/*
 *                                                           file: ssstore.cpp
 *
 *  Created on: Oct 3, 2009
 *      Author: mike
 */

#include "tools.hpp"
#include "ssstore.hpp"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Constructs new const null-terminated string from first len characters of s,
// places it in the StringStore repository, and returns pointer to it.
// Repository owns the new string and is responsible for its eventual deletion.
const char*
StringStore::put( const char* s, int len ) {
    len++;                          // number of characters including '\0'.
    if ( len > remain ) fatal("Sorry, string too long for string store");
    cstring where = &letters[next];
    next += len;
    remain -= len;
    strncpy( where, s, len-1 );
    where[len-1] = '\0';
    return where;
}