Re: Proposed addition of strcodecs(3) library - review requested

[Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost>]

On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 03:32:55AM +0200, Alistair Crooks wrote:
>
> This is a request for peer review for the addition of a new library,
> strcodecs(3), to the repository.  It adds a consistent framework for a
> lot of the string and data transformations we already have, and a lot
> more new ones.

Why "str"?  Many of the included codecs appear to operate just fine on
arbitrary binary data.

Thor