*----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

int
TclpUtfNcmp2(
    const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
    const char *ct,		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
    unsigned long numBytes)	/* Number of *bytes* to compare. */
    size_t numBytes)	/* Number of *bytes* to compare. */
{
    /*
     * We can't simply call 'memcmp(cs, ct, numBytes);' because we need to
     * check for Tcl's \xC0\x80 non-utf-8 null encoding. Otherwise utf-8 lexes
     * fine in the strcmp manner.
     */

 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

int
Tcl_UtfNcmp(
    const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
    const char *ct,		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
    unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
    size_t numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
{
    Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;

    /*
     * Cannot use 'memcmp(cs, ct, n);' as byte representation of \u0000 (the
     * pair of bytes 0xc0,0x80) is larger than byte representation of \u0001
     * (the byte 0x01.)

 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

int
Tcl_UtfNcasecmp(
    const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
    const char *ct,		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
    unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
    size_t numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
{
    Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;
    while (numChars-- > 0) {
	/*
	 * n must be interpreted as chars, not bytes.
	 * This should be called only when both strings are of
	 * at least n chars long (no need for \0 check)

 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

int
Tcl_UniCharNcmp(
    const Tcl_UniChar *ucs,	/* Unicode string to compare to uct. */
    const Tcl_UniChar *uct,	/* Unicode string ucs is compared to. */
    unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of unichars to compare. */
    size_t numChars)	/* Number of unichars to compare. */
{
#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
    /*
     * We are definitely on a big-endian machine; memcmp() is safe
     */

    return memcmp(ucs, uct, numChars*sizeof(Tcl_UniChar));

 *----------------------------------------------------------------------
 */

int
Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp(
    const Tcl_UniChar *ucs,	/* Unicode string to compare to uct. */
    const Tcl_UniChar *uct,	/* Unicode string ucs is compared to. */
    unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of unichars to compare. */
    size_t numChars)	/* Number of unichars to compare. */
{
    for ( ; numChars != 0; numChars--, ucs++, uct++) {
	if (*ucs != *uct) {
	    Tcl_UniChar lcs = Tcl_UniCharToLower(*ucs);
	    Tcl_UniChar lct = Tcl_UniCharToLower(*uct);

	    if (lcs != lct) {