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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-only
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _STRING_UTILS_FORMAT_H
+#define _STRING_UTILS_FORMAT_H
+
+/*
+ * Maximal length of `val` when formatted in decimal.
+ *
+ * Note that this is an upper bound that can exceed the length
+ * required to hold the largest textual value of `val`. Note that this length
+ * assumes that no grouping/locale-aware formatting is performed (i.e. using
+ * the `'` specifier in POSIX formatting functions).
+ */
+#define MAX_INT_DEC_LEN(val) ((3 * sizeof(val)) + 2)
+
+#endif /* _STRING_UTILS_FORMAT_H */