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+#include "common.h"
+#include "nstring.h"
+#include "mem.h"
+
+nstring_t *ns_alloc (const void *data, uint32_t len) {
+ nstring_t *ns = nbd_malloc(sizeof(nstring_t) + len);
+ ns->len = len;
+ memcpy(ns->data, data, len);
+ return ns;
+}
+
+int ns_cmp_raw (nstring_t *ns, const void *data, uint32_t len) {
+ int d = memcmp(ns->data, data, (len < ns->len) ? len : ns->len);
+ return (d == 0) ? ns->len - len : d;
+}