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void complain(char const *msg) {
  errno_t err;
  static char const prefix[] = "Error: ";
  static char const suffix[] = "\n";
  char buf[BUFSIZ];

  if ((err = strcpy_s(buf, sizeof(buf), prefix));
  if (err != 0) {
    /* handle error */
  }

  if ((err = strcat_s(buf, sizeof(buf), msg));
  if (err != 0) {
    /* handle error */
  }
 
 if ((err = strcat_s(buf, sizeof(buf), suffix));
  if (err != 0) {
    /* handle error */
  }

  fputs(buf, stderr);
}

void complain(char const *msg) {
  errno_t err;
  static char const prefix[] = "Error: ";
  static char const suffix[] = "\n";
  char buf[BUFSIZ];

  /* Ensure that more than one character 
   * is available for msg. */
  static_assert(sizeof(buf) > sizeof(prefix) + sizeof(suffix),
                "Buffer for complain() is too small");
  strcpy(buf, prefix);

  if ((err = strcat_s(buf, sizeof(buf), msg));
  if (err != 0) {
    /* handle error */
  }

  if ((err = strcat_s(buf, sizeof(buf), suffix));
  if (err != 0) {
    /* handle error */
  }
  fputs(buf, stderr);
}