+#include <xbt/dict.h>
+#include <xbt/dynar.h>
+#include <xbt/misc.h>
+
+#include <stdarg.h> /* va_* */
+
+SG_BEGIN_DECL
+
+/** @addtogroup XBT_str
+ * @brief String manipulation functions
+ *
+ * This module defines several string related functions. Looking at the diversity of string manipulation functions that
+ * are provided, you can see that several SimGrid core developers actually like Perl.
+ * @{
+ */
+
+XBT_PUBLIC xbt_dynar_t xbt_str_split(const char* s, const char* sep);
+XBT_PUBLIC xbt_dynar_t xbt_str_split_quoted(const char* s);
+XBT_PUBLIC xbt_dynar_t xbt_str_split_quoted_in_place(char* s);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC long int xbt_str_parse_int(const char* str, const char* error_mesg);
+XBT_PUBLIC double xbt_str_parse_double(const char* str, const char* error_mesg);
+
+#define XBT_DJB2_HASH_FUNCTION
+//#define XBT_FNV_HASH_FUNCTION
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns the hash code of a string.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int xbt_str_hash_ext(const char* str, int str_len)
+{
+#ifdef XBT_DJB2_HASH_FUNCTION
+ /* fast implementation of djb2 algorithm */
+ unsigned int hash = 5381;
+
+ while (str_len--) {
+ int c = *str++;
+ hash = ((hash << 5) + hash) + c; /* hash * 33 + c */
+ }
+# elif defined(XBT_FNV_HASH_FUNCTION)
+ unsigned int hash = 0x811c9dc5;
+ unsigned char *bp = (unsigned char *) str; /* start of buffer */
+ unsigned char *be = bp + str_len; /* beyond end of buffer */
+
+ while (bp < be) {
+ /* multiply by the 32 bit FNV magic prime mod 2^32 */
+ hash +=
+ (hash << 1) + (hash << 4) + (hash << 7) + (hash << 8) +
+ (hash << 24);
+
+ /* xor the bottom with the current octet */
+ hash ^= (unsigned int) *bp++;
+ }
+
+# else
+ unsigned int hash = 0;
+
+ while (str_len--) {
+ hash += (*str) * (*str);
+ str++;
+ }