bstring.
+ */
+int bfindreplacecaseless (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, int pos) {
+	return findreplaceengine (b, find, repl, pos, binstrcaseless);
+}
+
+/*  int binsertch (bstring b, int pos, int len, unsigned char fill)
+ *
+ *  Inserts the character fill repeatedly into b at position pos for a 
+ *  length len.  If the position pos is past the end of b, then the 
+ *  character "fill" is appended as necessary to make up the gap between the 
+ *  end of b and the position pos + len.
+ */
+int binsertch (bstring b, int pos, int len, unsigned char fill) {
+int d, l, i;
+
+	if (pos < 0 || b == NULL || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->mlen <= 0 || len < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Compute the two possible end pointers */
+	d = b->slen + len;
+	l = pos + len;
+	if ((d|l) < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (l > d) {
+		/* Inserting past the end of the string */
+		if (balloc (b, l + 1) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+		pos = b->slen;
+		b->slen = l;
+	} else {
+		/* Inserting in the middle of the string */
+		if (balloc (b, d + 1) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+		for (i = d - 1; i >= l; i--) {
+			b->data[i] = b->data[i - len];
+		}
+		b->slen = d;
+	}
+
+	for (i=pos; i < l; i++) b->data[i] = fill;
+	b->data[b->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bpattern (bstring b, int len)
+ *
+ *  Replicate the bstring, b in place, end to end repeatedly until it 
+ *  surpasses len characters, then chop the result to exactly len characters. 
+ *  This function operates in-place.  The function will return with BSTR_ERR 
+ *  if b is NULL or of length 0, otherwise BSTR_OK is returned.
+ */
+int bpattern (bstring b, int len) {
+int i, d;
+
+	d = blength (b);
+	if (d <= 0 || len < 0 || balloc (b, len + 1) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (len > 0) {
+		if (d == 1) return bsetstr (b, len, NULL, b->data[0]);
+		for (i = d; i < len; i++) b->data[i] = b->data[i - d];
+	}
+	b->data[len] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = len;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+#define BS_BUFF_SZ (1024)
+
+/*  int breada (bstring b, bNread readPtr, void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Use a finite buffer fread-like function readPtr to concatenate to the 
+ *  bstring b the entire contents of file-like source data in a roughly 
+ *  efficient way.
+ */
+int breada (bstring b, bNread readPtr, void * parm) {
+int i, l, n;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->mlen <= 0 || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->mlen <= 0 || readPtr == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	i = b->slen;
+	for (n=i+16; ; n += ((n < BS_BUFF_SZ) ? n : BS_BUFF_SZ)) {
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (b, n + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+		l = (int) readPtr ((void *) (b->data + i), 1, n - i, parm);
+		i += l;
+		b->slen = i;
+		if (i < n) break;
+	}
+
+	b->data[i] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bread (bNread readPtr, void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Use a finite buffer fread-like function readPtr to create a bstring 
+ *  filled with the entire contents of file-like source data in a roughly 
+ *  efficient way.
+ */
+bstring bread (bNread readPtr, void * parm) {
+int ret;
+bstring buff;
+
+	if (readPtr == NULL) return NULL;
+	buff = bfromcstr ("");
+	if (buff == NULL) return NULL;
+	ret = breada (buff, readPtr, parm);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		bdestroy (buff);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return buff;
+}
+
+/*  int bassigngets (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator)
+ *
+ *  Use an fgetc-like single character stream reading function (getcPtr) to 
+ *  obtain a sequence of characters which are concatenated to the end of the
+ *  bstring b.  The stream read is terminated by the passed in terminator 
+ *  parameter.
+ *
+ *  If getcPtr returns with a negative number, or the terminator character 
+ *  (which is appended) is read, then the stream reading is halted and the 
+ *  function returns with a partial result in b.  If there is an empty partial
+ *  result, 1 is returned.  If no characters are read, or there is some other 
+ *  detectable error, BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int bassigngets (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator) {
+int c, d, e;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->mlen <= 0 || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->mlen <= 0 || getcPtr == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	d = 0;
+	e = b->mlen - 2;
+
+	while ((c = getcPtr (parm)) >= 0) {
+		if (d > e) {
+			b->slen = d;
+			if (balloc (b, d + 2) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+			e = b->mlen - 2;
+		}
+		b->data[d] = (unsigned char) c;
+		d++;
+		if (c == terminator) break;
+	}
+
+	b->data[d] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = d;
+
+	return d == 0 && c < 0;
+}
+
+/*  int bgetsa (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator)
+ *
+ *  Use an fgetc-like single character stream reading function (getcPtr) to 
+ *  obtain a sequence of characters which are concatenated to the end of the
+ *  bstring b.  The stream read is terminated by the passed in terminator 
+ *  parameter.
+ *
+ *  If getcPtr returns with a negative number, or the terminator character 
+ *  (which is appended) is read, then the stream reading is halted and the 
+ *  function returns with a partial result concatentated to b.  If there is 
+ *  an empty partial result, 1 is returned.  If no characters are read, or 
+ *  there is some other detectable error, BSTR_ERR is returned.
+ */
+int bgetsa (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator) {
+int c, d, e;
+
+	if (b == NULL || b->mlen <= 0 || b->slen < 0 || b->mlen < b->slen ||
+	    b->mlen <= 0 || getcPtr == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	d = b->slen;
+	e = b->mlen - 2;
+
+	while ((c = getcPtr (parm)) >= 0) {
+		if (d > e) {
+			b->slen = d;
+			if (balloc (b, d + 2) != BSTR_OK) return BSTR_ERR;
+			e = b->mlen - 2;
+		}
+		b->data[d] = (unsigned char) c;
+		d++;
+		if (c == terminator) break;
+	}
+
+	b->data[d] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	b->slen = d;
+
+	return d == 0 && c < 0;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bgets (bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator)
+ *
+ *  Use an fgetc-like single character stream reading function (getcPtr) to 
+ *  obtain a sequence of characters which are concatenated into a bstring.  
+ *  The stream read is terminated by the passed in terminator function.
+ *
+ *  If getcPtr returns with a negative number, or the terminator character 
+ *  (which is appended) is read, then the stream reading is halted and the 
+ *  result obtained thus far is returned.  If no characters are read, or 
+ *  there is some other detectable error, NULL is returned.
+ */
+bstring bgets (bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator) {
+int ret;
+bstring buff;
+
+	if (NULL == getcPtr || NULL == (buff = bfromcstr (""))) return NULL;
+
+	ret = bgetsa (buff, getcPtr, parm, terminator);
+	if (ret < 0 || buff->slen <= 0) {
+		bdestroy (buff);
+		buff = NULL;
+	}
+	return buff;
+}
+
+struct bStream {
+	bstring buff;		/* Buffer for over-reads */
+	void * parm;		/* The stream handle for core stream */
+	bNread readFnPtr;	/* fread compatible fnptr for core stream */
+	int isEOF;		/* track file's EOF state */
+	int maxBuffSz;
+};
+
+/*  struct bStream * bsopen (bNread readPtr, void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Wrap a given open stream (described by a fread compatible function 
+ *  pointer and stream handle) into an open bStream suitable for the bstring 
+ *  library streaming functions.
+ */
+struct bStream * bsopen (bNread readPtr, void * parm) {
+struct bStream * s;
+
+	if (readPtr == NULL) return NULL;
+	s = (struct bStream *) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct bStream));
+	if (s == NULL) return NULL;
+	s->parm = parm;
+	s->buff = bfromcstr ("");
+	s->readFnPtr = readPtr;
+	s->maxBuffSz = BS_BUFF_SZ;
+	s->isEOF = 0;
+	return s;
+}
+
+/*  int bsbufflength (struct bStream * s, int sz)
+ *
+ *  Set the length of the buffer used by the bStream.  If sz is zero, the 
+ *  length is not set.  This function returns with the previous length.
+ */
+int bsbufflength (struct bStream * s, int sz) {
+int oldSz;
+	if (s == NULL || sz < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	oldSz = s->maxBuffSz;
+	if (sz > 0) s->maxBuffSz = sz;
+	return oldSz;
+}
+
+int bseof (const struct bStream * s) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->readFnPtr == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	return s->isEOF && (s->buff->slen == 0);
+}
+
+/*  void * bsclose (struct bStream * s)
+ *
+ *  Close the bStream, and return the handle to the stream that was originally
+ *  used to open the given stream.
+ */
+void * bsclose (struct bStream * s) {
+void * parm;
+	if (s == NULL) return NULL;
+	s->readFnPtr = NULL;
+	if (s->buff) bdestroy (s->buff);
+	s->buff = NULL;
+	parm = s->parm;
+	s->parm = NULL;
+	s->isEOF = 1;
+	bstr__free (s);
+	return parm;
+}
+
+/*  int bsreadlna (bstring r, struct bStream * s, char terminator)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring terminated by the terminator character or the end of the
+ *  stream from the bStream (s) and return it into the parameter r.  This 
+ *  function may read additional characters from the core stream that are not 
+ *  returned, but will be retained for subsequent read operations.
+ */
+int bsreadlna (bstring r, struct bStream * s, char terminator) {
+int i, l, ret, rlo;
+char * b;
+struct tagbstring x;
+
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || r->mlen <= 0 ||
+	    r->slen < 0 || r->mlen < r->slen) return BSTR_ERR;
+	l = s->buff->slen;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	b = (char *) s->buff->data;
+	x.data = (unsigned char *) b;
+
+	/* First check if the current buffer holds the terminator */
+	b[l] = terminator; /* Set sentinel */
+	for (i=0; b[i] != terminator; i++) ;
+	if (i < l) {
+		x.slen = i + 1;
+		ret = bconcat (r, &x);
+		s->buff->slen = l;
+		if (BSTR_OK == ret) bdelete (s->buff, 0, i + 1);
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	rlo = r->slen;
+
+	/* If not then just concatenate the entire buffer to the output */
+	x.slen = l;
+	if (BSTR_OK != bconcat (r, &x)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Perform direct in-place reads into the destination to allow for
+	   the minimum of data-copies */
+	for (;;) {
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (r, r->slen + s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+		b = (char *) (r->data + r->slen);
+		l = (int) s->readFnPtr (b, 1, s->maxBuffSz, s->parm);
+		if (l <= 0) {
+			r->data[r->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+			s->buff->slen = 0;
+			s->isEOF = 1;
+			/* If nothing was read return with an error message */
+			return BSTR_ERR & -(r->slen == rlo);
+		}
+		b[l] = terminator; /* Set sentinel */
+		for (i=0; b[i] != terminator; i++) ;
+		if (i < l) break;
+		r->slen += l;
+	}
+
+	/* Terminator found, push over-read back to buffer */
+	i++;
+	r->slen += i;
+	s->buff->slen = l - i;
+	bstr__memcpy (s->buff->data, b + i, l - i);
+	r->data[r->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bsreadlnsa (bstring r, struct bStream * s, bstring term)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring terminated by any character in the term string or the end 
+ *  of the stream from the bStream (s) and return it into the parameter r.  
+ *  This function may read additional characters from the core stream that 
+ *  are not returned, but will be retained for subsequent read operations.
+ */
+int bsreadlnsa (bstring r, struct bStream * s, const_bstring term) {
+int i, l, ret, rlo;
+unsigned char * b;
+struct tagbstring x;
+struct charField cf;
+
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || term == NULL ||
+	    term->data == NULL || r->mlen <= 0 || r->slen < 0 ||
+	    r->mlen < r->slen) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (term->slen == 1) return bsreadlna (r, s, term->data[0]);
+	if (term->slen < 1 || buildCharField (&cf, term)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	l = s->buff->slen;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	b = (unsigned char *) s->buff->data;
+	x.data = b;
+
+	/* First check if the current buffer holds the terminator */
+	b[l] = term->data[0]; /* Set sentinel */
+	for (i=0; !testInCharField (&cf, b[i]); i++) ;
+	if (i < l) {
+		x.slen = i + 1;
+		ret = bconcat (r, &x);
+		s->buff->slen = l;
+		if (BSTR_OK == ret) bdelete (s->buff, 0, i + 1);
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	rlo = r->slen;
+
+	/* If not then just concatenate the entire buffer to the output */
+	x.slen = l;
+	if (BSTR_OK != bconcat (r, &x)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Perform direct in-place reads into the destination to allow for
+	   the minimum of data-copies */
+	for (;;) {
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (r, r->slen + s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+		b = (unsigned char *) (r->data + r->slen);
+		l = (int) s->readFnPtr (b, 1, s->maxBuffSz, s->parm);
+		if (l <= 0) {
+			r->data[r->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+			s->buff->slen = 0;
+			s->isEOF = 1;
+			/* If nothing was read return with an error message */
+			return BSTR_ERR & -(r->slen == rlo);
+		}
+
+		b[l] = term->data[0]; /* Set sentinel */
+		for (i=0; !testInCharField (&cf, b[i]); i++) ;
+		if (i < l) break;
+		r->slen += l;
+	}
+
+	/* Terminator found, push over-read back to buffer */
+	i++;
+	r->slen += i;
+	s->buff->slen = l - i;
+	bstr__memcpy (s->buff->data, b + i, l - i);
+	r->data[r->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bsreada (bstring r, struct bStream * s, int n)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring of length n (or, if it is fewer, as many bytes as is 
+ *  remaining) from the bStream.  This function may read additional 
+ *  characters from the core stream that are not returned, but will be 
+ *  retained for subsequent read operations.  This function will not read
+ *  additional characters from the core stream beyond virtual stream pointer.
+ */
+int bsreada (bstring r, struct bStream * s, int n) {
+int l, ret, orslen;
+char * b;
+struct tagbstring x;
+
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || r->mlen <= 0
+	 || r->slen < 0 || r->mlen < r->slen || n <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	n += r->slen;
+	if (n <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	l = s->buff->slen;
+
+	orslen = r->slen;
+
+	if (0 == l) {
+		if (s->isEOF) return BSTR_ERR;
+		if (r->mlen > n) {
+			l = (int) s->readFnPtr (r->data + r->slen, 1, n - r->slen, s->parm);
+			if (0 >= l || l > n - r->slen) {
+				s->isEOF = 1;
+				return BSTR_ERR;
+			}
+			r->slen += l;
+			r->data[r->slen] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	b = (char *) s->buff->data;
+	x.data = (unsigned char *) b;
+
+	do {
+		if (l + r->slen >= n) {
+			x.slen = n - r->slen;
+			ret = bconcat (r, &x);
+			s->buff->slen = l;
+			if (BSTR_OK == ret) bdelete (s->buff, 0, x.slen);
+			return BSTR_ERR & -(r->slen == orslen);
+		}
+
+		x.slen = l;
+		if (BSTR_OK != bconcat (r, &x)) break;
+
+		l = n - r->slen;
+		if (l > s->maxBuffSz) l = s->maxBuffSz;
+
+		l = (int) s->readFnPtr (b, 1, l, s->parm);
+
+	} while (l > 0);
+	if (l < 0) l = 0;
+	if (l == 0) s->isEOF = 1;
+	s->buff->slen = l;
+	return BSTR_ERR & -(r->slen == orslen);
+}
+
+/*  int bsreadln (bstring r, struct bStream * s, char terminator)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring terminated by the terminator character or the end of the
+ *  stream from the bStream (s) and return it into the parameter r.  This 
+ *  function may read additional characters from the core stream that are not 
+ *  returned, but will be retained for subsequent read operations.
+ */
+int bsreadln (bstring r, struct bStream * s, char terminator) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || r->mlen <= 0)
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	r->slen = 0;
+	return bsreadlna (r, s, terminator);
+}
+
+/*  int bsreadlns (bstring r, struct bStream * s, bstring term)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring terminated by any character in the term string or the end 
+ *  of the stream from the bStream (s) and return it into the parameter r.  
+ *  This function may read additional characters from the core stream that 
+ *  are not returned, but will be retained for subsequent read operations.
+ */
+int bsreadlns (bstring r, struct bStream * s, const_bstring term) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || term == NULL 
+	 || term->data == NULL || r->mlen <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (term->slen == 1) return bsreadln (r, s, term->data[0]);
+	if (term->slen < 1) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	r->slen = 0;
+	return bsreadlnsa (r, s, term);
+}
+
+/*  int bsread (bstring r, struct bStream * s, int n)
+ *
+ *  Read a bstring of length n (or, if it is fewer, as many bytes as is 
+ *  remaining) from the bStream.  This function may read additional 
+ *  characters from the core stream that are not returned, but will be 
+ *  retained for subsequent read operations.  This function will not read
+ *  additional characters from the core stream beyond virtual stream pointer.
+ */
+int bsread (bstring r, struct bStream * s, int n) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL || r == NULL || r->mlen <= 0
+	 || n <= 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (s->buff, s->maxBuffSz + 1)) return BSTR_ERR;
+	r->slen = 0;
+	return bsreada (r, s, n);
+}
+
+/*  int bsunread (struct bStream * s, const_bstring b)
+ *
+ *  Insert a bstring into the bStream at the current position.  These 
+ *  characters will be read prior to those that actually come from the core 
+ *  stream.
+ */
+int bsunread (struct bStream * s, const_bstring b) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	return binsert (s->buff, 0, b, (unsigned char) '?');
+}
+
+/*  int bspeek (bstring r, const struct bStream * s)
+ *
+ *  Return the currently buffered characters from the bStream that will be 
+ *  read prior to reads from the core stream.
+ */
+int bspeek (bstring r, const struct bStream * s) {
+	if (s == NULL || s->buff == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+	return bassign (r, s->buff);
+}
+
+/*  bstring bjoin (const struct bstrList * bl, const_bstring sep);
+ *
+ *  Join the entries of a bstrList into one bstring by sequentially 
+ *  concatenating them with the sep string in between.  If there is an error 
+ *  NULL is returned, otherwise a bstring with the correct result is returned.
+ */
+bstring bjoin (const struct bstrList * bl, const_bstring sep) {
+bstring b;
+int i, c, v;
+
+	if (bl == NULL || bl->qty < 0) return NULL;
+	if (sep != NULL && (sep->slen < 0 || sep->data == NULL)) return NULL;
+
+	for (i = 0, c = 1; i < bl->qty; i++) {
+		v = bl->entry[i]->slen;
+		if (v < 0) return NULL;	/* Invalid input */
+		c += v;
+		if (c < 0) return NULL;	/* Wrap around ?? */
+	}
+
+	if (sep != NULL) c += (bl->qty - 1) * sep->slen;
+
+	b = (bstring) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct tagbstring));
+	if (NULL == b) return NULL; /* Out of memory */
+	b->data = (unsigned char *) bstr__alloc (c);
+	if (b->data == NULL) {
+		bstr__free (b);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	b->mlen = c;
+	b->slen = c-1;
+
+	for (i = 0, c = 0; i < bl->qty; i++) {
+		if (i > 0 && sep != NULL) {
+			bstr__memcpy (b->data + c, sep->data, sep->slen);
+			c += sep->slen;
+		}
+		v = bl->entry[i]->slen;
+		bstr__memcpy (b->data + c, bl->entry[i]->data, v);
+		c += v;
+	}
+	b->data[c] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+	return b;
+}
+
+#define BSSSC_BUFF_LEN (256)
+
+/*  int bssplitscb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+ *	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Iterate the set of disjoint sequential substrings read from a stream 
+ *  divided by any of the characters in splitStr.  An empty splitStr causes 
+ *  the whole stream to be iterated once.
+ *
+ *  Note: At the point of calling the cb function, the bStream pointer is 
+ *  pointed exactly at the position right after having read the split 
+ *  character.  The cb function can act on the stream by causing the bStream
+ *  pointer to move, and bssplitscb will continue by starting the next split
+ *  at the position of the pointer after the return from cb.
+ *
+ *  However, if the cb causes the bStream s to be destroyed then the cb must
+ *  return with a negative value, otherwise bssplitscb will continue in an 
+ *  undefined manner.
+ */
+int bssplitscb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm) {
+struct charField chrs;
+bstring buff;
+int i, p, ret;
+
+	if (cb == NULL || s == NULL || s->readFnPtr == NULL 
+	 || splitStr == NULL || splitStr->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstr (""))) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (splitStr->slen == 0) {
+		while (bsreada (buff, s, BSSSC_BUFF_LEN) >= 0) ;
+		if ((ret = cb (parm, 0, buff)) > 0) 
+			ret = 0;
+	} else {
+		buildCharField (&chrs, splitStr);
+		ret = p = i = 0;
+		for (;;) {
+			if (i >= buff->slen) {
+				bsreada (buff, s, BSSSC_BUFF_LEN);
+				if (i >= buff->slen) {
+					if (0 < (ret = cb (parm, p, buff))) ret = 0;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+			if (testInCharField (&chrs, buff->data[i])) {
+				struct tagbstring t;
+				unsigned char c;
+
+				blk2tbstr (t, buff->data + i + 1, buff->slen - (i + 1));
+				if ((ret = bsunread (s, &t)) < 0) break;
+				buff->slen = i;
+				c = buff->data[i];
+				buff->data[i] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+				if ((ret = cb (parm, p, buff)) < 0) break;
+				buff->data[i] = c;
+				buff->slen = 0;
+				p += i + 1;
+				i = -1;
+			}
+			i++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	bdestroy (buff);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*  int bssplitstrcb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+ *	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Iterate the set of disjoint sequential substrings read from a stream 
+ *  divided by the entire substring splitStr.  An empty splitStr causes 
+ *  each character of the stream to be iterated.
+ *
+ *  Note: At the point of calling the cb function, the bStream pointer is 
+ *  pointed exactly at the position right after having read the split 
+ *  character.  The cb function can act on the stream by causing the bStream
+ *  pointer to move, and bssplitscb will continue by starting the next split
+ *  at the position of the pointer after the return from cb.
+ *
+ *  However, if the cb causes the bStream s to be destroyed then the cb must
+ *  return with a negative value, otherwise bssplitscb will continue in an 
+ *  undefined manner.
+ */
+int bssplitstrcb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm) {
+bstring buff;
+int i, p, ret;
+
+	if (cb == NULL || s == NULL || s->readFnPtr == NULL 
+	 || splitStr == NULL || splitStr->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (splitStr->slen == 1) return bssplitscb (s, splitStr, cb, parm);
+
+	if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstr (""))) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (splitStr->slen == 0) {
+		for (i=0; bsreada (buff, s, BSSSC_BUFF_LEN) >= 0; i++) {
+			if ((ret = cb (parm, 0, buff)) < 0) {
+				bdestroy (buff);
+				return ret;
+			}
+			buff->slen = 0;
+		}
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	} else {
+		ret = p = i = 0;
+		for (i=p=0;;) {
+			if ((ret = binstr (buff, 0, splitStr)) >= 0) {
+				struct tagbstring t;
+				blk2tbstr (t, buff->data, ret);
+				i = ret + splitStr->slen;
+				if ((ret = cb (parm, p, &t)) < 0) break;
+				p += i;
+				bdelete (buff, 0, i);
+			} else {
+				bsreada (buff, s, BSSSC_BUFF_LEN);
+				if (bseof (s)) {
+					if ((ret = cb (parm, p, buff)) > 0) ret = 0;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	bdestroy (buff);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*  int bstrListCreate (void)
+ *
+ *  Create a bstrList.
+ */
+struct bstrList * bstrListCreate (void) {
+struct bstrList * sl = (struct bstrList *) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct bstrList));
+	if (sl) {
+		sl->entry = (bstring *) bstr__alloc (1*sizeof (bstring));
+		if (!sl->entry) {
+			bstr__free (sl);
+			sl = NULL;
+		} else {
+			sl->qty = 0;
+			sl->mlen = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	return sl;
+}
+
+/*  int bstrListDestroy (struct bstrList * sl)
+ *
+ *  Destroy a bstrList that has been created by bsplit, bsplits or bstrListCreate.
+ */
+int bstrListDestroy (struct bstrList * sl) {
+int i;
+	if (sl == NULL || sl->qty < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	for (i=0; i < sl->qty; i++) {
+		if (sl->entry[i]) {
+			bdestroy (sl->entry[i]);
+			sl->entry[i] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+	sl->qty  = -1;
+	sl->mlen = -1;
+	bstr__free (sl->entry);
+	sl->entry = NULL;
+	bstr__free (sl);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bsplitcb (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar, int pos,
+ *	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Iterate the set of disjoint sequential substrings over str divided by the
+ *  character in splitChar.
+ *
+ *  Note: Non-destructive modification of str from within the cb function 
+ *  while performing this split is not undefined.  bsplitcb behaves in 
+ *  sequential lock step with calls to cb.  I.e., after returning from a cb 
+ *  that return a non-negative integer, bsplitcb continues from the position 
+ *  1 character after the last detected split character and it will halt 
+ *  immediately if the length of str falls below this point.  However, if the 
+ *  cb function destroys str, then it *must* return with a negative value, 
+ *  otherwise bsplitcb will continue in an undefined manner.
+ */
+int bsplitcb (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm) {
+int i, p, ret;
+
+	if (cb == NULL || str == NULL || pos < 0 || pos > str->slen) 
+		return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	p = pos;
+	do {
+		for (i=p; i < str->slen; i++) {
+			if (str->data[i] == splitChar) break;
+		}
+		if ((ret = cb (parm, p, i - p)) < 0) return ret;
+		p = i + 1;
+	} while (p <= str->slen);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bsplitscb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+ *	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Iterate the set of disjoint sequential substrings over str divided by any 
+ *  of the characters in splitStr.  An empty splitStr causes the whole str to
+ *  be iterated once.
+ *
+ *  Note: Non-destructive modification of str from within the cb function 
+ *  while performing this split is not undefined.  bsplitscb behaves in 
+ *  sequential lock step with calls to cb.  I.e., after returning from a cb 
+ *  that return a non-negative integer, bsplitscb continues from the position 
+ *  1 character after the last detected split character and it will halt 
+ *  immediately if the length of str falls below this point.  However, if the 
+ *  cb function destroys str, then it *must* return with a negative value, 
+ *  otherwise bsplitscb will continue in an undefined manner.
+ */
+int bsplitscb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm) {
+struct charField chrs;
+int i, p, ret;
+
+	if (cb == NULL || str == NULL || pos < 0 || pos > str->slen 
+	 || splitStr == NULL || splitStr->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (splitStr->slen == 0) {
+		if ((ret = cb (parm, 0, str->slen)) > 0) ret = 0;
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (splitStr->slen == 1) 
+		return bsplitcb (str, splitStr->data[0], pos, cb, parm);
+
+	buildCharField (&chrs, splitStr);
+
+	p = pos;
+	do {
+		for (i=p; i < str->slen; i++) {
+			if (testInCharField (&chrs, str->data[i])) break;
+		}
+		if ((ret = cb (parm, p, i - p)) < 0) return ret;
+		p = i + 1;
+	} while (p <= str->slen);
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  int bsplitstrcb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+ *	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm)
+ *
+ *  Iterate the set of disjoint sequential substrings over str divided by the 
+ *  substring splitStr.  An empty splitStr causes the whole str to be 
+ *  iterated once.
+ *
+ *  Note: Non-destructive modification of str from within the cb function 
+ *  while performing this split is not undefined.  bsplitstrcb behaves in 
+ *  sequential lock step with calls to cb.  I.e., after returning from a cb 
+ *  that return a non-negative integer, bsplitscb continues from the position 
+ *  1 character after the last detected split character and it will halt 
+ *  immediately if the length of str falls below this point.  However, if the 
+ *  cb function destroys str, then it *must* return with a negative value, 
+ *  otherwise bsplitscb will continue in an undefined manner.
+ */
+int bsplitstrcb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm) {
+int i, p, ret;
+
+	if (cb == NULL || str == NULL || pos < 0 || pos > str->slen 
+	 || splitStr == NULL || splitStr->slen < 0) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (0 == splitStr->slen) {
+		for (i=pos; i < str->slen; i++) {
+			if ((ret = cb (parm, i, 1)) < 0) return ret;
+		}
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	if (splitStr->slen == 1) 
+		return bsplitcb (str, splitStr->data[0], pos, cb, parm);
+
+	for (i=p=pos; i <= str->slen - splitStr->slen; i++) {
+		if (0 == bstr__memcmp (splitStr->data, str->data + i, splitStr->slen)) {
+			if ((ret = cb (parm, p, i - p)) < 0) return ret;
+			i += splitStr->slen;
+			p = i;
+		}
+	}
+	if ((ret = cb (parm, p, str->slen - p)) < 0) return ret;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+struct genBstrList {
+	bstring b;
+	struct bstrList * bl;
+};
+
+static int bscb (void * parm, int ofs, int len) {
+struct genBstrList * g = (struct genBstrList *) parm;
+	if (g->bl->qty >= g->bl->mlen) {
+		int mlen = g->bl->mlen * 2;
+		bstring * tbl;
+
+		while (g->bl->qty >= mlen) {
+			if (mlen < g->bl->mlen) return BSTR_ERR;
+			mlen += mlen;
+		}
+
+		tbl = (bstring *) bstr__realloc (g->bl->entry, sizeof (bstring) * mlen);
+		if (tbl == NULL) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+		g->bl->entry = tbl;
+		g->bl->mlen = mlen;
+	}
+
+	g->bl->entry[g->bl->qty] = bmidstr (g->b, ofs, len);
+	g->bl->qty++;
+	return BSTR_OK;
+}
+
+/*  struct bstrList * bsplit (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar)
+ *
+ *  Create an array of sequential substrings from str divided by the character
+ *  splitChar.  
+ */
+struct bstrList * bsplit (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar) {
+struct genBstrList g;
+
+	if (str == NULL || str->data == NULL || str->slen < 0) return NULL;
+
+	g.bl = (struct bstrList *) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct bstrList));
+	if (g.bl == NULL) return NULL;
+	g.bl->mlen = 4;
+	g.bl->entry = (bstring *) bstr__alloc (g.bl->mlen * sizeof (bstring));
+	if (NULL == g.bl->entry) {
+		bstr__free (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	g.b = (bstring) str;
+	g.bl->qty = 0;
+	if (bsplitcb (str, splitChar, 0, bscb, &g) < 0) {
+		bstrListDestroy (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return g.bl;
+}
+
+/*  struct bstrList * bsplitstr (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr)
+ *
+ *  Create an array of sequential substrings from str divided by the entire
+ *  substring splitStr.
+ */
+struct bstrList * bsplitstr (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr) {
+struct genBstrList g;
+
+	if (str == NULL || str->data == NULL || str->slen < 0) return NULL;
+
+	g.bl = (struct bstrList *) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct bstrList));
+	if (g.bl == NULL) return NULL;
+	g.bl->mlen = 4;
+	g.bl->entry = (bstring *) bstr__alloc (g.bl->mlen * sizeof (bstring));
+	if (NULL == g.bl->entry) {
+		bstr__free (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	g.b = (bstring) str;
+	g.bl->qty = 0;
+	if (bsplitstrcb (str, splitStr, 0, bscb, &g) < 0) {
+		bstrListDestroy (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return g.bl;
+}
+
+/*  struct bstrList * bsplits (const_bstring str, bstring splitStr)
+ *
+ *  Create an array of sequential substrings from str divided by any of the 
+ *  characters in splitStr.  An empty splitStr causes a single entry bstrList
+ *  containing a copy of str to be returned.
+ */
+struct bstrList * bsplits (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr) {
+struct genBstrList g;
+
+	if (     str == NULL ||      str->slen < 0 ||      str->data == NULL ||
+	    splitStr == NULL || splitStr->slen < 0 || splitStr->data == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	g.bl = (struct bstrList *) bstr__alloc (sizeof (struct bstrList));
+	if (g.bl == NULL) return NULL;
+	g.bl->mlen = 4;
+	g.bl->entry = (bstring *) bstr__alloc (g.bl->mlen * sizeof (bstring));
+	if (NULL == g.bl->entry) {
+		bstr__free (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	g.b = (bstring) str;
+	g.bl->qty = 0;
+
+	if (bsplitscb (str, splitStr, 0, bscb, &g) < 0) {
+		bstrListDestroy (g.bl);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return g.bl;
+}
+
+#if defined (__TURBOC__) && !defined (__BORLANDC__)
+# ifndef BSTRLIB_NOVSNP
+#  define BSTRLIB_NOVSNP
+# endif
+#endif
+
+/* Give WATCOM C/C++, MSVC some latitude for their non-support of vsnprintf */
+#if defined(__WATCOMC__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define exvsnprintf(r,b,n,f,a) {r = _vsnprintf (b,n,f,a);}
+#else
+#ifdef BSTRLIB_NOVSNP
+/* This is just a hack.  If you are using a system without a vsnprintf, it is 
+   not recommended that bformat be used at all. */
+#define exvsnprintf(r,b,n,f,a) {vsprintf (b,f,a); r = -1;}
+#define START_VSNBUFF (256)
+#else
+
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+/* Something is making gcc complain about this prototype not being here, so 
+   I've just gone ahead and put it in. */
+extern int vsnprintf (char *buf, size_t count, const char *format, va_list arg);
+#endif
+
+#define exvsnprintf(r,b,n,f,a) {r = vsnprintf (b,n,f,a);}
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if !defined (BSTRLIB_NOVSNP)
+
+#ifndef START_VSNBUFF
+#define START_VSNBUFF (16)
+#endif
+
+/* On IRIX vsnprintf returns n-1 when the operation would overflow the target 
+   buffer, WATCOM and MSVC both return -1, while C99 requires that the 
+   returned value be exactly what the length would be if the buffer would be
+   large enough.  This leads to the idea that if the return value is larger 
+   than n, then changing n to the return value will reduce the number of
+   iterations required. */
+
+/*  int bformata (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...)
+ *
+ *  After the first parameter, it takes the same parameters as printf (), but 
+ *  rather than outputting results to stdio, it appends the results to 
+ *  a bstring which contains what would have been output. Note that if there 
+ *  is an early generation of a '\0' character, the bstring will be truncated 
+ *  to this end point.
+ */
+int bformata (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...) {
+va_list arglist;
+bstring buff;
+int n, r;
+
+	if (b == NULL || fmt == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen <= 0 
+	 || b->slen < 0 || b->slen > b->mlen) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Since the length is not determinable beforehand, a search is
+	   performed using the truncating "vsnprintf" call (to avoid buffer
+	   overflows) on increasing potential sizes for the output result. */
+
+	if ((n = (int) (2*strlen (fmt))) < START_VSNBUFF) n = START_VSNBUFF;
+	if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) {
+		n = 1;
+		if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		va_start (arglist, fmt);
+		exvsnprintf (r, (char *) buff->data, n + 1, fmt, arglist);
+		va_end (arglist);
+
+		buff->data[n] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		buff->slen = (int) (strlen) ((char *) buff->data);
+
+		if (buff->slen < n) break;
+
+		if (r > n) n = r; else n += n;
+
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (buff, n + 2)) {
+			bdestroy (buff);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	r = bconcat (b, buff);
+	bdestroy (buff);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*  int bassignformat (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...)
+ *
+ *  After the first parameter, it takes the same parameters as printf (), but 
+ *  rather than outputting results to stdio, it outputs the results to 
+ *  the bstring parameter b. Note that if there is an early generation of a 
+ *  '\0' character, the bstring will be truncated to this end point.
+ */
+int bassignformat (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...) {
+va_list arglist;
+bstring buff;
+int n, r;
+
+	if (b == NULL || fmt == NULL || b->data == NULL || b->mlen <= 0 
+	 || b->slen < 0 || b->slen > b->mlen) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	/* Since the length is not determinable beforehand, a search is
+	   performed using the truncating "vsnprintf" call (to avoid buffer
+	   overflows) on increasing potential sizes for the output result. */
+
+	if ((n = (int) (2*strlen (fmt))) < START_VSNBUFF) n = START_VSNBUFF;
+	if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) {
+		n = 1;
+		if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) return BSTR_ERR;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		va_start (arglist, fmt);
+		exvsnprintf (r, (char *) buff->data, n + 1, fmt, arglist);
+		va_end (arglist);
+
+		buff->data[n] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		buff->slen = (int) (strlen) ((char *) buff->data);
+
+		if (buff->slen < n) break;
+
+		if (r > n) n = r; else n += n;
+
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (buff, n + 2)) {
+			bdestroy (buff);
+			return BSTR_ERR;
+		}
+	}
+
+	r = bassign (b, buff);
+	bdestroy (buff);
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*  bstring bformat (const char * fmt, ...)
+ *
+ *  Takes the same parameters as printf (), but rather than outputting results
+ *  to stdio, it forms a bstring which contains what would have been output.
+ *  Note that if there is an early generation of a '\0' character, the 
+ *  bstring will be truncated to this end point.
+ */
+bstring bformat (const char * fmt, ...) {
+va_list arglist;
+bstring buff;
+int n, r;
+
+	if (fmt == NULL) return NULL;
+
+	/* Since the length is not determinable beforehand, a search is
+	   performed using the truncating "vsnprintf" call (to avoid buffer
+	   overflows) on increasing potential sizes for the output result. */
+
+	if ((n = (int) (2*strlen (fmt))) < START_VSNBUFF) n = START_VSNBUFF;
+	if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) {
+		n = 1;
+		if (NULL == (buff = bfromcstralloc (n + 2, ""))) return NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (;;) {
+		va_start (arglist, fmt);
+		exvsnprintf (r, (char *) buff->data, n + 1, fmt, arglist);
+		va_end (arglist);
+
+		buff->data[n] = (unsigned char) '\0';
+		buff->slen = (int) (strlen) ((char *) buff->data);
+
+		if (buff->slen < n) break;
+
+		if (r > n) n = r; else n += n;
+
+		if (BSTR_OK != balloc (buff, n + 2)) {
+			bdestroy (buff);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return buff;
+}
+
+/*  int bvcformata (bstring b, int count, const char * fmt, va_list arglist)
+ *
+ *  The bvcformata function formats data under control of the format control 
+ *  string fmt and attempts to append the result to b.  The fmt parameter is 
+ *  the same as that of the printf function.  The variable argument list is 
+ *  replaced with arglist, which has been initialized by the va_start macro.
+ *  The size of the output is upper bounded by count.  If the required output
+ *  exceeds count, the string b is not augmented with any contents and a value
+ *  below BSTR_ERR is returned.  If a value below -count is returned then it
+ *  is recommended that the negative of this value be used as an update to the
+ *  count in a subsequent pass.  On other errors, such as running out of 
+ *  memory, parameter errors or numeric wrap around BSTR_ERR is returned.  
+ *  BSTR_OK is returned when the output is successfully generated and 
+ *  appended to b.
+ *
+ *  Note: There is no sanity checking of arglist, and this function is
+ *  destructive of the contents of b from the b->slen point onward.  If there 
+ *  is an early generation of a '\0' character, the bstring will be truncated 
+ *  to this end point.
+ */
+int bvcformata (bstring b, int count, const char * fmt, va_list arg) {
+int n, r, l;
+
+	if (b == NULL || fmt == NULL || count <= 0 || b->data == NULL
+	 || b->mlen <= 0 || b->slen < 0 || b->slen > b->mlen) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	if (count > (n = b->slen + count) + 2) return BSTR_ERR;
+	if (BSTR_OK != balloc (b, n + 2)) return BSTR_ERR;
+
+	exvsnprintf (r, (char *) b->data + b->slen, count + 2, fmt, arg);
+
+	/* Did the operation complete successfully within bounds? */
+
+	if (n >= (l = b->slen + (int) (strlen) ((const char *) b->data + b->slen))) {
+		b->slen = l;
+		return BSTR_OK;
+	}
+
+	/* Abort, since the buffer was not large enough.  The return value 
+	   tries to help set what the retry length should be. */
+
+	b->data[b->slen] = '\0';
+	if (r > count+1) l = r; else {
+		l = count+count;
+		if (count > l) l = INT_MAX;
+	}
+	n = -l;
+	if (n > BSTR_ERR-1) n = BSTR_ERR-1;
+	return n;
+}
+
+#endif
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index 0000000..13c4c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/bstrlib.h
@@ -0,0 +1,302 @@
+/*
+ * This source file is part of the bstring string library.  This code was
+ * written by Paul Hsieh in 2002-2007, and is covered by the BSD open source 
+ * license. Refer to the accompanying documentation for details on usage and 
+ * license.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * bstrlib.c
+ *
+ * This file is the core module for implementing the bstring functions.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BSTRLIB_INCLUDE
+#define BSTRLIB_INCLUDE
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#if !defined (BSTRLIB_VSNP_OK) && !defined (BSTRLIB_NOVSNP)
+# if defined (__TURBOC__) && !defined (__BORLANDC__)
+#  define BSTRLIB_NOVSNP
+# endif
+#endif
+
+#define BSTR_ERR (-1)
+#define BSTR_OK (0)
+#define BSTR_BS_BUFF_LENGTH_GET (0)
+
+typedef struct tagbstring * bstring;
+typedef const struct tagbstring * const_bstring;
+
+/* Copy functions */
+#define cstr2bstr bfromcstr
+extern bstring bfromcstr (const char * str);
+extern bstring bfromcstralloc (int mlen, const char * str);
+extern bstring blk2bstr (const void * blk, int len);
+extern char * bstr2cstr (const_bstring s, char z);
+extern int bcstrfree (char * s);
+extern bstring bstrcpy (const_bstring b1);
+extern int bassign (bstring a, const_bstring b);
+extern int bassignmidstr (bstring a, const_bstring b, int left, int len);
+extern int bassigncstr (bstring a, const char * str);
+extern int bassignblk (bstring a, const void * s, int len);
+
+/* Destroy function */
+extern int bdestroy (bstring b);
+
+/* Space allocation hinting functions */
+extern int balloc (bstring s, int len);
+extern int ballocmin (bstring b, int len);
+
+/* Substring extraction */
+extern bstring bmidstr (const_bstring b, int left, int len);
+
+/* Various standard manipulations */
+extern int bconcat (bstring b0, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bconchar (bstring b0, char c);
+extern int bcatcstr (bstring b, const char * s);
+extern int bcatblk (bstring b, const void * s, int len);
+extern int binsert (bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2, unsigned char fill);
+extern int binsertch (bstring s1, int pos, int len, unsigned char fill);
+extern int breplace (bstring b1, int pos, int len, const_bstring b2, unsigned char fill);
+extern int bdelete (bstring s1, int pos, int len);
+extern int bsetstr (bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1, unsigned char fill);
+extern int btrunc (bstring b, int n);
+
+/* Scan/search functions */
+extern int bstricmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bstrnicmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n);
+extern int biseqcaseless (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bisstemeqcaselessblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len);
+extern int biseq (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bisstemeqblk (const_bstring b0, const void * blk, int len);
+extern int biseqcstr (const_bstring b, const char * s);
+extern int biseqcstrcaseless (const_bstring b, const char * s);
+extern int bstrcmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bstrncmp (const_bstring b0, const_bstring b1, int n);
+extern int binstr (const_bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2);
+extern int binstrr (const_bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2);
+extern int binstrcaseless (const_bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2);
+extern int binstrrcaseless (const_bstring s1, int pos, const_bstring s2);
+extern int bstrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos);
+extern int bstrrchrp (const_bstring b, int c, int pos);
+#define bstrchr(b,c) bstrchrp ((b), (c), 0)
+#define bstrrchr(b,c) bstrrchrp ((b), (c), blength(b)-1)
+extern int binchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+extern int binchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bninchr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bninchrr (const_bstring b0, int pos, const_bstring b1);
+extern int bfindreplace (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, int pos);
+extern int bfindreplacecaseless (bstring b, const_bstring find, const_bstring repl, int pos);
+
+/* List of string container functions */
+struct bstrList {
+    int qty, mlen;
+    bstring * entry;
+};
+extern struct bstrList * bstrListCreate (void);
+extern int bstrListDestroy (struct bstrList * sl);
+extern int bstrListAlloc (struct bstrList * sl, int msz);
+extern int bstrListAllocMin (struct bstrList * sl, int msz);
+
+/* String split and join functions */
+extern struct bstrList * bsplit (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar);
+extern struct bstrList * bsplits (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr);
+extern struct bstrList * bsplitstr (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr);
+extern bstring bjoin (const struct bstrList * bl, const_bstring sep);
+extern int bsplitcb (const_bstring str, unsigned char splitChar, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm);
+extern int bsplitscb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm);
+extern int bsplitstrcb (const_bstring str, const_bstring splitStr, int pos,
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, int len), void * parm);
+
+/* Miscellaneous functions */
+extern int bpattern (bstring b, int len);
+extern int btoupper (bstring b);
+extern int btolower (bstring b);
+extern int bltrimws (bstring b);
+extern int brtrimws (bstring b);
+extern int btrimws (bstring b);
+
+#if !defined (BSTRLIB_NOVSNP)
+extern bstring bformat (const char * fmt, ...);
+extern int bformata (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...);
+extern int bassignformat (bstring b, const char * fmt, ...);
+extern int bvcformata (bstring b, int count, const char * fmt, va_list arglist);
+
+#define bvformata(ret, b, fmt, lastarg) { \
+bstring bstrtmp_b = (b); \
+const char * bstrtmp_fmt = (fmt); \
+int bstrtmp_r = BSTR_ERR, bstrtmp_sz = 16; \
+	for (;;) { \
+		va_list bstrtmp_arglist; \
+		va_start (bstrtmp_arglist, lastarg); \
+		bstrtmp_r = bvcformata (bstrtmp_b, bstrtmp_sz, bstrtmp_fmt, bstrtmp_arglist); \
+		va_end (bstrtmp_arglist); \
+		if (bstrtmp_r >= 0) { /* Everything went ok */ \
+			bstrtmp_r = BSTR_OK; \
+			break; \
+		} else if (-bstrtmp_r <= bstrtmp_sz) { /* A real error? */ \
+			bstrtmp_r = BSTR_ERR; \
+			break; \
+		} \
+		bstrtmp_sz = -bstrtmp_r; /* Doubled or target size */ \
+	} \
+	ret = bstrtmp_r; \
+}
+
+#endif
+
+typedef int (*bNgetc) (void *parm);
+typedef size_t (* bNread) (void *buff, size_t elsize, size_t nelem, void *parm);
+
+/* Input functions */
+extern bstring bgets (bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator);
+extern bstring bread (bNread readPtr, void * parm);
+extern int bgetsa (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator);
+extern int bassigngets (bstring b, bNgetc getcPtr, void * parm, char terminator);
+extern int breada (bstring b, bNread readPtr, void * parm);
+
+/* Stream functions */
+extern struct bStream * bsopen (bNread readPtr, void * parm);
+extern void * bsclose (struct bStream * s);
+extern int bsbufflength (struct bStream * s, int sz);
+extern int bsreadln (bstring b, struct bStream * s, char terminator);
+extern int bsreadlns (bstring r, struct bStream * s, const_bstring term);
+extern int bsread (bstring b, struct bStream * s, int n);
+extern int bsreadlna (bstring b, struct bStream * s, char terminator);
+extern int bsreadlnsa (bstring r, struct bStream * s, const_bstring term);
+extern int bsreada (bstring b, struct bStream * s, int n);
+extern int bsunread (struct bStream * s, const_bstring b);
+extern int bspeek (bstring r, const struct bStream * s);
+extern int bssplitscb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm);
+extern int bssplitstrcb (struct bStream * s, const_bstring splitStr, 
+	int (* cb) (void * parm, int ofs, const_bstring entry), void * parm);
+extern int bseof (const struct bStream * s);
+
+struct tagbstring {
+	int mlen;
+	int slen;
+	unsigned char * data;
+};
+
+/* Accessor macros */
+#define blengthe(b, e)      (((b) == (void *)0 || (b)->slen < 0) ? (int)(e) : ((b)->slen))
+#define blength(b)          (blengthe ((b), 0))
+#define bdataofse(b, o, e)  (((b) == (void *)0 || (b)->data == (void*)0) ? (char *)(e) : ((char *)(b)->data) + (o))
+#define bdataofs(b, o)      (bdataofse ((b), (o), (void *)0))
+#define bdatae(b, e)        (bdataofse (b, 0, e))
+#define bdata(b)            (bdataofs (b, 0))
+#define bchare(b, p, e)     ((((unsigned)(p)) < (unsigned)blength(b)) ? ((b)->data[(p)]) : (e))
+#define bchar(b, p)         bchare ((b), (p), '\0')
+
+/* Static constant string initialization macro */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_DEBUG)
+# if _MSC_VER <= 1310
+#  define bsStatic(q)       {-32, (int) sizeof(q)-1, (unsigned char *) ("" q "")}
+# endif
+#endif
+#ifndef bsStatic
+# define bsStatic(q)        {-__LINE__, (int) sizeof(q)-1, (unsigned char *) ("" q "")}
+#endif
+
+/* Static constant block parameter pair */
+#define bsStaticBlkParms(q) ((void *)("" q "")), ((int) sizeof(q)-1)
+
+/* Reference building macros */
+#define cstr2tbstr btfromcstr
+#define btfromcstr(t,s) {                                            \
+    (t).data = (unsigned char *) (s);                                \
+    (t).slen = ((t).data) ? ((int) (strlen) ((char *)(t).data)) : 0; \
+    (t).mlen = -1;                                                   \
+}
+#define blk2tbstr(t,s,l) {            \
+    (t).data = (unsigned char *) (s); \
+    (t).slen = l;                     \
+    (t).mlen = -1;                    \
+}
+#define btfromblk(t,s,l) blk2tbstr(t,s,l)
+#define bmid2tbstr(t,b,p,l) {                                                \
+    bstring bstrtmp_s = (b);                                                 \
+    if (bstrtmp_s && bstrtmp_s->data && bstrtmp_s->slen >= 0) {              \
+        int bstrtmp_left = (p);                                              \
+        int bstrtmp_len  = (l);                                              \
+        if (bstrtmp_left < 0) {                                              \
+            bstrtmp_len += bstrtmp_left;                                     \
+            bstrtmp_left = 0;                                                \
+        }                                                                    \
+        if (bstrtmp_len > bstrtmp_s->slen - bstrtmp_left)                    \
+            bstrtmp_len = bstrtmp_s->slen - bstrtmp_left;                    \
+        if (bstrtmp_len <= 0) {                                              \
+            (t).data = (unsigned char *)"";                                  \
+            (t).slen = 0;                                                    \
+        } else {                                                             \
+            (t).data = bstrtmp_s->data + bstrtmp_left;                       \
+            (t).slen = bstrtmp_len;                                          \
+        }                                                                    \
+    } else {                                                                 \
+        (t).data = (unsigned char *)"";                                      \
+        (t).slen = 0;                                                        \
+    }                                                                        \
+    (t).mlen = -__LINE__;                                                    \
+}
+#define btfromblkltrimws(t,s,l) {                                            \
+    int bstrtmp_idx = 0, bstrtmp_len = (l);                                  \
+    unsigned char * bstrtmp_s = (s);                                         \
+    if (bstrtmp_s && bstrtmp_len >= 0) {                                     \
+        for (; bstrtmp_idx < bstrtmp_len; bstrtmp_idx++) {                   \
+            if (!isspace (bstrtmp_s[bstrtmp_idx])) break;                    \
+        }                                                                    \
+    }                                                                        \
+    (t).data = bstrtmp_s + bstrtmp_idx;                                      \
+    (t).slen = bstrtmp_len - bstrtmp_idx;                                    \
+    (t).mlen = -__LINE__;                                                    \
+}
+#define btfromblkrtrimws(t,s,l) {                                            \
+    int bstrtmp_len = (l) - 1;                                               \
+    unsigned char * bstrtmp_s = (s);                                         \
+    if (bstrtmp_s && bstrtmp_len >= 0) {                                     \
+        for (; bstrtmp_len >= 0; bstrtmp_len--) {                            \
+            if (!isspace (bstrtmp_s[bstrtmp_len])) break;                    \
+        }                                                                    \
+    }                                                                        \
+    (t).data = bstrtmp_s;                                                    \
+    (t).slen = bstrtmp_len + 1;                                              \
+    (t).mlen = -__LINE__;                                                    \
+}
+#define btfromblktrimws(t,s,l) {                                             \
+    int bstrtmp_idx = 0, bstrtmp_len = (l) - 1;                              \
+    unsigned char * bstrtmp_s = (s);                                         \
+    if (bstrtmp_s && bstrtmp_len >= 0) {                                     \
+        for (; bstrtmp_idx <= bstrtmp_len; bstrtmp_idx++) {                  \
+            if (!isspace (bstrtmp_s[bstrtmp_idx])) break;                    \
+        }                                                                    \
+        for (; bstrtmp_len >= bstrtmp_idx; bstrtmp_len--) {                  \
+            if (!isspace (bstrtmp_s[bstrtmp_len])) break;                    \
+        }                                                                    \
+    }                                                                        \
+    (t).data = bstrtmp_s + bstrtmp_idx;                                      \
+    (t).slen = bstrtmp_len + 1 - bstrtmp_idx;                                \
+    (t).mlen = -__LINE__;                                                    \
+}
+
+/* Write protection macros */
+#define bwriteprotect(t)     { if ((t).mlen >=  0) (t).mlen = -1; }
+#define bwriteallow(t)       { if ((t).mlen == -1) (t).mlen = (t).slen + ((t).slen == 0); }
+#define biswriteprotected(t) ((t).mlen <= 0)
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/internal.hpp b/lib/ext/melbourne/internal.hpp
index 9f98270..65e0510 100644
--- a/lib/ext/melbourne/internal.hpp
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/internal.hpp
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 #include <list>
 
-#include "quark.h"
+#include "quark.hpp"
 #include "bstrlib.h"
-#include "ptr_array.h"
 
 #include "local_state.hpp"
 
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.cpp b/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f1992b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#include "quark.hpp"
+#include <tr1/unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+using namespace melbourne;
+
+struct ConstCharHash {
+  size_t operator() (const char* value) const {
+    size_t length = strlen(value);
+    size_t hash = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+      hash = hash * 5 + value[i];
+    }
+    return hash;
+  }
+};
+
+struct ConstCharEqualTo {
+  bool operator() ( const char* lhs, const char* rhs) const {
+    return strcmp(lhs, rhs) == 0;
+  }
+};
+
+typedef std::tr1::unordered_map<const char*, int, ConstCharHash, ConstCharEqualTo> quark_map;
+typedef std::vector<const char*> quark_vector;
+
+static quark_map quark_indexes;
+static quark_vector quarks;
+
+quark melbourne::quark_from_string(const char* str) {
+  if (str == NULL)
+    return QUARK_NOT_FOUND;
+
+  /* attempt to find it in our cache */
+  quark_map::iterator it = quark_indexes.find(str);
+  if (it != quark_indexes.end())
+    return it->second;
+
+  /* otherwise, we need to duplicate and store the string */
+  const char* new_quark = strdup(str);
+  quarks.push_back(new_quark);
+  size_t index = quarks.size() - 1;
+  quark_indexes.insert(quark_map::value_type(new_quark,index));
+  return index;
+}
+
+const char* melbourne::quark_to_string(quark q) {
+  if (q >= quarks.size())
+    return NULL;
+  return quarks[q];
+}
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.hpp b/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2266a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/quark.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef MEL_QUARK_HPP
+#define MEL_QUARK_HPP
+
+#include <cstddef>
+
+namespace melbourne {
+  typedef size_t quark;
+  enum {QUARK_NOT_FOUND = ~0L};
+
+  quark quark_from_string(const char* str);
+  const char* quark_to_string(const quark quark);
+}
+#endif
+
diff --git a/lib/ext/melbourne/var_table.hpp b/lib/ext/melbourne/var_table.hpp
index 99693c2..910cb7b 100644
--- a/lib/ext/melbourne/var_table.hpp
+++ b/lib/ext/melbourne/var_table.hpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-#include "quark.h"
+#include "quark.hpp"
 
 namespace melbourne {
   struct var_table_t;
diff --git a/rakelib/vm.rake b/rakelib/vm.rake
index 5e85a46..4dc9063 100644
--- a/rakelib/vm.rake
+++ b/rakelib/vm.rake
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ if config.use_jit
 end
 
 EX_INC      = %w[ libtommath libgdtoa onig libffi/include
-                  libbstring libcchash libmquark libptr_array
                   libltdl libev
                 ].map { |f| "vm/external_libs/#{f}" }
 
@@ -140,11 +139,7 @@ field_extract_headers = %w[
   vm/builtin/weakref.hpp
 ]
 
-EXTERNALS   = %W[ vm/external_libs/libptr_array/libptr_array.a
-                  vm/external_libs/libcchash/libcchash.a
-                  vm/external_libs/libmquark/libmquark.a
-                  vm/external_libs/libtommath/libtommath.a
-                  vm/external_libs/libbstring/libbstring.a
+EXTERNALS   = %W[ vm/external_libs/libtommath/libtommath.a
                   vm/external_libs/libgdtoa/libgdtoa.a
                   vm/external_libs/onig/.libs/libonig.a
                   vm/external_libs/libffi/.libs/libffi.a
diff --git a/vm/builtin/string.cpp b/vm/builtin/string.cpp
index f1646ba..136ccd7 100644
--- a/vm/builtin/string.cpp
+++ b/vm/builtin/string.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "primitives.hpp"
 
 #include <gdtoa.h>
-#include <bstrlib.h>
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <iostream>
-- 
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