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#ifndef DSTRING_H
#define DSTRING_H

typedef struct DString {
    size_t size;                // the strlen size of the string 
    char *data;                 // pointer to some data that is stored
} DSTRING_TYPE;
typedef DSTRING_TYPE *OS_DString;

// use these for create and delete of the string element
OS_DString DString_Create(void);
void DString_Delete(OS_DString dstring);
// string manipulation
size_t DString_Printf(OS_DString dstring, const char *format, ...);
size_t DString_Concat(OS_DString dstring, const char *data);
size_t DString_Copy(OS_DString dstring, const char *data);
size_t DString_Append_Printf(OS_DString dstring, const char *fmt, ...);
size_t DString_Prefix_Printf(OS_DString dstring, const char *fmt, ...);
// get the data in the dynamic string
char *DString_Data(OS_DString dstring);
size_t DString_Length(OS_DString dstring);

#endif