/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * stringinfo.h--
 *    Declarations/definitons for "string" functions.
 *
 *
 * Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California
 *
 * stringinfo.h,v 1.1.1.1 1994/11/07 05:19:32 andrew Exp
 *
 *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 */
#ifndef STRINGINFO_H
#define STRINGINFO_H

#include "c.h"			/* for 'String' */

/*-------------------------
 * StringInfoData holds information about a string.
 * 	'data' is the string.
 *	'len' is the current string length (as returned by 'strlen')
 *	'maxlen' is the size in bytes of 'data', i.e. the maximum string
 *		size (includeing the terminating '\0' char) that we can
 *		currently store in 'data' without having to reallocate
 *		more space.
 */
typedef struct StringInfoData {
    String data;
    int maxlen;
    int len;
} StringInfoData;

typedef StringInfoData *StringInfo;

/*------------------------
 * makeStringInfo
 * create a 'StringInfoData' & return a pointer to it.
 */
extern StringInfo makeStringInfo(void);

/*------------------------
 * appendStringInfo
 * similar to 'strcat' but reallocates more space if necessary...
 */
extern void appendStringInfo(StringInfo str, char *buffer);

#endif /* STRINGINFO_H */