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diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt index a8ee2fe6a1..a0e0f850f8 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-strbuf.txt @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ strbuf API actually relies on the string being free of NULs. strbufs has some invariants that are very important to keep in mind: -. The `buf` member is never NULL, so you it can be used in any usual C +. The `buf` member is never NULL, so it can be used in any usual C string operations safely. strbuf's _have_ to be initialized either by `strbuf_init()` or by `= STRBUF_INIT` before the invariants, though. + @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ allocated memory or not), use `strbuf_detach()` to unwrap a memory buffer from its strbuf shell in a safe way. That is the sole supported way. This will give you a malloced buffer that you can later `free()`. + -However, it it totally safe to modify anything in the string pointed by +However, it is totally safe to modify anything in the string pointed by the `buf` member, between the indices `0` and `len-1` (inclusive). . The `buf` member is a byte array that has at least `len + 1` bytes @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Data structures * `struct strbuf` -This is string buffer structure. The `len` member can be used to +This is the string buffer structure. The `len` member can be used to determine the current length of the string, and `buf` member provides access to the string itself. @@ -133,8 +133,10 @@ Functions * Adding data to the buffer -NOTE: All of these functions in this section will grow the buffer as - necessary. +NOTE: All of the functions in this section will grow the buffer as necessary. +If they fail for some reason other than memory shortage and the buffer hadn't +been allocated before (i.e. the `struct strbuf` was set to `STRBUF_INIT`), +then they will free() it. `strbuf_addch`:: @@ -220,7 +222,7 @@ which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. Read a given size of data from a FILE* pointer to the buffer. + -NOTE: The buffer is rewinded if the read fails. If -1 is returned, +NOTE: The buffer is rewound if the read fails. If -1 is returned, `errno` must be consulted, like you would do for `read(3)`. `strbuf_read()`, `strbuf_read_file()` and `strbuf_getline()` has the same behaviour as well. @@ -235,6 +237,11 @@ same behaviour as well. Read the contents of a file, specified by its path. The third argument can be used to give a hint about the file size, to avoid reallocs. +`strbuf_readlink`:: + + Read the target of a symbolic link, specified by its path. The third + argument can be used to give a hint about the size, to avoid reallocs. + `strbuf_getline`:: Read a line from a FILE* pointer. The second argument specifies the line @@ -246,3 +253,9 @@ same behaviour as well. comments are considered contents to be removed or not. `launch_editor`:: + + Launch the user preferred editor to edit a file and fill the buffer + with the file's contents upon the user completing their editing. The + third argument can be used to set the environment which the editor is + run in. If the buffer is NULL the editor is launched as usual but the + file's contents are not read into the buffer upon completion. |