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Urgh more str functions.

I look forwards to forgetting about this and/or discovering a new foot gun.



Just ignore them. I suspect they're adding them (to POSIX) for portability of historic software. Here is an issue tracker I've found (Haven't read through it; not interested): https://www.austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=986




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