--- deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2007/04/21 22:57:15	1.49
+++ deliantra/server/common/utils.C	2007/04/27 19:53:57	1.53
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
 }
 
 uint32_t
-tausworthe_random_generator::get_range (uint32_t r_max)
+tausworthe_random_generator::get_range (uint32_t num)
 {
-  return (next () * (uint64_t)r_max) >> 32U;
+  return (next () * (uint64_t)num) >> 32U;
 }
 
 // return a number within (min .. max)
 int 
 tausworthe_random_generator::get_range (int r_min, int r_max)
 {
-  return r_min + get_range (max (r_max - r_min + 1, 1));
+  return r_min + get_range (max (r_max - r_min + 1, 0));
 }
 
 /*
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
   if (r_max < 1 || r_max < r_min)
     {
-      LOG (llevError, "Calling random_roll with min=%d max=%d\n", r_min, r_max);
+      LOG (llevError | log_Backtrace, "Calling random_roll with min=%d max=%d\n", r_min, r_max);
       return r_min;
     }
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 
   if (max < 1 || diff < 1)
     {
-      LOG (llevError, "Calling random_roll with min=%" PRId64 " max=%" PRId64 "\n", min, max);
+      LOG (llevError | log_Backtrace, "Calling random_roll64 with min=%" PRId64 " max=%" PRId64 "\n", min, max);
       return (min);             /* avoids a float exception */
     }
 
@@ -555,6 +555,9 @@
   if (!fork ())
     {
       signal (SIGABRT, SIG_DFL);
+      // try to put corefiles into a subdirectory, if existing, to allow
+      // an administrator to reduce the I/O load.
+      chdir ("cores");
       abort ();
     }
 
@@ -611,6 +614,42 @@
     memcpy (dst, src, len + 1);
 }
 
+const std::string
+format (const char *format, ...)
+{
+  int len;
+
+  {
+    char buf[128];
+
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start (ap, format);
+    len = vsnprintf (buf, sizeof (buf), format, ap);
+    va_end (ap);
+
+    assert (len >= 0); // shield againstz broken vsnprintf's
+
+    // was our static buffer short enough?
+    if (len < sizeof (buf))
+      return std::string (buf, len);
+  }
+
+  {
+    // longer, try harder
+    char *buf = salloc<char> (len + 1);
+
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start (ap, format);
+    vsnprintf (buf, len + 1, format, ap);
+    va_end (ap);
+
+    const std::string s (buf, len);
+    sfree<char> (buf, len + 1);
+      
+    return buf;
+  }
+}
+
 tstamp now ()
 {
   struct timeval tv;