20000-05-19 H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.org)

[binutils-gdb.git] / include / libiberty.h

diff --git a/include/libiberty.h b/include/libiberty.h
index cf313662ef42be870bdab23023d09506d6eb0ea3..9a536a4a19410ef5544b707d278e2fdda3ca320b 100644 (file)
--- a/include/libiberty.h
+++ b/include/libiberty.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* Build an argument vector from a string.  Allocates memory using
    malloc.  Use freeargv to free the vector.  */
 
-extern char **buildargv PARAMS ((char *));
+extern char **buildargv PARAMS ((char *)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 /* Free a vector returned by buildargv.  */
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern void freeargv PARAMS ((char **));
 /* Duplicate an argument vector. Allocates memory using malloc.  Use
    freeargv to free the vector.  */
 
-extern char **dupargv PARAMS ((char **));
+extern char **dupargv PARAMS ((char **)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 
 /* Return the last component of a path name.  Note that we can't use a
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern char **dupargv PARAMS ((char **));
    across different systems, sometimes as "char *" and sometimes as
    "const char *" */
 
-#if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__ ) || defined (__linux__) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__CYGWIN__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__)
+#if defined (__GNU_LIBRARY__ ) || defined (__linux__) || defined (__FreeBSD__) || defined (__OpenBSD__) || defined (__CYGWIN__) || defined (__CYGWIN32__)
 extern char *basename PARAMS ((const char *));
 #else
 extern char *basename ();
@@ -45,19 +45,28 @@ extern char *basename ();
 /* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings, up to (char *) NULL.
    Allocates memory using xmalloc.  */
 
-extern char *concat PARAMS ((const char *, ...));
+extern char *concat PARAMS ((const char *, ...)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 /* Check whether two file descriptors refer to the same file.  */
 
 extern int fdmatch PARAMS ((int fd1, int fd2));
 
+/* Get the working directory.  The result is cached, so don't call
+   chdir() between calls to getpwd().  */
+
+extern char * getpwd PARAMS ((void));
+
 /* Get the amount of time the process has run, in microseconds.  */
 
 extern long get_run_time PARAMS ((void));
 
 /* Choose a temporary directory to use for scratch files.  */
 
-extern char *choose_temp_base PARAMS ((void));
+extern char *choose_temp_base PARAMS ((void)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
+
+/* Return a temporary file name or NULL if unable to create one.  */
+
+extern char *make_temp_file PARAMS ((const char *)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 /* Allocate memory filled with spaces.  Allocates using malloc.  */
 
@@ -108,11 +117,7 @@ extern int xatexit PARAMS ((void (*fn) (void)));
 
 /* Exit, calling all the functions registered with xatexit.  */
 
-#ifndef __GNUC__
-extern void xexit PARAMS ((int status));
-#else
-void xexit PARAMS ((int status)) __attribute__ ((noreturn));
-#endif
+extern void xexit PARAMS ((int status)) ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN;
 
 /* Set the program name used by xmalloc.  */
 
@@ -125,24 +130,29 @@ extern void xmalloc_set_program_name PARAMS ((const char *));
 #ifdef ANSI_PROTOTYPES
 /* Get a definition for size_t.  */
 #include <stddef.h>
+/* Get a definition for va_list.  */
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #endif
-extern PTR xmalloc PARAMS ((size_t));
-
-/* Reallocate memory without fail.  This works like xmalloc.
+extern PTR xmalloc PARAMS ((size_t)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
-   FIXME: We do not declare the parameter types for the same reason as
-   xmalloc.  */
+/* Reallocate memory without fail.  This works like xmalloc.  Note,
+   realloc type functions are not suitable for attribute malloc since
+   they may return the same address across multiple calls. */
 
 extern PTR xrealloc PARAMS ((PTR, size_t));
 
 /* Allocate memory without fail and set it to zero.  This works like
    xmalloc.  */
 
-extern PTR xcalloc PARAMS ((size_t, size_t));
+extern PTR xcalloc PARAMS ((size_t, size_t)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 /* Copy a string into a memory buffer without fail.  */
 
-extern char *xstrdup PARAMS ((const char *));
+extern char *xstrdup PARAMS ((const char *)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
+
+/* Copy an existing memory buffer to a new memory buffer without fail.  */
+
+extern PTR xmemdup PARAMS ((const PTR, size_t, size_t)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC;
 
 /* hex character manipulation routines */
 
@@ -172,6 +182,17 @@ extern int pexecute PARAMS ((const char *, char * const *, const char *,
 
 extern int pwait PARAMS ((int, int *, int));
 
+/* Like sprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which must
+   be freed by the caller.  */
+
+extern int asprintf PARAMS ((char **, const char *, ...)) ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF_2;
+
+/* Like vsprintf but provides a pointer to malloc'd storage, which
+   must be freed by the caller.  */
+
+extern int vasprintf PARAMS ((char **, const char *, va_list))
+  ATTRIBUTE_PRINTF(2,0);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif