On 28/01/2019 19:00, Ian Zimmerman via Exim-users wrote:
> On 2019-01-24 14:10, Ian Zimmerman wrote:
>
>> On 2019-01-24 20:44, Jeremy Harris wrote:
>>
>>> string_sprintf()
>>> string_copy()
>>> string_copyn()
>>
>> Exactly what I was hoping for! Thanks.
>
> A follow-up question. Can I do the analogue of realloc()?
>
> I am trying to construct a list (in the Exim sense) and return it from
> the dlfunc module. I don't know a priori how long the list will be or
> how many elements.
Not with the documented API.
The internal way to do it would be one of
string_append_listele()
string_append_listele_n()
string_cat()
string_catn()
... all of which deal in objects called "growable string".
You don't need to alloc or realloc at all.
--
Cheers,
Jeremy
