From d8439b8e2c480b4de17b51482fde3061c1ccde3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Howes <bradhowes@mac.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2024 11:24:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Removed dependency on Foundation (#22)

---
 Sources/Histogram/Histogram.swift | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Sources/Histogram/Histogram.swift b/Sources/Histogram/Histogram.swift
index d6112e8..c5be0dc 100644
--- a/Sources/Histogram/Histogram.swift
+++ b/Sources/Histogram/Histogram.swift
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@
 
 // swiftlint:disable file_length type_body_length line_length identifier_name
 
-import Foundation
+#if canImport(Darwin)
+import Darwin
+#elseif canImport(Glibc)
+import Glibc
+#endif
+
 import Numerics
 
 /**
@@ -1369,4 +1374,30 @@ extension Histogram: TextOutputStreamable {
     }
 }
 
+private extension String {
+    // Replacement for Foundation formatting routine.
+    // Loosly Based on example code found on
+    // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/swift/using-imported-c-functions-in-swift
+    // but using vsnprintf instead of vasprintf due to the latter being unavailabie in Glibc.
+    //
+    init(format: String, _ arguments: any CVarArg...) {
+        guard let value: String = withVaList(arguments, { va_list in
+            let bufferSize = 1_024
+            var buffer = [Int8](repeating: 0, count: bufferSize)
+            let valid = buffer.withUnsafeMutableBytes { ptr in
+                // vsnprintf guarantees not to write more than bufferSize - 1 characters plus a final null byte.
+                // Negative value indicates some failure; positive values indicate a valid null-terminated
+                // string.
+                0..<bufferSize ~= format.withCString {
+                    Int(vsnprintf(ptr.baseAddress, bufferSize, $0, va_list))
+                }
+            }
+            return valid ? String(validatingUTF8: buffer) : ""
+        }) else {
+            fatalError("Invalid String format for given arguments")
+        }
+        self = value
+    }
+}
+
 // swiftlint:enable file_length type_body_length line_length identifier_name