change and rename gmp_string_asprintf to return an std::string

This was suggested by Simon during a code review of this package upstream.
The upside is that this makes the function's API more natural and C++.
The downside is an extra malloc, which might be the reason why we went
for using a unique_xmalloc_ptr in the first place. Since this function
is not expected to be called frequently, the API improvement might be
worth the performance impact.

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * gmp-utils.h (gmp_string_printf): Rename from gmp_string_asprintf.
        Change return type to std::string. Update all callers.
        * gmp-utils.c (gmp_string_printf): Likewise.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/gmp-utils.h b/gdb/gmp-utils.h
index 1214b645367..59965e504c5 100644
--- a/gdb/gmp-utils.h
+++ b/gdb/gmp-utils.h
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 #include <gmp.h>
 #include "gdbsupport/traits.h"
 
-/* Same as gmp_asprintf, but returning a convenient wrapper type.  */
+/* Same as gmp_asprintf, but returning an std::string.  */
 
-gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> gmp_string_asprintf (const char *fmt, ...);
+std::string gmp_string_printf (const char *fmt, ...);
 
 /* A class to make it easier to use GMP's mpz_t values within GDB.  */
 
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ struct gdb_mpz
 	      bool unsigned_p) const;
 
   /* Return a string containing VAL.  */
-  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> str () const
-  { return gmp_string_asprintf ("%Zd", val); }
+  std::string str () const { return gmp_string_printf ("%Zd", val); }
 
   /* The destructor.  */
   ~gdb_mpz () { mpz_clear (val); }
@@ -163,8 +162,7 @@ struct gdb_mpq
   }
 
   /* Return a string representing VAL as "<numerator> / <denominator>".  */
-  gdb::unique_xmalloc_ptr<char> str () const
-  { return gmp_string_asprintf ("%Qd", val); }
+  std::string str () const { return gmp_string_printf ("%Qd", val); }
 
   /* Return VAL rounded to the nearest integer.  */
   gdb_mpz get_rounded () const;