ruby/prism/buffer.h

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/**
* @file buffer.h
*
* A wrapper around a contiguous block of allocated memory.
*/
#ifndef PRISM_BUFFER_H
#define PRISM_BUFFER_H
#include "prism/compiler/exported.h"
#include "prism/compiler/nodiscard.h"
#include "prism/compiler/nonnull.h"
#include <stddef.h>
/**
* A wrapper around a contiguous block of allocated memory.
*/
typedef struct pm_buffer_t pm_buffer_t;
/**
* Allocate and initialize a new buffer. If the buffer cannot be allocated, this
* function will abort the process.
*
* @returns A pointer to the initialized buffer. The caller is responsible for
* freeing the buffer with pm_buffer_free.
*/
PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION PRISM_NODISCARD pm_buffer_t * pm_buffer_new(void);
/**
* Free both the memory held by the buffer and the buffer itself.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to free.
*/
PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void pm_buffer_free(pm_buffer_t *buffer) PRISM_NONNULL(1);
/**
* Return the value of the buffer.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to get the value of.
* @returns The value of the buffer.
*/
PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION char * pm_buffer_value(const pm_buffer_t *buffer) PRISM_NONNULL(1);
/**
* Return the length of the buffer.
*
* @param buffer The buffer to get the length of.
* @returns The length of the buffer.
*/
PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION size_t pm_buffer_length(const pm_buffer_t *buffer) PRISM_NONNULL(1);
#endif