Add string buffer util

This will help to build strings incrementally.

app/src/util/strbuf.c

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+#include "strbuf.h"
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_init(struct sc_strbuf *buf, size_t init_cap) {
+    buf->s = malloc(init_cap + 1); // +1 for '\0'
+    if (!buf->s) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    buf->len = 0;
+    buf->cap = init_cap;
+    return true;
+}
+
+static bool
+sc_strbuf_reserve(struct sc_strbuf *buf, size_t len) {
+    if (buf->len + len > buf->cap) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "realloc\n");
+        size_t new_cap = buf->cap * 3 / 2 + len;
+        char *s = realloc(buf->s, new_cap + 1); // +1 for '\0'
+        if (!s) {
+            // Leave the old buf->s
+            return false;
+        }
+        buf->s = s;
+        buf->cap = new_cap;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char *s, size_t len) {
+    assert(s);
+    assert(*s);
+    assert(strlen(s) >= len);
+    if (!sc_strbuf_reserve(buf, len)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    memcpy(&buf->s[buf->len], s, len);
+    buf->len += len;
+    buf->s[buf->len] = '\0';
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append_char(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char c) {
+    if (!sc_strbuf_reserve(buf, 1)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    buf->s[buf->len] = c;
+    buf->len ++;
+    buf->s[buf->len] = '\0';
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append_n(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char c, size_t n) {
+    if (!sc_strbuf_reserve(buf, n)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    memset(&buf->s[buf->len], c, n);
+    buf->len += n;
+    buf->s[buf->len] = '\0';
+
+    return true;
+}

app/src/util/strbuf.h

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+#ifndef SC_STRBUF_H
+#define SC_STRBUF_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+struct sc_strbuf {
+    char *s;
+    size_t len;
+    size_t cap;
+};
+
+// buf->s must be manually freed by the caller
+bool
+sc_strbuf_init(struct sc_strbuf *buf, size_t init_cap);
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char *s, size_t len);
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append_char(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char c);
+
+bool
+sc_strbuf_append_n(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char c, size_t n);
+
+static inline bool
+sc_strbuf_append_str(struct sc_strbuf *buf, const char *s) {
+    return sc_strbuf_append(buf, s, strlen(s));
+}
+
+// Append static string (i.e. the string size is known at compile time, for
+// example a string literal)
+#define sc_strbuf_append_staticstr(BUF, S) \
+    sc_strbuf_append(BUF, S, sizeof(S) - 1)
+
+#endif