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@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ member (you need this if you add things later) and you should set the
. Can sort an unsorted list using `sort_string_list`.
+. Can remove individual items of an unsorted list using
+ `unsorted_string_list_delete_item`.
+
. Finally it should free the list using `string_list_clear`.
Example:
@@ -80,7 +83,9 @@ Functions
Insert a new element to the string_list. The returned pointer can be
handy if you want to write something to the `util` pointer of the
- string_list_item containing the just added string.
+ string_list_item containing the just added string. If the given
+ string already exists the insertion will be skipped and the
+ pointer to the existing item returned.
+
Since this function uses xrealloc() (which die()s if it fails) if the
list needs to grow, it is safe not to check the pointer. I.e. you may
@@ -112,6 +117,13 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`.
The above two functions need to look through all items, as opposed to their
counterpart for sorted lists, which performs a binary search.
+`unsorted_string_list_delete_item`::
+
+ Remove an item from a string_list. The `string` pointer of the items
+ will be freed in case the `strdup_strings` member of the string_list
+ is set. The third parameter controls if the `util` pointer of the
+ items should be freed or not.
+
Data structures
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