glui_string.cpp

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  GLUI User Interface Toolkit
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     glui.cpp


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  Copyright (c) 1998 Paul Rademacher (this file, Bill Baxter 2005)

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#include "GL/glui.h"
#include <stdarg.h>

#ifdef _MSC_VER
#define vsnprintf _vsnprintf
#endif

GLUI_String& glui_format_str(GLUI_String& str, const char* fmt, ...)
{
  const size_t ISIZE = 128;
  char stackbuf[ISIZE];
  size_t bufsz = ISIZE;
  char *buf = stackbuf;
  str = "";
  va_list arg;
  while (1) {
    va_start(arg, fmt);
    int ret = vsnprintf(buf,bufsz-1,fmt,arg);
    va_end(arg);
    if (ret>=0) {
      break;
    }
    // else make a bigger buf, try again
    bufsz <<= 1;
    if (buf==stackbuf) buf = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char)*bufsz);
    else buf = (char*)realloc(buf, sizeof(char)*bufsz);
  }
  if (buf!=stackbuf) free(buf);
  str=buf;
  return str;
}