--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/12 18:15:34	1.9
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/12 19:20:08	1.10
@@ -118,13 +118,14 @@
 
 template<typename T, typename U> static inline void swap (T& a, U& b) { T t=a; a=(T)b; b=(U)t; }
 
-// basically does what strncpy should do
+// basically does what strncpy should do, but appends "..." to strings exceeding length
+void assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxlen);
+
+// type-safe version of assign
 template<int N>
 inline void assign (char (&dst)[N], const char *src)
 {
-  // should be optimised at some point, maybe should also add "..."
-  // when buffer is too small.
-  snprintf (dst, N, "%s", src);
+  assign ((char *)&dst, src, N);
 }
 
 #endif