/*#*
*#* $Log$
+ *#* Revision 1.9 2004/10/21 09:37:55 bernie
+ *#* Revamp documentation.
+ *#*
*#* Revision 1.8 2004/10/19 08:46:34 bernie
*#* Fix header.
*#*
#ifndef MWARE_LIST_H
#define MWARE_LIST_H
+/*!
+ * This structure represents a node for bidirectional lists.
+ *
+ * Data is usually appended to nodes by making them the first
+ * field of another struture, as a poor-man's form of inheritance.
+ */
typedef struct _Node
{
struct _Node *succ;
struct _Node *pred;
} Node;
+/*!
+ * Head of a doubly-linked list of \c Node structs.
+ *
+ * Lists must be initialized with LIST_INIT() prior to use.
+ *
+ * Nodes can be added and removed from either end of the list
+ * with O(1) performance. Iterating over these lists can be
+ * tricky: use the FOREACHNODE() macro instead.
+ */
typedef struct _List
{
Node *head;
} List;
-/*! Template for a list of \a T structures */
+/*! Template for a list of \a T structures. */
#define DECLARE_LIST(T) \
struct { T *head; T *null; T *tail; }
-/*! Template for a node in a list of \a T structures */
+/*! Template for a node in a list of \a T structures. */
#define DECLARE_NODE(T) \
struct { T *succ; T *pred; }
-/*! Template for a node in a list of \a T structures */
+/*! Template for a node in a list of \a T structures. */
#define DECLARE_NODE_ANON(T) \
T *succ; T *pred;
/*!
- * Iterate over all nodes in a list. This statement defines a for cicle
- * accepting the following parameters:
- * \param n node pointer to be used in each iteration
- * \param l pointer to list
+ * Iterate over all nodes in a list.
+ *
+ * This macro generates a "for" statement using the following parameters:
+ * \param n Node pointer to be used in each iteration.
+ * \param l Pointer to list.
*/
#define FOREACHNODE(n,l) \
for( \
(n) = (typeof(n))(((Node *)(n))->succ) \
)
-/*! Initialize a list */
-#define INITLIST(l) \
+/*! Initialize a list. */
+#define LIST_INIT(l) \
do { \
(l)->head = (Node *)(&(l)->null); \
(l)->null = NULL; \
(l)->tail = (Node *)(&(l)->head); \
} while (0)
-/*! Add node to list head */
+/* OBSOLETE */
+#define INITLIST(l) LIST_INIT(l)
+
+/*! Add node to list head. */
#define ADDHEAD(l,n) \
do { \
(n)->succ = (l)->head; \
(l)->head = (n); \
} while (0)
-/*! Add node to list tail */
+/*! Add node to list tail. */
#define ADDTAIL(l,n) \
do { \
(n)->succ = (Node *)(&(l)->null); \
} while (0)
/*!
- * Insert node \a n before node \a ln
- * Note: you can't pass in a list header as \a ln, but
- * it is safe to pass list-\>head of an empty list.
+ * Insert node \a n before node \a ln.
+ *
+ * \note You can't pass in a list header as \a ln, but
+ * it is safe to pass list-\>head of an empty list.
*/
#define INSERTBEFORE(n,ln) \
do { \
(ln)->pred = (n); \
} while (0)
-/*! Remove \a n from whatever list it is in */
+/*!
+ * Remove \a n from whatever list it is in.
+ *
+ * \note Removing a node that has not previously been
+ * inserted into a list invokes undefined behavior.
+ */
#define REMOVE(n) \
do { \
(n)->pred->succ = (n)->succ; \
(n)->succ->pred = (n)->pred; \
} while (0)
-/*! Tell whether a list is empty */
+/*! Tell whether a list is empty. */
#define ISLISTEMPTY(l) ( (l)->head == (Node *)(&(l)->null) )
/*!
* Unlink a node from the head of the list \a l.
+ *
* \return Pointer to node, or NULL if the list was empty.
*/
INLINE Node *REMHEAD(List *l)
/*!
* Unlink a node from the tail of the list \a l.
+ *
* \return Pointer to node, or NULL if the list was empty.
*/
INLINE Node *REMTAIL(List *l)