-bool ParseQuoteWord(const char *&String,string &Res);
-bool ParseCWord(const char *String,string &Res);
-string QuoteString(string Str,const char *Bad);
-string DeQuoteString(string Str);
-string SizeToStr(double Bytes);
-string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec);
-string SubstVar(string Str,string Subst,string Contents);
-string Base64Encode(string Str);
-string URItoFileName(string URI);
-string TimeRFC1123(time_t Date);
-bool StrToTime(string Val,time_t &Result);
-string LookupTag(string Message,const char *Tag,const char *Default = 0);
-int StringToBool(string Text,int Default = -1);
-bool ReadMessages(int Fd, vector<string> &List);
+bool ParseQuoteWord(const char *&String,std::string &Res);
+bool ParseCWord(const char *&String,std::string &Res);
+std::string QuoteString(const std::string &Str,const char *Bad);
+std::string DeQuoteString(const std::string &Str);
+std::string DeQuoteString(std::string::const_iterator const &begin, std::string::const_iterator const &end);
+
+// unescape (\0XX and \xXX) from a string
+std::string DeEscapeString(const std::string &input);
+
+std::string SizeToStr(double Bytes);
+std::string TimeToStr(unsigned long Sec);
+std::string Base64Encode(const std::string &Str);
+std::string OutputInDepth(const unsigned long Depth, const char* Separator=" ");
+std::string URItoFileName(const std::string &URI);
+std::string TimeRFC1123(time_t Date);
+bool RFC1123StrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time) __must_check;
+bool FTPMDTMStrToTime(const char* const str,time_t &time) __must_check;
+__deprecated bool StrToTime(const std::string &Val,time_t &Result);
+std::string LookupTag(const std::string &Message,const char *Tag,const char *Default = 0);
+int StringToBool(const std::string &Text,int Default = -1);
+bool ReadMessages(int Fd, std::vector<std::string> &List);
+bool StrToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned Len,unsigned Base = 0);
+bool StrToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long long &Res,unsigned Len,unsigned Base = 0);
+bool Base256ToNum(const char *Str,unsigned long &Res,unsigned int Len);
+bool Hex2Num(const std::string &Str,unsigned char *Num,unsigned int Length);
+bool TokSplitString(char Tok,char *Input,char **List,
+ unsigned long ListMax);
+std::vector<std::string> VectorizeString(std::string const &haystack, char const &split) __attrib_const;
+void ioprintf(std::ostream &out,const char *format,...) __like_printf(2);
+void strprintf(std::string &out,const char *format,...) __like_printf(2);
+char *safe_snprintf(char *Buffer,char *End,const char *Format,...) __like_printf(3);
+bool CheckDomainList(const std::string &Host, const std::string &List);
+int tolower_ascii(int const c) __attrib_const __hot;
+std::string StripEpoch(const std::string &VerStr);
+
+#define APT_MKSTRCMP(name,func) \
+inline int name(const char *A,const char *B) {return func(A,A+strlen(A),B,B+strlen(B));}; \
+inline int name(const char *A,const char *AEnd,const char *B) {return func(A,AEnd,B,B+strlen(B));}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const char *B) {return func(A.c_str(),A.c_str()+A.length(),B,B+strlen(B));}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const std::string& B) {return func(A.c_str(),A.c_str()+A.length(),B.c_str(),B.c_str()+B.length());}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const char *B,const char *BEnd) {return func(A.c_str(),A.c_str()+A.length(),B,BEnd);};
+
+#define APT_MKSTRCMP2(name,func) \
+inline int name(const char *A,const char *AEnd,const char *B) {return func(A,AEnd,B,B+strlen(B));}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const char *B) {return func(A.begin(),A.end(),B,B+strlen(B));}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const std::string& B) {return func(A.begin(),A.end(),B.begin(),B.end());}; \
+inline int name(const std::string& A,const char *B,const char *BEnd) {return func(A.begin(),A.end(),B,BEnd);};