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#include "eina_accessor.h"
#include "eina_magic.h"
/**
* @addtogroup Eina_List_Group List
*
* @brief These functions provide double linked list management.
*
* For more information, you can look at the @ref tutorial_list_page.
*
* @{
*/
/**
* @addtogroup Eina_Data_Types_Group Data Types
*
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EINA_MAGIC
};
/**
* @brief Append the given data to the given linked list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The data to append.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function appends @p data to @p list. If @p list is @c NULL, a
* new list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully appended.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, my_data);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_append(Eina_List *list, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Prepends the given data to the given linked list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The data to prepend.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function prepends @p data to @p list. If @p list is @c NULL, a
* new list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully prepended.
*
* Example:
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* list = eina_list_prepend(list, my_data);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_prepend(Eina_List *list, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Insert the given data into the given linked list after the specified data.
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The data to insert after.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list after @p relative. If
* @p relative is not in the list, @p data is appended to the end of
* the list. If @p list is @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there
* are multiple instances of @p relative in the list, @p data is
* inserted after the first instance.On success, a new list pointer
* that should be used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully inserted.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
* extern void *relative_member;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* list = eina_list_append_relative(list, my_data, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_append_relative(Eina_List *list, const void *data, const void *relative) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Append a list node to a linked list after the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The list node to insert after.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list after the list node
* @p relative. If @p list or @p relative are @c NULL, @p data is just
* appended to @p list using eina_list_append(). If @p list is
* @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there are multiple instances
* of @p relative in the list, @p data is inserted after the first
* instance. On success, a new list pointer that should be used in
* place of the one given to this function is returned. Otherwise, the
* old pointer is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_append_relative_list(Eina_List *list, const void *data, Eina_List *relative) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Prepend a data pointer to a linked list before the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The data to insert before.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list before @p relative. If
* @p relative is not in the list, @p data is prepended to the list
* with eina_list_prepend(). If @p list is @c NULL, a new list is
* returned. If there are multiple instances of @p relative in the
* list, @p data is inserted before the first instance. On success, a
* new list pointer that should be used in place of the one given to
* this function is returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following code example demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully inserted.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
* extern void *relative_member;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get_error())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* list = eina_list_prepend_relative(list, my_data, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_prepend_relative(Eina_List *list, const void *data, const void *relative) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Prepend a list node to a linked list before the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The list node to insert before.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list before the list node
* @p relative. If @p list or @p relative are @c NULL, @p data is just
* prepended to @p list using eina_list_prepend(). If @p list is
* @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there are multiple instances
* of @p relative in the list, @p data is inserted before the first
* instance. On success, a new list pointer that should be used in
* place of the one given to this function is returned. Otherwise, the
* old pointer is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_prepend_relative_list(Eina_List *list, const void *data, Eina_List *relative) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Insert a new node into a sorted list.
*
* @param list The given linked list, @b must be sorted.
* @param func The function called for the sort.
* @param data The data to insert sorted.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts values into a linked list assuming it was
* sorted and the result will be sorted. If @p list is @c NULLL, a new
* list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned. See eina_error_get().
*
* @note O(log2(n)) comparisons (calls to @p func) average/worst case
* performance as it uses eina_list_search_sorted_near_list() and thus
* is bounded to that. As said in eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(),
* lists do not have O(1) access time, so walking to the correct node
* can be costly, consider worst case to be almost O(n) pointer
* dereference (list walk).
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_sorted_insert(Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2, 3) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Remove the first instance of the specified data from the given list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The specified data.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function removes the first instance of @p data from
* @p list. If the specified data is not in the given list (tihis
* include the case where @p data is @c NULL), nothing is done. If
* @p list is @c NULL, @c NULL is returned, otherwise a new list
* pointer that should be used in place of the one passed to this
* function.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_remove(Eina_List *list, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Remove the specified data.
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param remove_list The list node which is to be removed.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function removes the list node @p remove_list from @p list and
* frees the list node structure @p remove_list. If @p list is
* @c NULL, this function returns @c NULL. If @p remove_list is
* @c NULL, it returns @p list, otherwise, a new list pointer that
* should be used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* The following code gives an example (notice we use EINA_LIST_FOREACH
* instead of EINA_LIST_FOREACH_SAFE because we stop the loop after
* removing the current node).
*
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_remove_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_remove_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *remove_list) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Move the specified data to the head of the list.
*
* @param list The list handle to move the data.
* @param move_list The list node to move.
* @return A new list handle to replace the old one
*
* This function move @p move_list to the front of @p list. If list is
* @c NULL, @c NULL is returned. If @p move_list is @c NULL,
* @p list is returned. Otherwise, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data;
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_promote_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_promote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Move the specified data to the tail of the list.
*
* @param list The list handle to move the data.
* @param move_list The list node to move.
* @return A new list handle to replace the old one
*
* This function move @p move_list to the back of @p list. If list is
* @c NULL, @c NULL is returned. If @p move_list is @c NULL,
* @p list is returned. Otherwise, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data;
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_demote_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_demote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list);
/**
* @brief Find a member of a list and return the member.
*
* @param list The list to search for a data.
* @param data The data pointer to find in the list.
* @return The found member data pointer if found, @c NULL otherwise.
*
* This function searches in @p list from beginning to end for the
* first member whose data pointer is @p data. If it is found, @p data
* will be returned, otherwise NULL will be returned.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* if (eina_list_data_find(list, my_data) == my_data)
* {
* printf("Found member %p\n", my_data);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI void *eina_list_data_find(const Eina_List *list, const void *data) EINA_PURE EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Find a member of a list and return the list node containing that member.
*
* @param list The list to search for data.
* @param data The data pointer to find in the list.
* @return The found members list node on success, @c NULL otherwise.
*
* This function searches in @p list from beginning to end for the
* first member whose data pointer is @p data. If it is found, the
* list node containing the specified member is returned, otherwise
* @c NULL is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_data_find_list(const Eina_List *list, const void *data) EINA_PURE EINA_ARG_NONNULL(2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Move a data pointer from one list to another
*
* @param to The list to move the data to
* @param from The list to move from
* @param data The data to move
* @return #EINA_TRUE on success, else #EINA_FALSE
*
* This function is a shortcut for doing the following:
* to = eina_list_append(to, data);
* from = eina_list_remove(from, data);
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool eina_list_move(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, void *data);
/**
* @brief Move a list node from one list to another
*
* @param to The list to move the data to
* @param from The list to move from
* @param data The list node containing the data to move
* @return #EINA_TRUE on success, else #EINA_FALSE
*
* This function is a shortcut for doing the following:
* to = eina_list_append(to, data->data);
* from = eina_list_remove_list(from, data);
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool eina_list_move_list(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, Eina_List *data);
/**
* @brief Free an entire list and all the nodes, ignoring the data contained.
* @param list The list to free
* @return A NULL pointer
*
* This function frees all the nodes of @p list. It does not free the
* data of the nodes. To free them, use #EINA_LIST_FREE.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_free(Eina_List *list);
/**
* @brief Get the nth member's data pointer in a list.
*
* @param list The list to get the specified member number from.
* @param n The number of the element (0 being the first).
* @return The data pointer stored in the specified element.
*
* This function returns the data pointer of element number @p n, in
* the @p list. The first element in the array is element number 0. If
* the element number @p n does not exist, @c NULL is
* returned. Otherwise, the data of the found element is returned.
*/
EAPI void *eina_list_nth(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n) EINA_PURE EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Get the nth member's list node in a list.
*
* @param list The list to get the specfied member number from.
* @param n The number of the element (0 being the first).
* @return The list node stored in the numbered element.
*
* This function returns the list node of element number @p n, in
* @ list. The first element in the array is element number 0. If the
* element number @p n does not exist or @p list is @c NULL or @p n is
* greater than the count of elements in @p list minus 1, @c NULL is
* returned. Otherwise the list node stored in the numbered element is
* returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_nth_list(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n) EINA_PURE EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Reverse all the elements in the list.
*
* @param list The list to reverse.
* @return The list head after it has been reversed.
*
* This function reverses the order of all elements in @p list, so the
* last member is now first, and so on. If @p list is @c NULL, this
* functon returns @c NULL.
*
* @note @b in-place: this will change the given list, so you should
* now point to the new list head that is returned by this function.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse_clone()
* @see eina_list_iterator_reversed_new()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_reverse(Eina_List *list) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Clone (copy) all the elements in the list in reverse order.
*
* @param list The list to reverse.
* @return The new list that has been reversed.
*
* This function reverses the order of all elements in @p list, so the
* last member is now first, and so on. If @p list is @c NULL, this
* functon returns @c NULL. This returns a copy of the given list.
*
* @note @b copy: this will copy the list and you should then
* eina_list_free() when it is not required anymore.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse()
* @see eina_list_clone()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_reverse_clone(const Eina_List *list) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Clone (copy) all the elements in the list in exact order.
*
* @param list The list to clone.
* @return The new list that has been cloned.
*
* This function clone in order of all elements in @p list. If @p list
* is @c NULL, this functon returns @c NULL. This returns a copy of
* the given list.
*
* @note @b copy: this will copy the list and you should then
* eina_list_free() when it is not required anymore.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse_clone()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_clone(const Eina_List *list) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Sort a list according to the ordering func will return.
*
* @param list The list handle to sort.
* @param size The length of the list to sort.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data
* nodes.
* @return the new head of list.
*
* This function sorts @p list. @p size if the number of the first
* element to sort. If @p size is 0 or greater than the number of
* elements in @p list, all the elements are sorted. @p func is used to
* compare two elements of @p list. If @p list or @p func are @c NULL,
* this function returns @c NULL.
*
* @note @b in-place: this will change the given list, so you should
* now point to the new list head that is returned by this function.
*
* @note worst case is O(n * log2(n)) comparisons (calls to func()),
* O(n) comparisons average case. That means that for 1,000,000 list
* elements, sort will usually do 1,000,000 comparisons, but may do up
* to 20,000,000.
*
* Example:
* @code
* int
* sort_cb(const void *d1, const void *d2)
* {
* const char *txt = NULL;
* const char *txt2 = NULL;
*
* if(!txt) return(1);
* if(!txt2) return(-1);
*
* return(strcmp(txt, txt2));
* }
* extern Eina_List *list;
*
* list = eina_list_sort(list, eina_list_count(list), sort_cb);
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_sort(Eina_List *list, unsigned int size, Eina_Compare_Cb func) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(3) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Merge two list.
*
* @param left Head list to merge.
* @param right Tail list to merge.
* @return A new merged list.
*
* This function put right at the end of left and return the head.
*
* Both left and right does not exist anymore after the merge.
*
* @note merge cost is O(n), being @b n the size of the smallest
* list. This is due the need to fix accounting of that segment,
* making count and last access O(1).
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Merge two sorted list according to the ordering func will return.
*
* @param left First list to merge.
* @param right Second list to merge.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data
* nodes.
* @return A new sorted list.
*
* This function compare the head of @p left and @p right, and choose the
* smallest one to be head of the returned list. It will continue this process
* for all entry of both list.
*
* Both left and right does not exist anymore after the merge.
* If @p func is NULL, it will return NULL.
*
* Example:
* @code
* int
* sort_cb(void *d1, void *d2)
* {
* const char *txt = NULL;
* const char *txt2 = NULL;
*
* if(!d1) return(1);
* if(!d2) return(-1);
*
* return(strcmp((const char*)d1, (const char*)d2));
* }
* extern Eina_List *sorted1;
* extern Eina_List *sorted2;
*
* list = eina_list_sorted_merge(sorted1, sorted2, sort_cb);
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_sorted_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right, Eina_Compare_Cb func) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(3) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Split a list into 2 lists.
*
* @param list List to split.
* @param relative The list will be split after @p relative.
* @param right The head of the new right list.
* @return The new left list
*
* This function split @p list into two lists ( left and right ) after the node @p relative. @p Relative
* will become the last node of the left list. If @p list or @p right are NULL list is returns.
* If @p relative is NULL right is set to @p list and NULL is returns.
* If @p relative is the last node of @p list list is returns and @p right is set to NULL.
*
* list does not exist anymore after the split.
*
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_split_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *relative, Eina_List **right) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Returns node nearest to data is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @param result_cmp if provided returns the result of
* func(node->data, data) node being the last (returned) node. If node
* was found (exact match), then it is 0. If returned node is smaller
* than requested data, it is less than 0 and if it's bigger it's
* greater than 0. It is the last value returned by func().
* @return the nearest node, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the nearest container node in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents, otherwise you want to insert it
* sorted. In this case you get the result of this function and either
* append or prepend the value.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made naively walking the list
* from head to tail, so depending on the number of searches and
* insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the list and do the
* searches later. As lists do not have O(1) access time, walking to
* the correct node can be costly, consider worst case to be almost
* O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(const Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data, int *result_cmp);
/**
* @brief Returns node if data is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node if func(node->data, data) == 0, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the container node in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made by
* eina_list_search_unsorted_list(), so depending on the number of
* searches and insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the
* list and do the searches later. As said in
* eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(), lists do not have O(1) access
* time, so walking to the correct node can be costly, consider worst
* case to be almost O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_near_list()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_search_sorted_list(const Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data);
/**
* @brief Returns node data if it is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node value (@c node->data) if func(node->data, data) == 0,
* NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the existing instance in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made by
* eina_list_search_unsorted(), so depending on the number of
* searches and insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the
* list and do the searches later. As said in
* eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(), lists do not have O(1) access
* time, so walking to the correct node can be costly, consider worst
* case to be almost O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
*/
EAPI void *eina_list_search_sorted(const Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data);
/**
* @brief Returns node if data is in the unsorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, may be unsorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node if func(node->data, data) == 0, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the container node in this case.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note this is expensive and may walk the whole list, it's order-N,
* that is for 1,000,000 elements list it may walk and compare
* 1,000,000 nodes.
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *eina_list_search_unsorted_list(const Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data);
/**
* @brief Returns node data if it is in the unsorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, may be unsorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node value (@c node->data) if func(node->data, data) == 0,
* NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the existing instance in this case.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note this is expensive and may walk the whole list, it's order-N,
* that is for 1,000,000 elements list it may walk and compare
* 1,000,000 nodes.
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
*/
EAPI void *eina_list_search_unsorted(const Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data);
static inline Eina_List *eina_list_last(const Eina_List *list) EINA_PURE EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
@ -154,10 +872,67 @@ static inline void *eina_list_data_get(const Eina_List *list) EINA_PURE E
static inline unsigned int eina_list_count(const Eina_List *list) EINA_PURE;
/**
* @brief Returned a new iterator associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new iterator.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated iterator associated to @p
* list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is less
* or equal than 0, this function still returns a valid iterator that
* will always return false on eina_iterator_next(), thus keeping API
* sane.
*
* If the memory can not be allocated, NULL is returned and
* #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is set. Otherwise, a valid iterator is
* returned.
*
* @warning if the list structure changes then the iterator becomes
* invalid! That is, if you add or remove nodes this iterator
* behavior is undefined and your program may crash!
*/
EAPI Eina_Iterator *eina_list_iterator_new(const Eina_List *list) EINA_MALLOC EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Returned a new reversed iterator associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new iterator.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated iterator associated to @p
* list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is less
* or equal than 0, this function still returns a valid iterator that
* will always return false on eina_iterator_next(), thus keeping API
* sane.
*
* Unlike eina_list_iterator_new(), this will walk the list backwards.
*
* If the memory can not be allocated, NULL is returned and
* #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is set. Otherwise, a valid iterator is
* returned.
*
* @warning if the list structure changes then the iterator becomes
* invalid! That is, if you add or remove nodes this iterator
* behavior is undefined and your program may crash!
*/
EAPI Eina_Iterator *eina_list_iterator_reversed_new(const Eina_List *list) EINA_MALLOC EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* @brief Returned a new accessor associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new accessor.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated accessor associated to
* @p list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is
* less or equal than 0, this function returns NULL. If the memory can
* not be allocated, NULL is returned and #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is
* set. Otherwise, a valid accessor is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_Accessor *eina_list_accessor_new(const Eina_List *list) EINA_MALLOC EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
@ -390,4 +1165,8 @@ EAPI Eina_Accessor *eina_list_accessor_new(const Eina_List *list) EINA_MA
* @}
*/
/**
* @}
*/
#endif /* EINA_LIST_H_ */

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@ -533,43 +533,6 @@ eina_list_shutdown(void)
* API *
*============================================================================*/
/**
* @addtogroup Eina_List_Group List
*
* @brief These functions provide double linked list management.
*
* For more information, you can look at the @ref tutorial_list_page.
*
* @{
*/
/**
* @brief Append the given data to the given linked list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The data to append.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function appends @p data to @p list. If @p list is @c NULL, a
* new list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully appended.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, my_data);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_append(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
{
@ -600,34 +563,6 @@ eina_list_append(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Prepends the given data to the given linked list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The data to prepend.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function prepends @p data to @p list. If @p list is @c NULL, a
* new list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully prepended.
*
* Example:
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* list = eina_list_prepend(list, my_data);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_prepend(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
{
@ -654,44 +589,6 @@ eina_list_prepend(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
return new_l;
}
/**
* @brief Insert the given data into the given linked list after the specified data.
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The data to insert after.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list after @p relative. If
* @p relative is not in the list, @p data is appended to the end of
* the list. If @p list is @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there
* are multiple instances of @p relative in the list, @p data is
* inserted after the first instance.On success, a new list pointer
* that should be used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following example code demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully inserted.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
* extern void *relative_member;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* list = eina_list_append_relative(list, my_data, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_append_relative(Eina_List *list,
const void *data,
@ -712,23 +609,6 @@ eina_list_append_relative(Eina_List *list,
return eina_list_append(list, data);
}
/**
* @brief Append a list node to a linked list after the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The list node to insert after.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list after the list node
* @p relative. If @p list or @p relative are @c NULL, @p data is just
* appended to @p list using eina_list_append(). If @p list is
* @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there are multiple instances
* of @p relative in the list, @p data is inserted after the first
* instance. On success, a new list pointer that should be used in
* place of the one given to this function is returned. Otherwise, the
* old pointer is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_append_relative_list(Eina_List *list,
const void *data,
@ -762,44 +642,6 @@ eina_list_append_relative_list(Eina_List *list,
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Prepend a data pointer to a linked list before the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The data to insert before.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list before @p relative. If
* @p relative is not in the list, @p data is prepended to the list
* with eina_list_prepend(). If @p list is @c NULL, a new list is
* returned. If there are multiple instances of @p relative in the
* list, @p data is inserted before the first instance. On success, a
* new list pointer that should be used in place of the one given to
* this function is returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned.
*
* The following code example demonstrates how to ensure that the
* given data has been successfully inserted.
*
* @code
* Eina_List *list = NULL;
* extern void *my_data;
* extern void *relative_member;
*
* list = eina_list_append(list, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get_error())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* list = eina_list_prepend_relative(list, my_data, relative_member);
* if (eina_error_get())
* {
* fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Memory is low. List allocation failed.\n");
* exit(-1);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_prepend_relative(Eina_List *list,
const void *data,
@ -819,23 +661,6 @@ eina_list_prepend_relative(Eina_List *list,
return eina_list_prepend(list, data);
}
/**
* @brief Prepend a list node to a linked list before the specified member
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param data The data to insert.
* @param relative The list node to insert before.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts @p data to @p list before the list node
* @p relative. If @p list or @p relative are @c NULL, @p data is just
* prepended to @p list using eina_list_prepend(). If @p list is
* @c NULL, a new list is returned. If there are multiple instances
* of @p relative in the list, @p data is inserted before the first
* instance. On success, a new list pointer that should be used in
* place of the one given to this function is returned. Otherwise, the
* old pointer is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_prepend_relative_list(Eina_List *list,
const void *data,
@ -870,27 +695,6 @@ eina_list_prepend_relative_list(Eina_List *list,
return new_l;
}
/**
* @brief Insert a new node into a sorted list.
*
* @param list The given linked list, @b must be sorted.
* @param func The function called for the sort.
* @param data The data to insert sorted.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function inserts values into a linked list assuming it was
* sorted and the result will be sorted. If @p list is @c NULLL, a new
* list is returned. On success, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one given to this function is
* returned. Otherwise, the old pointer is returned. See eina_error_get().
*
* @note O(log2(n)) comparisons (calls to @p func) average/worst case
* performance as it uses eina_list_search_sorted_near_list() and thus
* is bounded to that. As said in eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(),
* lists do not have O(1) access time, so walking to the correct node
* can be costly, consider worst case to be almost O(n) pointer
* dereference (list walk).
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_sorted_insert(Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data)
{
@ -907,20 +711,6 @@ eina_list_sorted_insert(Eina_List *list, Eina_Compare_Cb func, const void *data)
return eina_list_prepend_relative_list(list, data, lnear);
}
/**
* @brief Remove the first instance of the specified data from the given list.
*
* @param list The given list.
* @param data The specified data.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function removes the first instance of @p data from
* @p list. If the specified data is not in the given list (tihis
* include the case where @p data is @c NULL), nothing is done. If
* @p list is @c NULL, @c NULL is returned, otherwise a new list
* pointer that should be used in place of the one passed to this
* function.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_remove(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
{
@ -933,39 +723,6 @@ eina_list_remove(Eina_List *list, const void *data)
return eina_list_remove_list(list, l);
}
/**
* @brief Remove the specified data.
*
* @param list The given linked list.
* @param remove_list The list node which is to be removed.
* @return A list pointer.
*
* This function removes the list node @p remove_list from @p list and
* frees the list node structure @p remove_list. If @p list is
* @c NULL, this function returns @c NULL. If @p remove_list is
* @c NULL, it returns @p list, otherwise, a new list pointer that
* should be used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* The following code gives an example (notice we use EINA_LIST_FOREACH
* instead of EINA_LIST_FOREACH_SAFE because we stop the loop after
* removing the current node).
*
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_remove_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_remove_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *remove_list)
{
@ -1000,15 +757,6 @@ eina_list_remove_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *remove_list)
return return_l;
}
/**
* @brief Free an entire list and all the nodes, ignoring the data contained.
* @param list The list to free
* @return A NULL pointer
*
* This function frees all the nodes of @p list. It does not free the
* data of the nodes. To free them, use #EINA_LIST_FREE.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_free(Eina_List *list)
{
@ -1030,35 +778,6 @@ eina_list_free(Eina_List *list)
return NULL;
}
/**
* @brief Move the specified data to the head of the list.
*
* @param list The list handle to move the data.
* @param move_list The list node to move.
* @return A new list handle to replace the old one
*
* This function move @p move_list to the front of @p list. If list is
* @c NULL, @c NULL is returned. If @p move_list is @c NULL,
* @p list is returned. Otherwise, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data;
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_promote_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_promote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list)
{
@ -1102,35 +821,6 @@ eina_list_promote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list)
return move_list;
}
/**
* @brief Move the specified data to the tail of the list.
*
* @param list The list handle to move the data.
* @param move_list The list node to move.
* @return A new list handle to replace the old one
*
* This function move @p move_list to the back of @p list. If list is
* @c NULL, @c NULL is returned. If @p move_list is @c NULL,
* @p list is returned. Otherwise, a new list pointer that should be
* used in place of the one passed to this function.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* Eina_List *l;
* extern void *my_data;
* void *data;
*
* EINA_LIST_FOREACH(list, l, data)
* {
* if (data == my_data)
* {
* list = eina_list_demote_list(list, l);
* break;
* }
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_demote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list)
{
@ -1169,28 +859,6 @@ eina_list_demote_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *move_list)
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Find a member of a list and return the member.
*
* @param list The list to search for a data.
* @param data The data pointer to find in the list.
* @return The found member data pointer if found, @c NULL otherwise.
*
* This function searches in @p list from beginning to end for the
* first member whose data pointer is @p data. If it is found, @p data
* will be returned, otherwise NULL will be returned.
*
* Example:
* @code
* extern Eina_List *list;
* extern void *my_data;
*
* if (eina_list_data_find(list, my_data) == my_data)
* {
* printf("Found member %p\n", my_data);
* }
* @endcode
*/
EAPI void *
eina_list_data_find(const Eina_List *list, const void *data)
{
@ -1200,18 +868,6 @@ eina_list_data_find(const Eina_List *list, const void *data)
return NULL;
}
/**
* @brief Move a data pointer from one list to another
*
* @param to The list to move the data to
* @param from The list to move from
* @param data The data to move
* @return #EINA_TRUE on success, else #EINA_FALSE
*
* This function is a shortcut for doing the following:
* to = eina_list_append(to, data);
* from = eina_list_remove(from, data);
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool
eina_list_move(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, void *data)
{
@ -1232,18 +888,6 @@ eina_list_move(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, void *data)
return EINA_TRUE;
}
/**
* @brief Move a list node from one list to another
*
* @param to The list to move the data to
* @param from The list to move from
* @param data The list node containing the data to move
* @return #EINA_TRUE on success, else #EINA_FALSE
*
* This function is a shortcut for doing the following:
* to = eina_list_append(to, data->data);
* from = eina_list_remove_list(from, data);
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool
eina_list_move_list(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, Eina_List *data)
{
@ -1259,18 +903,6 @@ eina_list_move_list(Eina_List **to, Eina_List **from, Eina_List *data)
return EINA_TRUE;
}
/**
* @brief Find a member of a list and return the list node containing that member.
*
* @param list The list to search for data.
* @param data The data pointer to find in the list.
* @return The found members list node on success, @c NULL otherwise.
*
* This function searches in @p list from beginning to end for the
* first member whose data pointer is @p data. If it is found, the
* list node containing the specified member is returned, otherwise
* @c NULL is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_data_find_list(const Eina_List *list, const void *data)
{
@ -1289,18 +921,6 @@ eina_list_data_find_list(const Eina_List *list, const void *data)
return NULL;
}
/**
* @brief Get the nth member's data pointer in a list.
*
* @param list The list to get the specified member number from.
* @param n The number of the element (0 being the first).
* @return The data pointer stored in the specified element.
*
* This function returns the data pointer of element number @p n, in
* the @p list. The first element in the array is element number 0. If
* the element number @p n does not exist, @c NULL is
* returned. Otherwise, the data of the found element is returned.
*/
EAPI void *
eina_list_nth(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n)
{
@ -1310,20 +930,6 @@ eina_list_nth(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n)
return l ? l->data : NULL;
}
/**
* @brief Get the nth member's list node in a list.
*
* @param list The list to get the specfied member number from.
* @param n The number of the element (0 being the first).
* @return The list node stored in the numbered element.
*
* This function returns the list node of element number @p n, in
* @ list. The first element in the array is element number 0. If the
* element number @p n does not exist or @p list is @c NULL or @p n is
* greater than the count of elements in @p list minus 1, @c NULL is
* returned. Otherwise the list node stored in the numbered element is
* returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_nth_list(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n)
{
@ -1359,22 +965,6 @@ eina_list_nth_list(const Eina_List *list, unsigned int n)
abort();
}
/**
* @brief Reverse all the elements in the list.
*
* @param list The list to reverse.
* @return The list head after it has been reversed.
*
* This function reverses the order of all elements in @p list, so the
* last member is now first, and so on. If @p list is @c NULL, this
* functon returns @c NULL.
*
* @note @b in-place: this will change the given list, so you should
* now point to the new list head that is returned by this function.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse_clone()
* @see eina_list_iterator_reversed_new()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_reverse(Eina_List *list)
{
@ -1404,22 +994,6 @@ eina_list_reverse(Eina_List *list)
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Clone (copy) all the elements in the list in reverse order.
*
* @param list The list to reverse.
* @return The new list that has been reversed.
*
* This function reverses the order of all elements in @p list, so the
* last member is now first, and so on. If @p list is @c NULL, this
* functon returns @c NULL. This returns a copy of the given list.
*
* @note @b copy: this will copy the list and you should then
* eina_list_free() when it is not required anymore.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse()
* @see eina_list_clone()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_reverse_clone(const Eina_List *list)
{
@ -1439,21 +1013,6 @@ eina_list_reverse_clone(const Eina_List *list)
return lclone;
}
/**
* @brief Clone (copy) all the elements in the list in exact order.
*
* @param list The list to clone.
* @return The new list that has been cloned.
*
* This function clone in order of all elements in @p list. If @p list
* is @c NULL, this functon returns @c NULL. This returns a copy of
* the given list.
*
* @note @b copy: this will copy the list and you should then
* eina_list_free() when it is not required anymore.
*
* @see eina_list_reverse_clone()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_clone(const Eina_List *list)
{
@ -1473,47 +1032,6 @@ eina_list_clone(const Eina_List *list)
return lclone;
}
/**
* @brief Sort a list according to the ordering func will return.
*
* @param list The list handle to sort.
* @param size The length of the list to sort.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data
* nodes.
* @return the new head of list.
*
* This function sorts @p list. @p size if the number of the first
* element to sort. If @p size is 0 or greater than the number of
* elements in @p list, all the elements are sorted. @p func is used to
* compare two elements of @p list. If @p list or @p func are @c NULL,
* this function returns @c NULL.
*
* @note @b in-place: this will change the given list, so you should
* now point to the new list head that is returned by this function.
*
* @note worst case is O(n * log2(n)) comparisons (calls to func()),
* O(n) comparisons average case. That means that for 1,000,000 list
* elements, sort will usually do 1,000,000 comparisons, but may do up
* to 20,000,000.
*
* Example:
* @code
* int
* sort_cb(const void *d1, const void *d2)
* {
* const char *txt = NULL;
* const char *txt2 = NULL;
*
* if(!txt) return(1);
* if(!txt2) return(-1);
*
* return(strcmp(txt, txt2));
* }
* extern Eina_List *list;
*
* list = eina_list_sort(list, eina_list_count(list), sort_cb);
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_sort(Eina_List *list, unsigned int size, Eina_Compare_Cb func)
{
@ -1583,21 +1101,6 @@ eina_list_sort(Eina_List *list, unsigned int size, Eina_Compare_Cb func)
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Merge two list.
*
* @param left Head list to merge.
* @param right Tail list to merge.
* @return A new merged list.
*
* This function put right at the end of left and return the head.
*
* Both left and right does not exist anymore after the merge.
*
* @note merge cost is O(n), being @b n the size of the smallest
* list. This is due the need to fix accounting of that segment,
* making count and last access O(1).
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right)
{
@ -1649,22 +1152,6 @@ eina_list_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right)
}
/**
* @brief Split a list into 2 lists.
*
* @param list List to split.
* @param relative The list will be split after @p relative.
* @param right The head of the new right list.
* @return The new left list
*
* This function split @p list into two lists ( left and right ) after the node @p relative. @p Relative
* will become the last node of the left list. If @p list or @p right are NULL list is returns.
* If @p relative is NULL right is set to @p list and NULL is returns.
* If @p relative is the last node of @p list list is returns and @p right is set to NULL.
*
* list does not exist anymore after the split.
*
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_split_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *relative, Eina_List **right)
{
@ -1710,41 +1197,6 @@ eina_list_split_list(Eina_List *list, Eina_List *relative, Eina_List **right)
return list;
}
/**
* @brief Merge two sorted list according to the ordering func will return.
*
* @param left First list to merge.
* @param right Second list to merge.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data
* nodes.
* @return A new sorted list.
*
* This function compare the head of @p left and @p right, and choose the
* smallest one to be head of the returned list. It will continue this process
* for all entry of both list.
*
* Both left and right does not exist anymore after the merge.
* If @p func is NULL, it will return NULL.
*
* Example:
* @code
* int
* sort_cb(void *d1, void *d2)
* {
* const char *txt = NULL;
* const char *txt2 = NULL;
*
* if(!d1) return(1);
* if(!d2) return(-1);
*
* return(strcmp((const char*)d1, (const char*)d2));
* }
* extern Eina_List *sorted1;
* extern Eina_List *sorted2;
*
* list = eina_list_sorted_merge(sorted1, sorted2, sort_cb);
* @endcode
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_sorted_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right, Eina_Compare_Cb func)
{
@ -1822,41 +1274,6 @@ eina_list_sorted_merge(Eina_List *left, Eina_List *right, Eina_Compare_Cb func)
return ret;
}
/**
* @brief Returns node nearest to data is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @param result_cmp if provided returns the result of
* func(node->data, data) node being the last (returned) node. If node
* was found (exact match), then it is 0. If returned node is smaller
* than requested data, it is less than 0 and if it's bigger it's
* greater than 0. It is the last value returned by func().
* @return the nearest node, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the nearest container node in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents, otherwise you want to insert it
* sorted. In this case you get the result of this function and either
* append or prepend the value.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made naively walking the list
* from head to tail, so depending on the number of searches and
* insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the list and do the
* searches later. As lists do not have O(1) access time, walking to
* the correct node can be costly, consider worst case to be almost
* O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(const Eina_List *list,
Eina_Compare_Cb func,
@ -1942,37 +1359,6 @@ end:
return (Eina_List *)ct;
}
/**
* @brief Returns node if data is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node if func(node->data, data) == 0, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the container node in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made by
* eina_list_search_unsorted_list(), so depending on the number of
* searches and insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the
* list and do the searches later. As said in
* eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(), lists do not have O(1) access
* time, so walking to the correct node can be costly, consider worst
* case to be almost O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_near_list()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_search_sorted_list(const Eina_List *list,
Eina_Compare_Cb func,
@ -1992,37 +1378,6 @@ eina_list_search_sorted_list(const Eina_List *list,
}
/**
* @brief Returns node data if it is in the sorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, @b must be sorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node value (@c node->data) if func(node->data, data) == 0,
* NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the existing instance in this case. It should be used when list is
* known to be sorted as it will do binary search for results.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note O(log2(n)) average/worst case performance, for 1,000,000
* elements it will do a maximum of 20 comparisons. This is much
* faster than the 1,000,000 comparisons made by
* eina_list_search_unsorted(), so depending on the number of
* searches and insertions, it may be worth to eina_list_sort() the
* list and do the searches later. As said in
* eina_list_search_sorted_near_list(), lists do not have O(1) access
* time, so walking to the correct node can be costly, consider worst
* case to be almost O(n) pointer dereference (list walk).
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_sort()
* @see eina_list_sorted_merge()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
*/
EAPI void *
eina_list_search_sorted(const Eina_List *list,
Eina_Compare_Cb func,
@ -2031,27 +1386,6 @@ eina_list_search_sorted(const Eina_List *list,
return eina_list_data_get(eina_list_search_sorted_list(list, func, data));
}
/**
* @brief Returns node if data is in the unsorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, may be unsorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node if func(node->data, data) == 0, NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the container node in this case.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note this is expensive and may walk the whole list, it's order-N,
* that is for 1,000,000 elements list it may walk and compare
* 1,000,000 nodes.
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted_list()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted()
*/
EAPI Eina_List *
eina_list_search_unsorted_list(const Eina_List *list,
Eina_Compare_Cb func,
@ -2068,28 +1402,6 @@ eina_list_search_unsorted_list(const Eina_List *list,
return NULL;
}
/**
* @brief Returns node data if it is in the unsorted list.
*
* @param list The list to search for data, may be unsorted.
* @param func A function pointer that can handle comparing the list data nodes.
* @param data reference value to search.
* @return the node value (@c node->data) if func(node->data, data) == 0,
* NULL if not found.
*
* This can be used to check if some value is inside the list and get
* the existing instance in this case.
*
* Example: imagine user gives a string, you check if it's in the list
* before duplicating its contents.
*
* @note this is expensive and may walk the whole list, it's order-N,
* that is for 1,000,000 elements list it may walk and compare
* 1,000,000 nodes.
*
* @see eina_list_search_sorted()
* @see eina_list_search_unsorted_list()
*/
EAPI void *
eina_list_search_unsorted(const Eina_List *list,
Eina_Compare_Cb func,
@ -2099,26 +1411,6 @@ eina_list_search_unsorted(const Eina_List *list,
}
/**
* @brief Returned a new iterator associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new iterator.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated iterator associated to @p
* list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is less
* or equal than 0, this function still returns a valid iterator that
* will always return false on eina_iterator_next(), thus keeping API
* sane.
*
* If the memory can not be allocated, NULL is returned and
* #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is set. Otherwise, a valid iterator is
* returned.
*
* @warning if the list structure changes then the iterator becomes
* invalid! That is, if you add or remove nodes this iterator
* behavior is undefined and your program may crash!
*/
EAPI Eina_Iterator *
eina_list_iterator_new(const Eina_List *list)
{
@ -2147,28 +1439,6 @@ eina_list_iterator_new(const Eina_List *list)
return &it->iterator;
}
/**
* @brief Returned a new reversed iterator associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new iterator.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated iterator associated to @p
* list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is less
* or equal than 0, this function still returns a valid iterator that
* will always return false on eina_iterator_next(), thus keeping API
* sane.
*
* Unlike eina_list_iterator_new(), this will walk the list backwards.
*
* If the memory can not be allocated, NULL is returned and
* #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is set. Otherwise, a valid iterator is
* returned.
*
* @warning if the list structure changes then the iterator becomes
* invalid! That is, if you add or remove nodes this iterator
* behavior is undefined and your program may crash!
*/
EAPI Eina_Iterator *
eina_list_iterator_reversed_new(const Eina_List *list)
{
@ -2197,18 +1467,6 @@ eina_list_iterator_reversed_new(const Eina_List *list)
return &it->iterator;
}
/**
* @brief Returned a new accessor associated to a list.
*
* @param list The list.
* @return A new accessor.
*
* This function returns a newly allocated accessor associated to
* @p list. If @p list is @c NULL or the count member of @p list is
* less or equal than 0, this function returns NULL. If the memory can
* not be allocated, NULL is returned and #EINA_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY is
* set. Otherwise, a valid accessor is returned.
*/
EAPI Eina_Accessor *
eina_list_accessor_new(const Eina_List *list)
{
@ -2237,7 +1495,3 @@ eina_list_accessor_new(const Eina_List *list)
return &ac->accessor;
}
/**
* @}
*/