memcpy(new_status, old_status, len) would be faster yet. Which is what I originally implemented, and then decided the sprintf() was clearer (since performance isn't very important here). On reflection, memcpy() + strcpy() should be fine; I'll commit this tomorrow.
Applied.
-Neil
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