snadd() function;

include/sexpr/cstring.h

@@ -97,6 +97,17 @@ extern "C" {
    */
   CSTRING *sadd(CSTRING *s, char *a);
 
+  /**
+   * Concatenate the len bytes of the second argument to the CSTRING
+   * passed in the first.
+   * A NULL return value indicates that something went wrong and that
+   * sexp_errno should be checked for the cause.  The contents of s are
+   * left alone.  As such, the caller should check the pointer returned
+   * before overwriting the value of s, as this may result in a memory
+   * leak if an error condition occurs.
+   */
+  CSTRING *snadd(CSTRING *s, char *a, size_t len);
+
   /**
    * Append a character to the end of the CSTRING.
    * A NULL return value indicates that something went wrong and that

lib/cstring.c

@@ -86,7 +86,18 @@ CSTRING *snew(size_t s) {
   return cs;
 }
 
-CSTRING *sadd(CSTRING *s, char *a) {
+CSTRING *sadd(CSTRING *s, char *a)
+{
+  size_t len = strlen(a);
+
+  if(!s) return NULL;
+  if(!a || !len) return s;
+
+  return snadd(s, a, len);
+}
+
+CSTRING *snadd(CSTRING *s, char *a, size_t len)
+{
   size_t alen;
   char *newbase;
 
@@ -100,7 +111,7 @@ CSTRING *sadd(CSTRING *s, char *a) {
     return s;
   }
 
-  alen = strlen(a);
+  alen = len;
 
   if (s->curlen + alen >= s->len) {
 #ifdef __cplusplus
@@ -128,6 +139,7 @@ CSTRING *sadd(CSTRING *s, char *a) {
   memcpy(&s->base[s->curlen], a, alen);
   s->curlen += alen;
   s->base[s->curlen] = 0;
+
   return s;
 }