+/* strcmp that handles NULL strings; in strcmp terms a NULL string is
+ * considered to be less than a non-NULL string.
+ */
+int strcmp_null (const char *s1, const char *s2);
+
+/* GLib GEqualFunc compatible strcasecmp wrapper */
+int strcase_equal (const void *a, const void *b);
+
+/* GLib GHashFunc compatible case insensitive hash function */
+unsigned int strcase_hash (const void *ptr);
+
+void strip_trailing (char *str, char ch);
+
+const char *skip_space (const char *str);
+