[svn] Remove VERY_LONG_FORMAT. Instead, define function very_long_to_string

for printing VERY_LONG_TYPE numbers.
Published in <sxsd7aqzqr7.fsf@florida.arsdigita.de>.

src/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-04-06  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* sysdep.h: Don't define VERY_LONG_FORMAT.
+
+	* utils.c (very_long_to_string): New function.
+	(legible_very_long): Use it; don't use VERY_LONG_FORMAT.
+
 2001-04-04  Christian Fraenkel  <christian.fraenkel@gmx.net>
 
 	* url.c (parse_uname): Would run past the end of the string if the

src/sysdep.h

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ This file is part of Wget.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
+your option) any later version.
 
 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
@@ -111,18 +111,30 @@ do {						\
   DEBUGP (("Closing fd %d\n", x));		\
 } while (0)
 
-/* Define a "very long" type useful for storing large non-negative
-   integers, e.g. the total number of bytes downloaded.  This needs to
-   be an integral type at least 64 bits wide.  On the machines where
-   `long' is 64-bit, we use long.  Otherwise, we check whether `long
-   long' is available and if yes, use that.  Otherwise, we give up and
-   just use `long'.  */
+/* Define a large ("very long") type useful for storing large
+   non-negative quantities that exceed sizes of normal download, such
+   as the *total* number of bytes downloaded.  To fit today's needs,
+   this needs to be an integral type at least 64 bits wide.  On the
+   machines where `long' is 64-bit, we use long.  Otherwise, we check
+   whether `long long' is available and if yes, use that.  If long
+   long is unavailable, we give up and just use `long'.
+
+   This check could be smarter and moved to configure, which could
+   check for a bunch of non-standard types such as uint64_t.  But I
+   don't see the need for it -- the current test will work on all
+   modern architectures, and if it fails, nothing bad happens, we just
+   end up with long.
+
+   Note: you cannot use VERY_LONG_TYPE along with printf().  When you
+   need to print it, use very_long_to_string().  */
+
 #if (SIZEOF_LONG >= 8) || !defined(HAVE_LONG_LONG)
+/* either long is "big enough", or long long is unavailable which
+   leaves long as the only choice. */ 
 # define VERY_LONG_TYPE   unsigned long
-# define VERY_LONG_FORMAT "%lu"
-#else  /* long is smaller than 8 bytes, but long long is available. */
+#else  /* use long long */
+/* long is smaller than 8 bytes, but long long is available. */
 # define VERY_LONG_TYPE   unsigned long long
-# define VERY_LONG_FORMAT "%llu"
 #endif /* use long long */
 
 /* Defined in cmpt.c: */

src/utils.c

@@ -1296,13 +1296,53 @@ legible (long l)
   return legible_1 (inbuf);
 }
 
+/* Write a string representation of NUMBER into the provided buffer.
+   We cannot use sprintf() because we cannot be sure whether the
+   platform supports printing of what we chose for VERY_LONG_TYPE.
+
+   Example: Gcc supports `long long' under many platforms, but on many
+   of those the native libc knows nothing of it and therefore cannot
+   print it.
+
+   How long BUFFER needs to be depends on the platform and the content
+   of NUMBER.  For 64-bit VERY_LONG_TYPE (the most common case), 24
+   bytes are sufficient.  Using more might be a good idea.
+
+   This function does not go through the hoops that long_to_string
+   goes to because it doesn't need to be fast.  (It's called perhaps
+   once in a Wget run.)  */
+
+static void
+very_long_to_string (char *buffer, VERY_LONG_TYPE number)
+{
+  int i = 0;
+  int j;
+
+  /* Print the number backwards... */
+  do
+    {
+      buffer[i++] = '0' + number % 10;
+      number /= 10;
+    }
+  while (number);
+
+  /* ...and reverse the order of the digits. */
+  for (j = 0; j < i / 2; j++)
+    {
+      char c = buffer[j];
+      buffer[j] = buffer[i - 1 - j];
+      buffer[i - 1 - j] = c;
+    }
+  buffer[i] = '\0';
+}
+
 /* The same as legible(), but works on VERY_LONG_TYPE.  See sysdep.h.  */
 char *
 legible_very_long (VERY_LONG_TYPE l)
 {
   char inbuf[128];
   /* Print the number into the buffer.  */
-  sprintf (inbuf, VERY_LONG_FORMAT, l);
+  very_long_to_string (inbuf, l);
   return legible_1 (inbuf);
 }