(** eXtensible Unicode string.
    The semantics matches the description of UStorage.
    The detail may be going to change.*)

(* Copyright 2002, 2003 Yamagata Yoriyuki. distributed with LGPL *)

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type xstring
type t = xstring

val get : xstring -> int -> UChar.t
val set : xstring -> int -> UChar.t -> unit
val length : xstring -> int
val init : int -> (int -> UChar.t) -> xstring

type index

val look : xstring -> index -> UChar.t
val nth : xstring -> int -> index
val first : xstring -> index
val last : xstring -> index
val out_of_range : xstring -> index -> bool
val next : xstring -> index -> index
val prev : xstring -> index -> index
val move : xstring -> index -> int -> index
val compare_index : xstring -> index -> index -> int
val make : ?bufsize:int -> int -> UChar.t -> xstring
val clear : xstring -> unit
val reset : xstring -> unit
val copy : xstring -> xstring
val sub : xstring -> int -> int -> xstring
val add_char : xstring -> UChar.t -> unit
val add_text : xstring -> 'a UText.text -> unit
val add_xstring : xstring -> xstring -> unit
val shrink : xstring -> int -> unit
val append : xstring -> xstring -> xstring
val utext_of : xstring -> UText.t
val ustring_of : xstring -> UText.ustring
val iter : (UChar.t -> unit) -> xstring -> unit
val compare : t -> t -> int

module Buf : sig
  type buf

  val create : int -> buf
  val contents : buf -> t
  val length : buf -> int
  val clear : buf -> unit
  val reset : buf -> unit
  val add_char : buf -> UChar.t -> unit
  val add_string : buf -> t -> unit
  val add_buffer : buf -> buf -> unit
end
