> I don't like strdup(), makes it a bit easy to forget to free the
> string

DN> How so? What's the difference between using it and malloc?

DN> Library calls exist for a reason. strdup() is convenient and it avoids 
DN> unnecessarily repeating code. There is no reason not to use it.

What about:

the name starts with "str" which is reserved for future expansion
by ISO C?

BFN.  Paul.
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