}
/**
+ * @brief strndup function which takes @c NULL without crashing
+ * @param str The string to copy
+ * @param n The maximum number of char to copy
+ * @return the copied string, must be freed
+ * @note this also implements strndup() on Windows
+ * @since 1.23
+ */
+static inline char *
+eina_strndup(const char *str, size_t n)
+{
+#ifdef _WIN32
+ char *ret;
+ size_t slen;
+
+ if (!str)
+ return NULL;
+
+ slen = strnlen(str, n);
+ ret = (char *)malloc(slen + 1); /* cast for C++ code */
+ if (!ret)
+ return NULL;
+ if (slen > 0)
+ memcpy(ret, str, slen);
+ ret[slen] = '\0';
+
+ return ret;
+#else
+ return str ? strndup(str, n) : NULL;
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
* @brief streq function which takes @c NULL without crashing
* @param a string a
* @param b string b
*/
EAPI char *eina_strftime(const char *format, const struct tm *tm);
+static inline size_t eina_strlen_bounded(const char *str, size_t maxlen);
+
+static inline size_t eina_str_join(char *dst, size_t size, char sep, const char *a, const char *b);
+
+static inline char *eina_strdup(const char *str);
+
+static inline char *eina_strndup(const char *str, size_t n);
+
+static inline Eina_Bool eina_streq(const char *a, const char *b);
+
#include "eina_inline_str.x"
/**