/*   tsprintf.h
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* File Name:  tsprintf.h
*
* Author:  Denis Vakatov
*
* Version Creation Date:   07/10/96
*
* $Id: tsprintf.h,v 1.1 1996/07/16 20:01:37 vakatov Exp $
*
* File Description:
*   	Memory- and MT-safe "sprintf()"
*
* ==========================================================================
*/


#ifndef TSPRINTF_H
#define TSPRINTF_H

#include <ncbilcl.h>
#include <ncbistd.h>
#ifdef VAR_ARGS
#include <varargs.h>
#else
#include <stdarg.h>
#endif

#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/*
 *  Return pointer to a temporary (based on the thread's scratch
 *  buffer) memory area containing the resulting formatted output
 *  The resulting string is '\0'-terminated
 *  Return NULL on error
 */
extern const Nlm_Char PNTR Nlm_TSPrintf      VPROTO (
 (const Nlm_Char PNTR fmt,
  ...)
);
#define TSPrintf Nlm_TSPrintf


extern const Nlm_Char PNTR Nlm_TSPrintfArgs  VPROTO (
 (const Nlm_Char PNTR fmt,
  va_list args)
);
#define TSPrintfArgs Nlm_TSPrintfArgs


/*
 *  Attention!!!  the resulting pointer points to the scratch buffer area,
 *  so it must be used immediately and should not be explicitly deallocated
 */

#ifdef VAR_ARGS
#define TSPRINTF(const_char_ptr, fmt) \
{{ \
  va_list args; \
  va_start(args); \
  const_char_ptr = TSPrintfArgs(fmt, args); \
  va_end( args ); \
}}
#else
#define TSPRINTF(const_char_ptr, fmt) \
{{ \
  va_list args; \
  va_start(args, fmt); \
  const_char_ptr = TSPrintfArgs(fmt, args); \
  va_end( args ); \
}}
#endif


#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#endif  /* TSPRINTF_H */