Introduce string_printf

This introduces the string_printf function.  Like asprintf, but
returns a std::string.

gdb/ChangeLog:
2016-11-08  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>

	* Makefile.in (COMMON_OBS): Add utils-selftests.o.
	* common/common-utils.c (string_printf): New function.
	* common/common-utils.h: Include <string>.
	(string_printf): Declare.
	* utils-selftests.c: New file.
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Pedro Alves 2016-11-08 15:26:42 +00:00
parent cb64e50d42
commit d4081a383e
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@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
#ifndef COMMON_UTILS_H
#define COMMON_UTILS_H
#include <string>
/* If possible, define FUNCTION_NAME, a macro containing the name of
the function being defined. Since this macro may not always be
defined, all uses must be protected by appropriate macro definition
@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ char *xstrvprintf (const char *format, va_list ap)
int xsnprintf (char *str, size_t size, const char *format, ...)
ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (3, 4);
/* Returns a std::string built from a printf-style format string. */
std::string string_printf (const char* fmt, ...)
ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF (1, 2);
/* Make a copy of the string at PTR with LEN characters
(and add a null character at the end in the copy).
Uses malloc to get the space. Returns the address of the copy. */