+
+ tmp = mem_a(len + 1);
+ if ((ret = _vsnprintf(tmp, len+1, fmt, args)) != len) {
+ mem_d(tmp);
+ *dat = NULL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+ *dat = tmp;
+ return len;
+ #else
+ /*
+ * For everything else we have a decent conformint vsnprintf that
+ * returns the number of bytes needed. We give it a try though on
+ * a short buffer, since efficently speaking, it could be nice to
+ * above a second vsnprintf call.
+ */
+ char buf[128];
+ va_list cpy;
+ va_copy(cpy, args);
+ len = vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, cpy);
+ va_end (cpy);
+
+ if (len < (int)sizeof(buf)) {
+ *dat = util_strdup(buf);
+ return len;
+ }
+
+ /* not large enough ... */
+ tmp = mem_a(len + 1);
+ if ((ret = vsnprintf(tmp, len + 1, fmt, args)) != len) {
+ mem_d(tmp);
+ *dat = NULL;
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ *dat = tmp;
+ return len;
+ #endif
+ /* never reached ... */
+ return -1;