RE: [NeoStats-Devel] [Commits] r2594 - in trunk: modules/textserv src

Can we put something like tsprintf into the core to handle things like
botdetails, etc etc etc?

> +/** @brief tsprintf
> + *
> + *  printf style message function 
> + *
> + *  @param buf Storage location for output. 
> + *  @param fmt Format specification. 
> + *  @param ... to list of arguments. 
> + *
> + *  @return number of characters written excluding terminating null
> + */
> +
> +int tsprintf( char *botname, char *from, char *target, char 
> *buf, const size_t size, const char *fmt, ... )
> +{
> +	static char nullstring[] = "(null)";
> +	size_t len = 0;
> +    char *str;
> +    char c;
> +    va_list args;
> +
> +	va_start( args, fmt );
> +	while( ( c = *fmt++ ) != 0 && ( len < size ) )
> +	{
> +		/* Is it a format string character? */
> +	    if( c == '%' ) 
> +		{
> +			switch( *fmt ) 
> +			{
> +				/* handle %B (botname) */
> +				case 'B': 
> +					str = botname;
> +					/* If NULL string point 
> to our null output string */
> +					if( str == NULL ) {
> +						str = nullstring;
> +					}
> +					/* copy string to 
> output observing limit */
> +					while( *str && len < size ) {
> +						buf[len++] = *str++;
> +					}
> +					/* next char... */
> +					fmt++;
> +					break;
> +				/* handle %F (from) */
> +				case 'F': 
> +					str = from;
> +					/* If NULL string point 
> to our null output string */
> +					if( str == NULL ) {
> +						str = nullstring;
> +					}
> +					/* copy string to 
> output observing limit */
> +					while( *str && len < size ) {
> +						buf[len++] = *str++;
> +					}
> +					/* next char... */
> +					fmt++;
> +					break;
> +				/* handle %T (target) */
> +				case 'T': 
> +					str = target;
> +					/* If NULL string point 
> to our null output string */
> +					if( str == NULL ) {
> +						str = nullstring;
> +					}
> +					/* copy string to 
> output observing limit */
> +					while( *str && len < size ) {
> +						buf[len++] = *str++;
> +					}
> +					/* next char... */
> +					fmt++;
> +					break;
> +				default:
> +					buf[len++] = c;
> +					break;
> +			}
> +		}
> +		/* just copy char from src */
> +		else 
> +		{
> +			buf[len++] = c;
> +	    }
> +	}
> +	/* NULL terminate */
> +	if( len < size ) 
> +		buf[len] = 0;
> +	else
> +		buf[size -1] = 0;
> +	/* return count chars written */
> +    va_end( args );
> +    return len;
> +}