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diff --git a/common/alstring.cpp b/common/alstring.cpp
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+++ b/common/alstring.cpp
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+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "alstring.h"
+
+#include <cctype>
+#include <string>
+
+
+namespace {
+
+int to_upper(const char ch)
+{
+    using char8_traits = std::char_traits<char>;
+    return std::toupper(char8_traits::to_int_type(ch));
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+namespace al {
+
+int strcasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1) noexcept
+{
+    do {
+        const int diff{to_upper(*str0) - to_upper(*str1)};
+        if(diff < 0) return -1;
+        if(diff > 0) return 1;
+    } while(*(str0++) && *(str1++));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int strncasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1, std::size_t len) noexcept
+{
+    if(len > 0)
+    {
+        do {
+            const int diff{to_upper(*str0) - to_upper(*str1)};
+            if(diff < 0) return -1;
+            if(diff > 0) return 1;
+        } while(--len && *(str0++) && *(str1++));
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace al
diff --git a/common/alstring.h b/common/alstring.h
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+++ b/common/alstring.h
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+#ifndef AL_STRING_H
+#define AL_STRING_H
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "almalloc.h"
+
+
+namespace al {
+
+template<typename T, typename Tr=std::char_traits<T>>
+using basic_string = std::basic_string<T, Tr, al::allocator<T>>;
+
+using string = basic_string<char>;
+using wstring = basic_string<wchar_t>;
+using u16string = basic_string<char16_t>;
+using u32string = basic_string<char32_t>;
+
+
+/* These would be better served by using a string_view-like span/view with
+ * case-insensitive char traits.
+ */
+int strcasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1) noexcept;
+int strncasecmp(const char *str0, const char *str1, std::size_t len) noexcept;
+
+} // namespace al
+
+#endif /* AL_STRING_H */