I would add that while I do normally use regular C strings rather then my own library, I still can't remember the last time I used any of the random `str*` func

I would add that while I do normally use regular C strings rather then my own library, I still can't remember the last time I used any of the random `str*` functions. I don't do much string composition anyway, but the little I do is almost always using `snprintf` or variants (Which have a non-braindead API, unlike `strncpy`). Tons easier to read and much more effective then a bunch of `strcpy`, `strcat` and such. The only thing I wish the standard library would have is an `asprintf` which would return an allocated buffer. I've written my own, but the easy version utilizing regular `sprintf` requires calling `sprintf` twice (Once to get the length, and once to actually put the string in the allocated buffer). A regular supported version would be much more efficient.