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| author |  Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> | 2010-03-24 00:16:02 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2010-03-24 19:41:19 -0700 |
| commit | e242148012196772e3fe2652d538fb923b91ca92 (patch) | |
| tree | 076db390dad5ad0e11c705debb811df32a82683c /Documentation | |
| parent | fmt-merge-msg: use pretty.c routines (diff) | |
| download | tgif-e242148012196772e3fe2652d538fb923b91ca92.tar.xz | |
string-list: add unsorted_string_list_lookup()
Sometimes users need to lookup a string in an unsorted string_list. In
that case they should use this function instead of the version for
sorted strings.
Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt index 293bb15d20..6d8c24bb1e 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt @@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`. `unsorted_string_list_has_string`:: It's like `string_list_has_string()` but for unsorted lists. + +`unsorted_string_list_lookup`:: + + It's like `string_list_lookup()` but for unsorted lists. + -This function needs to look through all items, as opposed to its +The above two functions need to look through all items, as opposed to their counterpart for sorted lists, which performs a binary search. Data structures |