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+#ifndef DYNARRAY_H
+#define DYNARRAY_H
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/* simple dynamic array of pointers */
+typedef struct {
+    int count;
+    int capacity;
+    void** items;
+} dynarray_t;
+
+#define DYNARRAY_INITIALIZER  { 0, 0, NULL }
+
+void dynarray_init( dynarray_t *a );
+void dynarray_done( dynarray_t *a );
+
+void dynarray_append( dynarray_t *a, void* item );
+
+/* Used to iterate over a dynarray_t
+ * _array :: pointer to the array
+ * _item_type :: type of objects pointed to by the array
+ * _item      :: name of a local variable defined within the loop
+ *               with type '_item_type'
+ * _stmnt     :: C statement that will be executed in each iteration.
+ *
+ * You case use 'break' and 'continue' within _stmnt
+ *
+ * This macro is only intended for simple uses. I.e. do not add or
+ * remove items from the array during iteration.
+ */
+#define DYNARRAY_FOREACH_TYPE(_array,_item_type,_item,_stmnt) \
+    do { \
+        int _nn_##__LINE__ = 0; \
+        for (;_nn_##__LINE__ < (_array)->count; ++ _nn_##__LINE__) { \
+            _item_type _item = (_item_type)(_array)->items[_nn_##__LINE__]; \
+            _stmnt; \
+        } \
+    } while (0)
+
+#define DYNARRAY_FOREACH(_array,_item,_stmnt) \
+    DYNARRAY_FOREACH_TYPE(_array,void *,_item,_stmnt)
+
+/* Simple dynamic string arrays
+ *
+ * NOTE: A strlist_t owns the strings it references.
+ */
+typedef dynarray_t  strlist_t;
+
+#define  STRLIST_INITIALIZER  DYNARRAY_INITIALIZER
+
+/* Used to iterate over a strlist_t
+ * _list   :: pointer to strlist_t object
+ * _string :: name of local variable name defined within the loop with
+ *            type 'char*'
+ * _stmnt  :: C statement executed in each iteration
+ *
+ * This macro is only intended for simple uses. Do not add or remove items
+ * to/from the list during iteration.
+ */
+#define  STRLIST_FOREACH(_list,_string,_stmnt) \
+    DYNARRAY_FOREACH_TYPE(_list,char *,_string,_stmnt)
+
+void strlist_init( strlist_t *list );
+
+/* note: strlist_done will free all the strings owned by the list */
+void strlist_done( strlist_t *list );
+
+/* append a new string made of the first 'slen' characters from 'str'
+ * followed by a trailing zero.
+ */
+void strlist_append_b( strlist_t *list, const void* str, size_t  slen );
+
+/* append the copy of a given input string to a strlist_t */
+void strlist_append_dup( strlist_t *list, const char *str);
+
+/* sort the strings in a given list (using strcmp) */
+void strlist_sort( strlist_t *list );
+
+#endif /* DYNARRAY_H */
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