01b4d1dbf86b52daa49cf17744625349558d1890
angie
  Mon Sep 17 09:58:51 2012 -0700
Expose vcfFilePooledStr to callers (for example to share allele storage).
diff --git src/lib/vcf.c src/lib/vcf.c
index 8cc0cd8..1176273 100644
--- src/lib/vcf.c
+++ src/lib/vcf.c
@@ -171,57 +171,57 @@
 va_list args;
 va_start(args, format);
 char formatPlus[1024];
 if (vcff->lf != NULL)
     sprintf(formatPlus, "%s:%d: %s", vcff->lf->fileName, vcff->lf->lineIx, format);
 else
     strcpy(formatPlus, format);
 vaWarn(formatPlus, args);
 va_end(args);
 vcff->errCnt++;
 if (vcfFileStopDueToErrors(vcff))
     errAbort("VCF: %d parser errors, quitting", vcff->errCnt);
 }
 
 static void *vcfFileAlloc(struct vcfFile *vcff, size_t size)
-/* allocate memory from the memory pool */
+/* Use vcff's local mem to allocate memory. */
 {
 return lmAlloc(vcff->pool->lm, size);
 }
 
 static char *vcfFileCloneStrZ(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *str, size_t size)
-/* allocate memory for a string and copy it */
+/* Use vcff's local mem to allocate memory for a string and copy it. */
 {
 return lmCloneStringZ(vcff->pool->lm, str, size);
 }
 
 static char *vcfFileCloneStr(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *str)
-/* allocate memory for a string and copy it */
+/* Use vcff's local mem to allocate memory for a string and copy it. */
 {
 return vcfFileCloneStrZ(vcff, str, strlen(str));
 }
 
 static char *vcfFileCloneSubstr(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *line, regmatch_t substr)
 /* Allocate memory for and copy a substring of line. */
 {
 return vcfFileCloneStrZ(vcff, line+substr.rm_so, (substr.rm_eo - substr.rm_so));
 }
 
 #define vcfFileCloneVar(var) lmCloneMem(vcff->pool->lm, var, sizeof(var));
 
-static char *vcfFilePooledStr(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *str)
-/* allocate memory for a string from the shared string pool */
+char *vcfFilePooledStr(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *str)
+/* Allocate memory for a string from vcff's shared string pool. */
 {
 return hashStoreName(vcff->pool, str);
 }
 
 static enum vcfInfoType vcfInfoTypeFromSubstr(struct vcfFile *vcff, char *line, regmatch_t substr)
 /* Translate substring of line into vcfInfoType or complain. */
 {
 char typeWord[16];
 int substrLen = substr.rm_eo - substr.rm_so;
 if (substrLen > sizeof(typeWord) - 1)
     {
     vcfFileErr(vcff, "substring passed to vcfInfoTypeFromSubstr is too long.");
     return vcfInfoNoType;
     }
 safencpy(typeWord, sizeof(typeWord), line + substr.rm_so, substrLen);