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

#ifndef _vscprintf
/* For some reason, MSVC fails to honour this #ifndef. */
/* Hence function renamed to _vscprintf_so(). */
int _vscprintf_so(const char * format, va_list pargs) {
    int retval;
    va_list argcopy;
    va_copy(argcopy, pargs);
    retval = vsnprintf(NULL, 0, format, argcopy);
    va_end(argcopy);
    return retval;}
#endif // _vscprintf

#ifndef vasprintf
int vasprintf(char **strp, const char *fmt, va_list ap) {
    int len = _vscprintf_so(fmt, ap);
    if (len == -1) return -1;
    char *str = malloc((size_t) len + 1);
    if (!str) return -1;
    int r = vsnprintf(str, len + 1, fmt, ap); /* "secure" version of vsprintf */
    if (r == -1) return free(str), -1;
    *strp = str;
    return r;}
#endif // vasprintf

#ifndef asprintf
int asprintf(char *strp[], const char *fmt, ...) {
    va_list ap;
    va_start(ap, fmt);
    int r = vasprintf(strp, fmt, ap);
    va_end(ap);
    return r;}
#endif // asprintf