+// snprintf and vsnprintf are NOT portable. Use their DP counterparts instead
+#define snprintf DO_NOT_USE_SNPRINTF__USE_DPSNPRINTF
+#define vsnprintf DO_NOT_USE_VSNPRINTF__USE_DPVSNPRINTF
+
+// dpsnprintf and dpvsnprintf
+// return the number of printed characters, excluding the final '\0'
+// or return -1 if the buffer isn't big enough to contain the entire string.
+// buffer is ALWAYS null-terminated
+extern int dpsnprintf (char *buffer, size_t buffersize, const char *format, ...);
+extern int dpvsnprintf (char *buffer, size_t buffersize, const char *format, va_list args);
+
+