Added a function to replace all the ugly sprintf-ing everywhere

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/helperfuncs.cpp b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
index c7287e661..8a74a64e4 100644
--- a/src/helperfuncs.cpp
+++ b/src/helperfuncs.cpp
@@ -424,6 +424,19 @@ unsigned long InspIRCd::Duration(const std::string &str)
 	return total + subtotal;
 }
 
+const char* InspIRCd::Format(const char* formatString, ...)
+{
+	static std::vector<char> formatBuffer(1024);
+	int vsnret = 0;
+
+	va_list vaList;
+	va_start(vaList, formatString);
+	while ((vsnret = vsnprintf(&formatBuffer[0], formatBuffer.size(), formatString, vaList)) < 0 || static_cast<unsigned int>(vsnret) >= formatBuffer.size())
+		formatBuffer.resize(formatBuffer.size() * 2);
+	va_end(vaList);
+	return &formatBuffer[0];
+}
+
 bool InspIRCd::ULine(const std::string& sserver)
 {
 	if (sserver.empty())