I'm sorry, but I think this is far too many changes to be reviewable. Please send individual PRs for individual issues and definitely don't send in 1000 line diffs in C++ files.

I'm sorry, but I think this is far too many changes to be reviewable. Please send individual PRs for individual issues and definitely don't send in 1000 line diffs in C++ files.

Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate your concern about the size of the changes. I was worried that breaking it down into too many PRs might become overwhelming. I will split the issues into smaller, individual PRs.

but don't do all the individual PRs at once! please go slowly

but don't do all the individual PRs at once! please go slowly

I know, I know. Now I'm reviewing the c-code, and refine it one by one. I'll only commit new PRs of a c-file if the PRs of last c-file are all resolved, in order to avoid that there are too many PRs blocking. I'm just worried about if I commit several PRs of one c-file in the same time it might become overwhelming.

I will mark this PR as Ready for Review after addressing the other PRs related to string_buffer.h, as the comments are based on the new names.