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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                   *
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+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Thomas E. Dickey                        2012                    *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef STRING_HACKS_H
+#define STRING_HACKS_H 1
+
+#include <ncurses_cfg.h>
+
+/*
+ * $Id: nc_string.h,v 1.4 2013/12/15 01:09:19 tom Exp $
+ *
+ * String-hacks.  Use these macros to stifle warnings on (presumably) correct
+ * uses of strcat, strcpy and sprintf.
+ *
+ * By the way -
+ * A fundamental limitation of the interfaces (and frequent issue in bug
+ * reports using these functions) is that sizes are passed as unsigned values
+ * (with associated sign-extension problems), limiting their effectiveness
+ * when checking for buffer overflow.
+ */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+#define NCURSES_VOID		/* nothing */
+#else
+#define NCURSES_VOID (void)
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_STRLCAT
+#define _nc_STRCAT(d,s,n)	NCURSES_VOID strlcat((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n))
+#else
+#define _nc_STRCAT(d,s,n)	NCURSES_VOID strcat((d),(s))
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_STRLCPY
+#define _nc_STRCPY(d,s,n)	NCURSES_VOID strlcpy((d),(s),NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n))
+#else
+#define _nc_STRCPY(d,s,n)	NCURSES_VOID strcpy((d),(s))
+#endif
+
+#if USE_STRING_HACKS && HAVE_SNPRINTF
+#define _nc_SPRINTF             NCURSES_VOID snprintf
+#define _nc_SLIMIT(n)           NCURSES_CAST(size_t,n),
+#else
+#define _nc_SPRINTF             NCURSES_VOID sprintf
+#define _nc_SLIMIT(n)		/* nothing */
+#endif
+
+#endif /* STRING_HACKS_H */