Former inspircd/src/users.cpp code for ANSI coloring irc.security.chat PDU's (now replaced with much better syntax)

gistfile1.txt

#include<ctime>

using namespace std;

/* 
 using clock() here precludes the need for any pseudo-random number generation 
 implementation which would take up tons of room.. get_text_color also makes a 
 nice anonymous function if C++11 funcptr lambda closure call syntax can be used 
*/

static inline unsigned int get_text_color(void) {
  return (unsigned int)(2 + clock() % 13); 
}

static std::string itoa(signed int n, const unsigned int base) {
  std::string buf;
  std::div_t dv; 
  
  dv.quot = n;

  do {
    dv = std::div(dv.quot, base);
    buf += "0123456789abcdef"[std::abs(dv.rem)];
  } while(dv.quot);

  if(n<0)
    buf += '-';

  std::string aret(buf.rbegin(), buf.rend());

  return aret;
}