string: add TPRINTF macro for constructing temporary small strings
authorJann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:51:50 +0000 (22:51 +0200)
committerJann Horn <jann@thejh.net>
Mon, 19 Aug 2013 20:51:50 +0000 (22:51 +0200)
string.c

index b0db54c..f58fd3c 100644 (file)
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ HEADER #include <stdint.h>
 
 HEADER #define streq(a,b) (!strcmp((a),(b)))
 
+HEADER #define TPRINTF(name, ...)                                               \
+HEADER   char *name;                                                            \
+HEADER   do {                                                                   \
+HEADER     int __tprintf_size = snprintf(NULL, 0, __VA_ARGS__);                 \
+HEADER     assert(__tprintf_size != -1);                                        \
+HEADER     name = alloca(__tprintf_size+1);                                     \
+HEADER     int __tprintf_size2 = snprintf(name, __tprintf_size+1, __VA_ARGS__); \
+HEADER     assert(__tprintf_size == __tprintf_size2);                           \
+HEADER   } while (0); //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
 PUBLIC_FN int count_char_occurences(char *s, char c) {
   int n=0;
   while (*s) {