-/* Backwards compatibility, now that savestring has been removed from
- all `public' readline header files. */
-char *
-savestring (s)
- char *s;
-{
- return ((char *)strcpy (xmalloc (1 + (int)strlen (s)), (s)));
-}
+#ifndef CHAR_BIT
+# define CHAR_BIT 8
+#endif
+
+/* Nonzero if the integer type T is signed. */
+#define TYPE_SIGNED(t) (! ((t) 0 < (t) -1))
+
+/* Bound on length of the string representing an integer value of type T.
+ Subtract one for the sign bit if T is signed;
+ 302 / 1000 is log10 (2) rounded up;
+ add one for integer division truncation;
+ add one more for a minus sign if t is signed. */
+#define INT_STRLEN_BOUND(t) \
+ ((sizeof (t) * CHAR_BIT - TYPE_SIGNED (t)) * 302 / 1000 \
+ + 1 + TYPE_SIGNED (t))
+
+/* All of these functions are resolved from bash if we are linking readline
+ as part of bash. */