--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/11 23:33:30	1.8
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/12 18:15:34	1.9
@@ -118,5 +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
+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);
+}
+
 #endif