* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with this library; if not, write to the
- * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
- * Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+ * License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/*
* Each element in the list contains a piece of data, together with a
* pointer which links to the next element in the list. Using this
* pointer it is possible to move through the list in one direction
- * only (unlike the <link
- * linkend="glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists">Doubly-Linked Lists</link> which
- * allow movement in both directions).
+ * only (unlike the [double-linked lists][glib-Doubly-Linked-Lists],
+ * which allow movement in both directions).
*
* The data contained in each element can be either integer values, by
- * using one of the <link linkend="glib-Type-Conversion-Macros">Type
- * Conversion Macros</link>, or simply pointers to any type of data.
+ * using one of the [Type Conversion Macros][glib-Type-Conversion-Macros],
+ * or simply pointers to any type of data.
*
- * List elements are allocated from the <link
- * linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link>, which is more
- * efficient than allocating elements individually.
+ * List elements are allocated from the [slice allocator][glib-Memory-Slices],
+ * which is more efficient than allocating elements individually.
*
* Note that most of the #GSList functions expect to be passed a
* pointer to the first element in the list. The functions which insert
/**
* GSList:
* @data: holds the element's data, which can be a pointer to any kind
- * of data, or any integer value using the <link
- * linkend="glib-Type-Conversion-Macros">Type Conversion
- * Macros</link>.
+ * of data, or any integer value using the
+ * [Type Conversion Macros][glib-Type-Conversion-Macros]
* @next: contains the link to the next element in the list.
*
* The #GSList struct is used for each element in the singly-linked
/**
* g_slist_next:
* @slist: an element in a #GSList.
- * @Returns: the next element, or %NULL if there are no more elements.
*
* A convenience macro to get the next element in a #GSList.
+ *
+ * Returns: the next element, or %NULL if there are no more elements.
**/
#define _g_slist_alloc0() g_slice_new0 (GSList)
/**
* g_slist_alloc:
- * @Returns: a pointer to the newly-allocated #GSList element.
*
* Allocates space for one #GSList element. It is called by the
* g_slist_append(), g_slist_prepend(), g_slist_insert() and
* g_slist_insert_sorted() functions and so is rarely used on its own.
+ *
+ * Returns: a pointer to the newly-allocated #GSList element.
**/
GSList*
g_slist_alloc (void)
* Frees all of the memory used by a #GSList.
* The freed elements are returned to the slice allocator.
*
- * <note><para>
* If list elements contain dynamically-allocated memory,
* you should either use g_slist_free_full() or free them manually
* first.
- * </para></note>
*/
void
g_slist_free (GSList *list)
*
* Adds a new element on to the end of the list.
*
- * <note><para>
* The return value is the new start of the list, which may
* have changed, so make sure you store the new value.
- * </para></note>
*
- * <note><para>
* Note that g_slist_append() has to traverse the entire list
* to find the end, which is inefficient when adding multiple
* elements. A common idiom to avoid the inefficiency is to prepend
* the elements and reverse the list when all elements have been added.
- * </para></note>
*
- * |[
- * /* Notice that these are initialized to the empty list. */
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * // Notice that these are initialized to the empty list.
* GSList *list = NULL, *number_list = NULL;
*
- * /* This is a list of strings. */
+ * // This is a list of strings.
* list = g_slist_append (list, "first");
* list = g_slist_append (list, "second");
*
- * /* This is a list of integers. */
+ * // This is a list of integers.
* number_list = g_slist_append (number_list, GINT_TO_POINTER (27));
* number_list = g_slist_append (number_list, GINT_TO_POINTER (14));
* ]|
*
* Adds a new element on to the start of the list.
*
- * <note><para>
* The return value is the new start of the list, which
* may have changed, so make sure you store the new value.
- * </para></note>
*
- * |[
- * /* Notice that it is initialized to the empty list. */
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
+ * // Notice that it is initialized to the empty list.
* GSList *list = NULL;
* list = g_slist_prepend (list, "last");
* list = g_slist_prepend (list, "first");
* link is set to %NULL, so that it becomes a
* self-contained list with one element.
*
+ * Removing arbitrary nodes from a singly-linked list
+ * requires time that is proportional to the length of the list
+ * (ie. O(n)). If you find yourself using g_slist_remove_link()
+ * frequently, you should consider a different data structure,
+ * such as the doubly-linked #GList.
+ *
* Returns: the new start of the #GSList, without the element
*/
GSList*
* Compare this to g_slist_remove_link() which removes the node
* without freeing it.
*
+ * Removing arbitrary nodes from a singly-linked list requires time
+ * that is proportional to the length of the list (ie. O(n)). If you
+ * find yourself using g_slist_delete_link() frequently, you should
+ * consider a different data structure, such as the doubly-linked
+ * #GList.
+ *
* Returns: the new head of @list
*/
GSList*
*
* Copies a #GSList.
*
- * <note><para>
* Note that this is a "shallow" copy. If the list elements
* consist of pointers to data, the pointers are copied but
* the actual data isn't. See g_slist_copy_deep() if you need
* to copy the data as well.
- * </para></note>
*
* Returns: a copy of @list
*/
* one argument.
*
* For instance, if @list holds a list of GObjects, you can do:
- * |[
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
* another_list = g_slist_copy_deep (list, (GCopyFunc) g_object_ref, NULL);
* ]|
*
* And, to entirely free the new list, you could do:
- * |[
+ * |[<!-- language="C" -->
* g_slist_free_full (another_list, g_object_unref);
* ]|
*
*
* Gets the last element in a #GSList.
*
- * <note><para>
* This function iterates over the whole list.
- * </para></note>
*
* Returns: the last element in the #GSList,
* or %NULL if the #GSList has no elements
*
* Gets the number of elements in a #GSList.
*
- * <note><para>
* This function iterates over the whole list to
* count its elements.
- * </para></note>
*
* Returns: the number of elements in the #GSList
*/