w_form.cpp

/*<std-header orig-src='shore'>

 $Id: w_form.cpp,v 1.11 2010/12/08 17:37:37 nhall Exp $

SHORE -- Scalable Heterogeneous Object REpository

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This software was developed with support by the Advanced Research
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Further funding for this work was provided by DARPA through
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*/

#include "w_defines.h"

/*  -- do not edit anything above this line --   </std-header>*/


/*
 *   This software is Copyright 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998 by:
 *
 *    Josef Burger    <bolo@cs.wisc.edu>
 *
 *   All Rights Reserved.
 *
 *   This software may be freely used as long as credit is given
 *   to the author and this copyright is maintained.
 */

/*
 * An implementation of the 'form' function, an IO stream helper
 * for c++ that is equivalent to sprintf for stdio.
 *
 * This is also an improvement over most c++ library implementations
 * in that it allows the buffers for multiple formats to exist 
 * simultaneously, instead of always over-writing one static buffer.
 * This also provides some sanity in threaded environments; more than
 * one thread can form() at once.
 *
 * Configuration options:
 *    MAX_BUFFER    Maximum length of each formatted output buffer.
 *
 *    HAVE_VSNPRINTF    If defined uses the 'n' format of vsprintf which
 *            prevents the buffer from being written past its end.
 */

#include <cstdarg>
#include <cstdio>


const int MAX_BUFFER = 1024;

static __thread char    default_buffer[MAX_BUFFER];

const char *form(const char *format, ...)
{
    va_list      ap;
    char        *buffer;
    
    buffer = default_buffer;

    va_start(ap, format);
#ifdef HAVE_VSNPRINTF
    vsnprintf(buffer, MAX_BUFFER, format, ap);
#else
#ifdef HAVE_VPRINTF
    vsprintf(buffer, format, ap);
#else
#error need vsprintf
#endif

#endif
    va_end(ap);

    buffer[MAX_BUFFER-1] = '\0';    /* Paranoia */

    return buffer;
}

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