+/**
+ * Convert a short hash to a string (for printing debug messages).
+ * This is one of the very few calls in the entire API that is
+ * NOT reentrant!
+ *
+ * @param hc the short hash code
+ * @return string form; will be overwritten by next call to GNUNET_h2s.
+ */
+const char *
+GNUNET_short_h2s (const struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_ShortHashCode * hc)
+{
+ static struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_ShortHashAsciiEncoded ret;
+
+ GNUNET_CRYPTO_short_hash_to_enc (hc, &ret);
+ ret.short_encoding[8] = '\0';
+ return (const char *) ret.short_encoding;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Convert a short hash to a string (for printing debug messages).
+ * This is one of the very few calls in the entire API that is
+ * NOT reentrant!
+ *
+ * @param hc the short hash code
+ * @return string form; will be overwritten by next call to GNUNET_h2s_full.
+ */
+const char *
+GNUNET_short_h2s_full (const struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_ShortHashCode * hc)
+{
+ static struct GNUNET_CRYPTO_ShortHashAsciiEncoded ret;
+
+ GNUNET_CRYPTO_short_hash_to_enc (hc, &ret);
+ ret.short_encoding[sizeof (ret) - 1] = '\0';
+ return (const char *) ret.short_encoding;
+}
+