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+/* Allocate memory region filled with spaces.
+ Copyright (C) 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of the libiberty library.
+Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+Libiberty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with libiberty; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+/*
+
+NAME
+
+ spaces -- return a pointer to a buffer full of spaces
+
+SYNOPSIS
+
+ char *spaces (int count)
+
+DESCRIPTION
+
+ Returns a pointer to a memory region filled with the specified
+ number of spaces and null terminated. The returned pointer is
+ valid until at least the next call.
+
+BUGS
+
+*/
+
+#include "ansidecl.h"
+#include "libiberty.h"
+
+#if VMS
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unixlib.h>
+#else
+/* For systems with larger pointers than ints, these must be declared. */
+extern PTR malloc PARAMS ((size_t));
+extern void free PARAMS ((PTR));
+#endif
+
+const char *
+spaces (count)
+ int count;
+{
+ register char *t;
+ static char *buf;
+ static int maxsize;
+
+ if (count > maxsize)
+ {
+ if (buf)
+ {
+ free (buf);
+ }
+ buf = malloc (count + 1);
+ if (buf == (char *) 0)
+ return 0;
+ for (t = buf + count ; t != buf ; )
+ {
+ *--t = ' ';
+ }
+ maxsize = count;
+ buf[count] = '\0';
+ }
+ return (const char *) (buf + maxsize - count);
+}
+