the new escape/unescape function setup

include/curl/curl.h

@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@ char *curl_getenv(char *variable);
 /* Returns a static ascii string of the libcurl version. */
 char *curl_version(void);
 
+/* Escape and unescape URL encoding in strings. The functions return a new
+ * allocated string or NULL if an error occurred.  */
+char *curl_escape(char *string, int length);
+char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length);
+
 /* This is the version number */
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION "7.7-beta5"
 #define LIBCURL_VERSION_NUM 0x070700

lib/escape.c

@@ -36,74 +36,74 @@
 #include "memdebug.h"
 #endif
 
-char *curl_escape(char *string)
+char *curl_escape(char *string, int length)
 {
-   int alloc=strlen(string)+1;
-   char *ns = malloc(alloc);
-   unsigned char in;
-   int newlen = alloc;
-   int index=0;
+  int alloc = (length?length:strlen(string))+1;  
+  char *ns = malloc(alloc);
+  unsigned char in;
+  int newlen = alloc;
+  int index=0;
 
-   while(*string) {
-      in = *string;
-      if(' ' == in)
-	 ns[index++] = '+';
-      else if(!(in >= 'a' && in <= 'z') &&
-	      !(in >= 'A' && in <= 'Z') &&
-	      !(in >= '0' && in <= '9')) {
-	 /* encode it */
-	 newlen += 2; /* the size grows with two, since this'll become a %XX */
-	 if(newlen > alloc) {
-	    alloc *= 2;
-	    ns = realloc(ns, alloc);
-	    if(!ns)
-	       return NULL;
-	 }
-	 sprintf(&ns[index], "%%%02X", in);
-	 index+=3;
+  while(length--) {
+    in = *string;
+    if(' ' == in)
+      ns[index++] = '+';
+    else if(!(in >= 'a' && in <= 'z') &&
+            !(in >= 'A' && in <= 'Z') &&
+            !(in >= '0' && in <= '9')) {
+      /* encode it */
+      newlen += 2; /* the size grows with two, since this'll become a %XX */
+      if(newlen > alloc) {
+        alloc *= 2;
+        ns = realloc(ns, alloc);
+        if(!ns)
+          return NULL;
       }
-      else {
-	 /* just copy this */
-	 ns[index++]=in;
-      }
-      string++;
-   }
-   ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
-   return ns;
+      sprintf(&ns[index], "%%%02X", in);
+      index+=3;
+    }
+    else {
+      /* just copy this */
+      ns[index++]=in;
+    }
+    string++;
+  }
+  ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
+  return ns;
 }
 
 char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length)
 {
-   int alloc = (length?length:strlen(string))+1;
-   char *ns = malloc(alloc);
-   unsigned char in;
-   int index=0;
-   unsigned int hex;
-   char querypart=FALSE; /* everything to the right of a '?' letter is
-                            the "query part" where '+' should become ' '.
-                            RFC 2316, section 3.10 */
+  int alloc = (length?length:strlen(string))+1;
+  char *ns = malloc(alloc);
+  unsigned char in;
+  int index=0;
+  unsigned int hex;
+  char querypart=FALSE; /* everything to the right of a '?' letter is
+                           the "query part" where '+' should become ' '.
+                           RFC 2316, section 3.10 */
   
-   while(--alloc > 0) {
-      in = *string;
-      if(querypart && ('+' == in))
-         in = ' ';
-      else if(!querypart && ('?' == in)) {
-        /* we have "walked in" to the query part */
-        querypart=TRUE;
+  while(--alloc > 0) {
+    in = *string;
+    if(querypart && ('+' == in))
+      in = ' ';
+    else if(!querypart && ('?' == in)) {
+      /* we have "walked in" to the query part */
+      querypart=TRUE;
+    }
+    else if('%' == in) {
+      /* encoded part */
+      if(sscanf(string+1, "%02X", &hex)) {
+        in = hex;
+        string+=2;
+        alloc-=2;
       }
-      else if('%' == in) {
-        /* encoded part */
-        if(sscanf(string+1, "%02X", &hex)) {
-          in = hex;
-          string+=2;
-          alloc-=2;
-        }
-      }
-
-      ns[index++] = in;
-      string++;
-   }
-   ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
-   return ns;
+    }
+    
+    ns[index++] = in;
+    string++;
+  }
+  ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
+  return ns;
   
 }

lib/escape.h

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 /* Escape and unescape URL encoding in strings. The functions return a new
  * allocated string or NULL if an error occurred.  */
 
-char *curl_escape(char *string);
+char *curl_escape(char *string, int length);
 char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length);
 
 #endif