win32.cpp

#if defined(_WIN32)
// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40159892/using-asprintf-on-windows

#include <stdio.h>  /* needed for vsnprintf    */
#include <stdlib.h> /* needed for malloc, free */
#include <stdarg.h> /* needed for va_*         */

int vscprintf(const char *format, va_list ap)
{
    va_list ap_copy;
    va_copy(ap_copy, ap);
    int retval = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, ap_copy);
    va_end(ap_copy);
    return retval;
}

/*
 * asprintf, vasprintf:
 * MSVC does not implement these, thus we implement them here
 * GNU-C-compatible compilers implement these with the same names, thus we
 * don't have to do anything
 */
int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *format, va_list ap)
{
    int len = vscprintf(format, ap);
    if (len == -1)
        return -1;
    char *str = (char*)malloc((size_t) len + 1);
    if (!str)
        return -1;
    int retval = vsnprintf(str, len + 1, format, ap);
    if (retval == -1) {
        free(str);
        return -1;
    }
    *strp = str;
    return retval;
}

int asprintf(char **strp, const char *format, ...)
{
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, format);
    int retval = vasprintf(strp, format, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    return retval;
}
#endif