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diff --git a/libiberty/spaces.c b/libiberty/spaces.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ea92571 --- /dev/null +++ b/libiberty/spaces.c @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +/* 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); +} + |