+/* Helper function for sdssplitargs() that returns non zero if 'c'
+ * is a valid hex digit. */
+int is_hex_digit(char c) {
+ return (c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'f') ||
+ (c >= 'A' && c <= 'F');
+}
+
+/* Helper function for sdssplitargs() that converts an hex digit into an
+ * integer from 0 to 15 */
+int hex_digit_to_int(char c) {
+ switch(c) {
+ case '0': return 0;
+ case '1': return 1;
+ case '2': return 2;
+ case '3': return 3;
+ case '4': return 4;
+ case '5': return 5;
+ case '6': return 6;
+ case '7': return 7;
+ case '8': return 8;
+ case '9': return 9;
+ case 'a': case 'A': return 10;
+ case 'b': case 'B': return 11;
+ case 'c': case 'C': return 12;
+ case 'd': case 'D': return 13;
+ case 'e': case 'E': return 14;
+ case 'f': case 'F': return 15;
+ default: return 0;
+ }
+}
+