C Strings Library

Question

Is there a C strings library for C (not C++) that implements an abstraction over char * and wchar_t * strings?

The requirements are:

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Answer 1

Glib can do most of that, but is LGPL: http://library.gnome.org/devel/glib/stable/

I don't think you can find refcounting in any string library in C though... It's just not that easy to do. You can make a thin wrapper around gchar* yourself if you need it.