VC2010 compile fixes

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 4fa5a08982..0af5b0a2c5 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
+#else
+typedef int pid_t; /* define for windows compatiblity */
 #endif
 #include <map>
 #include <vector>
@@ -128,8 +130,15 @@ void RandAddSeed();
 void RandAddSeedPerfmon();
 int OutputDebugStringF(const char* pszFormat, ...);
 int my_snprintf(char* buffer, size_t limit, const char* format, ...);
-std::string strprintf(const std::string &format, ...);
-bool error(const std::string &format, ...);
+
+/* It is not allowed to use va_start with a pass-by-reference argument.
+   (C++ standard, 18.7, paragraph 3). Use a dummy argument to work around this, and use a
+   macro to keep similar semantics.
+*/
+std::string real_strprintf(const std::string &format, int dummy, ...);
+#define strprintf(format, ...) real_strprintf(format, 0, __VA_ARGS__)
+
+bool error(const char *format, ...);
 void LogException(std::exception* pex, const char* pszThread);
 void PrintException(std::exception* pex, const char* pszThread);
 void PrintExceptionContinue(std::exception* pex, const char* pszThread);