- allow count out-parameter of String_split() to be NULL
- introduce xStrndup()
- do not allow NULL pointers passed to String_eq()
it is not used in any code
- implement String_startsWith(), String_contains_i() and String_eq()
as inline header functions
- adjust several conversion issues
Reasoning:
- implementation was unsound -- broke down when I added a fairly
basic macro definition expanding to a struct initializer in a *.c
file.
- made it way too easy (e.g. via otherwise totally innocuous git
commands) to end up with timestamps such that it always ran
MakeHeader.py but never used its output, leading to overbuild noise
when running what should be a null 'make'.
- but mostly: it's just an awkward way of dealing with C code.