/** A generic function to generate a formatted string. The
* return value is a statically allocated buffer.
*
* \param fmt format string.
* \return formatted string.
*/
char *WIN32_CDECL
tprintf(const char *fmt, ...)
{
static char buff[BUFFER_LEN];
va_list args;
va_start(args, fmt);
mush_vsnprintf(buff, sizeof buff, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
return buff;
}
/** Issue a warning about an object.
* \param player player to receive the warning notification.
* \param i object the warning is about.
* \param name name of the warnings.
* \param desc a formatting string for the warning message.
*/
void
complain(dbref player, dbref i, const char *name, const char *desc, ...)
{
char buff[BUFFER_LEN];
va_list args;
va_start(args, desc);
mush_vsnprintf(buff, sizeof buff, desc, args);
va_end(args);
notify_format(player, T("Warning '%s' for %s:"),
name, unparse_object(player, i));
notify(player, buff);
}
