From ea598e719d557a876a52d0cbecb21c1fb8ff917f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Jamison <jackqjamison@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 09:17:56 -0400
Subject: add a bunch of util and clean up

---
 snag/util.c | 55 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

(limited to 'snag/util.c')

diff --git a/snag/util.c b/snag/util.c
index c4137f6..d8947a7 100644
--- a/snag/util.c
+++ b/snag/util.c
@@ -1,15 +1,58 @@
-#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "util.h"
+
+void eprintf(const char *format, ...) {
+	// send that shi to stderr
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+}
+
+void error_out(const char *format, ...) {
+    va_list args;
+    va_start(args, format);
+    vfprintf(stderr, format, args);
+    va_end(args);
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+	exit(1);
+}
+
+void* emalloc(size_t size, char* alloc_reason) {
+	void* d = malloc(size);
+	if (d == NULL) error_out("Failed to allocate %s", alloc_reason);
+	return d;
+}
+
+char* vastrcat_(int dummy, ...) {
 
-void vstrcat_(char* dest, ...) {
     va_list args;
-    va_start(args, dest);
+    va_list args2;
+    va_start(args, dummy);
+	va_copy(args2, args);
+
+	// get len of output string
+	size_t len = 0;
     while (1) {
         char* arg = va_arg(args, char*);
         if (!arg) break;
-        memcpy(dest, arg, strlen(arg));
-        dest += strlen(arg);
+		len += strlen(arg);
     }
     va_end(args);
-    *dest = 0;
+
+	// allocate and build output
+	char* output = malloc(len + 1);
+	char* p = output;
+    while (1) {
+        char* arg = va_arg(args2, char*);
+        if (!arg) break;
+		memcpy(p, arg, strlen(arg));
+		p += strlen(arg);
+    }
+    va_end(args2);
+
+	return output;
 }
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