--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2009/01/12 03:40:21	1.87
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2009/10/15 21:09:32	1.91
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
  * 
  * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
  * 
- * Deliantra is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
+ * Deliantra is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the Affero GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
  * 
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
  * 
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ * You should have received a copy of the Affero GNU General Public License
+ * and the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  * 
  * The authors can be reached via e-mail to <support@deliantra.net>
  */
@@ -120,13 +121,25 @@
 template<typename T>
 static inline T sign0 (T v) { return v ? sign (v) : 0; }
 
+// div* only work correctly for div > 0
 // div, with correct rounding (< 0.5 downwards, >=0.5 upwards)
-template<typename T> static inline T div    (T val, T div) { return (val + div / 2) / div; }
+template<typename T> static inline T div    (T val, T div)
+{
+  return expect_false (val < 0) ? - ((-val + (div - 1) / 2) / div) : (val + div / 2) / div;
+}
 // div, round-up
-template<typename T> static inline T div_ru (T val, T div) { return (val + div - 1) / div; }
+template<typename T> static inline T div_ru (T val, T div)
+{
+  return expect_false (val < 0) ? - ((-val                ) / div) : (val + div - 1) / div;
+}
 // div, round-down
-template<typename T> static inline T div_rd (T val, T div) { return (val          ) / div; }
+template<typename T> static inline T div_rd (T val, T div)
+{
+  return expect_false (val < 0) ? - ((-val + (div - 1)    ) / div) : (val          ) / div;
+}
 
+// lerp* only work correctly for min_in < max_in
+// Linear intERPolate, scales val from min_in..max_in to min_out..max_out
 template<typename T>
 static inline T
 lerp (T val, T min_in, T max_in, T min_out, T max_out)
@@ -695,8 +708,12 @@
 
 int similar_direction (int a, int b);
 
-// like sprintf, but returns a "static" buffer
-const char *format (const char *format, ...);
+// like v?sprintf, but returns a "static" buffer
+char *vformat (const char *format, va_list ap);
+char *format (const char *format, ...);
+
+// safety-check player input which will become object->msg
+bool msg_is_safe (const char *msg);
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // threads, very very thin wrappers around pthreads