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198b9484cSchristos /* Allocate memory region filled with spaces.
2*7e120ff0Schristos    Copyright (C) 1991-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
398b9484cSchristos 
498b9484cSchristos This file is part of the libiberty library.
598b9484cSchristos Libiberty is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
698b9484cSchristos modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
798b9484cSchristos License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
898b9484cSchristos version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
998b9484cSchristos 
1098b9484cSchristos Libiberty is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
1198b9484cSchristos but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
1298b9484cSchristos MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
1398b9484cSchristos Library General Public License for more details.
1498b9484cSchristos 
1598b9484cSchristos You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
1698b9484cSchristos License along with libiberty; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
1798b9484cSchristos not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street - Fifth Floor,
1898b9484cSchristos Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.  */
1998b9484cSchristos 
2098b9484cSchristos /*
2198b9484cSchristos 
2298b9484cSchristos @deftypefn Extension char* spaces (int @var{count})
2398b9484cSchristos 
2498b9484cSchristos Returns a pointer to a memory region filled with the specified
2598b9484cSchristos number of spaces and null terminated.  The returned pointer is
2698b9484cSchristos valid until at least the next call.
2798b9484cSchristos 
2898b9484cSchristos @end deftypefn
2998b9484cSchristos 
3098b9484cSchristos */
3198b9484cSchristos 
3298b9484cSchristos #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
3398b9484cSchristos #include "config.h"
3498b9484cSchristos #endif
3598b9484cSchristos #include "ansidecl.h"
3698b9484cSchristos #include "libiberty.h"
3798b9484cSchristos 
3898b9484cSchristos #if VMS
3998b9484cSchristos #include <stdlib.h>
4098b9484cSchristos #include <unixlib.h>
4198b9484cSchristos #else
4298b9484cSchristos /* For systems with larger pointers than ints, these must be declared.  */
434b169a6bSchristos extern void *malloc (size_t);
444b169a6bSchristos extern void free (void *);
4598b9484cSchristos #endif
4698b9484cSchristos 
4798b9484cSchristos const char *
4898b9484cSchristos spaces (int count)
4998b9484cSchristos {
5098b9484cSchristos   register char *t;
5198b9484cSchristos   static char *buf;
5298b9484cSchristos   static int maxsize;
5398b9484cSchristos 
5498b9484cSchristos   if (count > maxsize)
5598b9484cSchristos     {
5698b9484cSchristos       free (buf);
5798b9484cSchristos       buf = (char *) malloc (count + 1);
5898b9484cSchristos       if (buf == (char *) 0)
5998b9484cSchristos 	return 0;
6098b9484cSchristos       for (t = buf + count ; t != buf ; )
6198b9484cSchristos 	{
6298b9484cSchristos 	  *--t = ' ';
6398b9484cSchristos 	}
6498b9484cSchristos       maxsize = count;
6598b9484cSchristos       buf[count] = '\0';
6698b9484cSchristos     }
6798b9484cSchristos   return (const char *) (buf + maxsize - count);
6898b9484cSchristos }
6998b9484cSchristos 
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