Ooops. Stupid bugs.

[tripe] / servutil.c

diff --git a/servutil.c b/servutil.c
index dac92b7bbfcdfa79bc953ca7eba04c3f54ff6521..590327db4ad36aa368133c90bda98fb40fe82060 100644 (file)
--- a/servutil.c
+++ b/servutil.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: servutil.c,v 1.3 2001/06/19 22:08:11 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: servutil.c,v 1.5 2004/04/08 01:36:17 mdw Exp $
  *
  * Various handy server-only utilities
  *
@@ -26,21 +26,6 @@
  * Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
  */
 
-/*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
- *
- * $Log: servutil.c,v $
- * Revision 1.3  2001/06/19 22:08:11  mdw
- * Use magic number for packet size.
- *
- * Revision 1.2  2001/02/16 21:41:06  mdw
- * Use new spare buffer for building MP textual representations.  Add a
- * function for making human-readable time strings.
- *
- * Revision 1.1  2001/02/03 20:26:37  mdw
- * Initial checkin.
- *
- */
-
 /*----- Header files ------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #include "tripe.h"
@@ -68,6 +53,24 @@ const char *mpstr(mp *m)
   return ((const char *)buf_t);
 }
 
+/* --- @gestr@ --- *
+ *
+ * Arguments:  @group *g@ = a group
+ *             @ge *x@ = a group element
+ *
+ * Returns:    A pointer to the element's textual representation.
+ *
+ * Use:                Converts a group element to a string.  Corrupts
+ *             @buf_t@.
+ */
+
+const char *gestr(group *g, ge *x)
+{
+  if (group_writestring(g, x, (char *)buf_t, sizeof(buf_t)))
+    return ("<failed>");
+  return ((const char *)buf_t);
+}
+
 /* --- @timestr@ --- *
  *
  * Arguments:  @time_t t@ = a time to convert