posix: add package

core/sys/posix/string.odin

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+package posix
+
+import "core:c"
+
+when ODIN_OS == .Darwin {
+	foreign import lib "system:System.framework"
+} else {
+	foreign import lib "system:c"
+}
+
+// string.h - string operations
+
+// NOTE: most of the symbols in this header are not useful in Odin and have been left out.
+
+foreign lib {
+	/*
+	Map the error number to a locale-dependent error message string.
+
+	Returns: a string that may be invalidated by subsequent calls
+
+	[[ More; https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strerror.html ]]
+	*/
+	@(link_name="strerror")
+	_strerror :: proc(errnum: Errno) -> cstring ---
+
+	/*
+	Map the error number to a locale-dependent error message string and put it in the buffer.
+
+	Returns: ERANGE if the buffer is not big enough
+
+	[[ More; https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strerror_r.html ]]
+	*/
+	strerror_r :: proc(errnum: Errno, strerrbuf: [^]byte, buflen: c.size_t) -> Errno ---
+
+	/*
+	Map the signal number to an implementation-defined string.
+
+	Returns: a string that may be invalidated by subsequent calls
+
+	[[ More; https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/strsignal.html ]]
+	*/
+	strsignal :: proc(sig: Signal) -> cstring ---
+}
+
+strerror :: #force_inline proc "contextless" (errnum: Maybe(Errno) = nil) -> cstring {
+	return _strerror(errnum.? or_else errno())
+}