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+++ b/lib/misc/utoa.cc	Wed Jan 16 22:39:43 2008 +0100
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+// Copyright (C) 1999,2000 Bruce Guenter <bruceg@em.ca>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include "utoa.h"
+
+static const mystring dash = "-";
+static const mystring zero = "0";
+
+mystring utoa(unsigned u)
+{
+  if(!u)
+    return zero;
+  else if(u == UINT_MAX)
+    return dash;
+  else {
+    char buf[30];
+    char* ptr = buf+29;
+    *ptr-- = 0;
+    while(u) {
+      *ptr-- = (u%10) + '0';
+      u /= 10;
+    }
+    return ptr+1;
+  }
+}