--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2009/10/12 14:00:57	1.89
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2009/10/15 21:09:32	1.90
@@ -614,16 +614,20 @@
   return len;
 }
 
-const char *
-format (const char *format, ...)
+char *
+vformat (const char *format, va_list ap)
 {
-  static dynbuf_text buf;
-
-  buf.clear ();
+  static dynbuf_text buf; buf.clear ();
+  buf.vprintf (format, ap);
+  return buf;
+}
 
+char *
+format (const char *format, ...)
+{
   va_list ap;
   va_start (ap, format);
-  buf.vprintf (format, ap);
+  char *buf = vformat (format, ap);
   va_end (ap);
 
   return buf;