--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2009/01/03 01:04:19	1.86
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2009/01/12 03:40:21	1.87
@@ -678,13 +678,14 @@
 };
 
 // basically does what strncpy should do, but appends "..." to strings exceeding length
-void assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxlen);
+// returns the number of bytes actually used (including \0)
+int assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxsize);
 
 // type-safe version of assign
 template<int N>
-inline void assign (char (&dst)[N], const char *src)
+inline int assign (char (&dst)[N], const char *src)
 {
-  assign ((char *)&dst, src, N);
+  return assign ((char *)&dst, src, N);
 }
 
 typedef double tstamp;