diff -r 4022e403de60 -r 57e062a4bb05 src/cx/string.h
--- a/src/cx/string.h	Sat Apr 19 11:36:53 2025 +0200
+++ b/src/cx/string.h	Sat Apr 19 14:43:16 2025 +0200
@@ -340,6 +340,47 @@
 );
 
 /**
+ * Copies a string.
+ *
+ * The memory in the @p dest structure is either allocated or re-allocated to fit the entire
+ * source string, including a zero-terminator.
+ *
+ * The string in @p dest is guaranteed to be zero-terminated, regardless of whether @p src is.
+ *
+ * @param alloc the allocator
+ * @param dest a pointer to the structure where to copy the contents to
+ * @param src the source string
+ *
+ * @retval zero success
+ * @retval non-zero if re-allocation failed
+ */
+cx_attr_nonnull_arg(1)
+cx_attr_export
+int cx_strcpy_a(
+        const CxAllocator *alloc,
+        cxmutstr *dest,
+        cxstring src
+);
+
+
+/**
+ * Copies a string.
+ *
+ * The memory in the @p dest structure is either allocated or re-allocated to fit the entire
+ * source string, including a zero-terminator.
+ *
+ * The string in @p dest is guaranteed to be zero-terminated, regardless of whether @p src is.
+ *
+ * @param alloc (@c CxAllocator*) the allocator
+ * @param dest (@c cxmutstr*) a pointer to the structure where to copy the contents to
+ * @param src (@c cxstring) the source string
+ *
+ * @retval zero success
+ * @retval non-zero if re-allocation failed
+ */
+#define cx_strcpy(dest, src) cx_strcpy_a(cxDefaultAllocator, dest, src)
+
+/**
  * Returns the accumulated length of all specified strings.
  * 
  * If this sum overflows, errno is set to EOVERFLOW.