-XBT_PUBLIC(int) asprintf (char **ptr, const char *fmt, /*args*/ ...) _XBT_GNUC_PRINTF(2,3);
-XBT_PUBLIC(int) vasprintf (char **ptr, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-XBT_PUBLIC(char*) bprintf (const char*fmt, ...) _XBT_GNUC_PRINTF(1,2);
+/** @addtogroup XBT_str
+ * @brief String manipulation functions
+ *
+ * This module defines several string related functions. Looking at the diversity of string
+ * manipulation functions that are provided, you can see that several SimGrid core developers
+ * actually like Perl.
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/* Trim related functions */
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_str_rtrim(char *s, const char *char_list);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_str_ltrim(char *s, const char *char_list);
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_str_trim(char *s, const char *char_list);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_dynar_t) xbt_str_split(const char *s, const char *sep);
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_dynar_t) xbt_str_split_quoted(const char *s);
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_dynar_t) xbt_str_split_quoted_in_place(char *s);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_dynar_t) xbt_str_split_str(const char *s, const char *sep);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC(char *) xbt_str_join(xbt_dynar_t dynar, const char *sep);
+XBT_PUBLIC(char *) xbt_str_join_array(const char *const *strs, const char *sep);
+
+/* */
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_str_subst(char *str, char from, char to, int amount);
+XBT_PUBLIC(char *) xbt_str_varsubst(const char *str, xbt_dict_t patterns);
+
+/* */
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_str_strip_spaces(char *);
+XBT_PUBLIC(char *) xbt_str_diff(const char *a, const char *b);
+
+XBT_PUBLIC(char *) xbt_str_from_file(FILE * file);