strbuf.h: remove a tad stale docs-in-comment and reference api-doc instead
Signed-off-by: Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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#ifndef STRBUF_H
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#define STRBUF_H
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/*
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* Strbuf's can be use in many ways: as a byte array, or to store arbitrary
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* long, overflow safe strings.
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*
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* Strbufs has some invariants that are very important to keep in mind:
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*
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* 1. the ->buf member is always malloc-ed, hence strbuf's can be used to
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* build complex strings/buffers whose final size isn't easily known.
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*
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* It is NOT legal to copy the ->buf pointer away.
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* `strbuf_detach' is the operation that detaches a buffer from its shell
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* while keeping the shell valid wrt its invariants.
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*
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* 2. the ->buf member is a byte array that has at least ->len + 1 bytes
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* allocated. The extra byte is used to store a '\0', allowing the ->buf
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* member to be a valid C-string. Every strbuf function ensures this
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* invariant is preserved.
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*
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* Note that it is OK to "play" with the buffer directly if you work it
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* that way:
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*
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* strbuf_grow(sb, SOME_SIZE);
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* ... Here, the memory array starting at sb->buf, and of length
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* ... strbuf_avail(sb) is all yours, and you are sure that
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* ... strbuf_avail(sb) is at least SOME_SIZE.
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* strbuf_setlen(sb, sb->len + SOME_OTHER_SIZE);
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*
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* Of course, SOME_OTHER_SIZE must be smaller or equal to strbuf_avail(sb).
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*
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* Doing so is safe, though if it has to be done in many places, adding the
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* missing API to the strbuf module is the way to go.
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*
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* XXX: do _not_ assume that the area that is yours is of size ->alloc - 1
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* even if it's true in the current implementation. Alloc is somehow a
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* "private" member that should not be messed with.
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*/
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/* See Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt */
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#include <assert.h>
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