}
return NULL; /* unreached */
}
+
+/* Concatenate the NULL-terminated list of string arguments into
+ freshly allocated space. */
+
+char *
+concat_strings (const char *str0, ...)
+{
+ va_list args;
+ int saved_lengths[5]; /* inspired by Apache's apr_pstrcat */
+ char *ret, *p;
+
+ const char *next_str;
+ int total_length = 0;
+ int argcount;
+
+ /* Calculate the length of and allocate the resulting string. */
+
+ argcount = 0;
+ VA_START (args, str0);
+ for (next_str = str0; next_str != NULL; next_str = va_arg (args, char *))
+ {
+ int len = strlen (next_str);
+ if (argcount < countof (saved_lengths))
+ saved_lengths[argcount++] = len;
+ total_length += len;
+ }
+ va_end (args);
+ p = ret = xmalloc (total_length + 1);
+
+ /* Copy the strings into the allocated space. */
+
+ argcount = 0;
+ VA_START (args, str0);
+ for (next_str = str0; next_str != NULL; next_str = va_arg (args, char *))
+ {
+ int len;
+ if (argcount < countof (saved_lengths))
+ len = saved_lengths[argcount++];
+ else
+ len = strlen (next_str);
+ memcpy (p, next_str, len);
+ p += len;
+ }
+ va_end (args);
+ *p = '\0';
+
+ return ret;
+}
\f
/* Return pointer to a static char[] buffer in which zero-terminated
string-representation of TM (in form hh:mm:ss) is printed.