SDS Headers

Simple Dynamic Strings API headers defining string creation, concatenation, and manipulation.

/* SDSLib 2.0 -- A C dynamic strings library
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006-Present, Redis Ltd.
 * All rights reserved.
 *
 * Licensed under your choice of the Redis Source Available License 2.0
 * (RSALv2) or the Server Side Public License v1 (SSPLv1).
 */

#ifndef __SDS_H
#define __SDS_H

#define SDS_MAX_PREALLOC (1024*1024)
extern const char *SDS_NOINIT;

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdarg.h>
#include <stdint.h>

typedef char *sds;

/* Note: sdshdr5 is never used, we just access the flags byte directly.
 * However is here to document the layout of type 5 SDS strings. */
struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) sdshdr5 {
    unsigned char flags; /* 3 lsb of type, and 5 msb of string length */
    char buf[];
};
struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) sdshdr8 {
    uint8_t len; /* used */
    uint8

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