--- a/src/cx/linked_list.h Fri Oct 10 12:26:43 2025 +0200 +++ b/src/cx/linked_list.h Fri Oct 10 17:24:19 2025 +0200 @@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ /** * Inserts a chain of nodes into a sorted linked list. - * The chain must not be part of any list already. + * The chain must not be part of any list yet. * * If either the list starting with the node pointed to by @p begin or the list * starting with @p insert_begin is not sorted, the behavior is undefined. @@ -416,6 +416,64 @@ ); /** + * Inserts a node into a sorted linked list if no other node with the same value already exists. + * The new node must not be part of any list yet. + * + * If the list starting with the node pointed to by @p begin is not sorted + * already, the behavior is undefined. + * + * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (required) + * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (if your list has one) + * @param loc_prev the location of a @c prev pointer within your node struct (negative if your struct does not have one) + * @param loc_next the location of a @c next pointer within your node struct (required) + * @param new_node a pointer to the node that shall be inserted + * @param cmp_func a compare function that will receive the node pointers + * @retval zero when the node was inserted + * @retval non-zero when a node with the same value already exists + */ +cx_attr_nonnull_arg(1, 5, 6) +cx_attr_export +int cx_linked_list_insert_unique( + void **begin, + void **end, + ptrdiff_t loc_prev, + ptrdiff_t loc_next, + void *new_node, + cx_compare_func cmp_func +); + +/** + * Inserts a chain of nodes into a sorted linked list, avoiding duplicates. + * The chain must not be part of any list yet. + * + * If either the list starting with the node pointed to by @p begin or the list + * starting with @p insert_begin is not sorted, the behavior is undefined. + * Also, the chain to be inserted must not contain duplicates within itself. + * + * @attention In contrast to cx_linked_list_insert_sorted(), not all nodes of the + * chain might be added. This function returns a new chain consisting of all the duplicates. + * + * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (required) + * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (if your list has one) + * @param loc_prev the location of a @c prev pointer within your node struct (negative if your struct does not have one) + * @param loc_next the location of a @c next pointer within your node struct (required) + * @param insert_begin a pointer to the first node of the chain that shall be inserted + * @param cmp_func a compare function that will receive the node pointers + * @return a pointer to a new chain with all duplicates which were not inserted (or @c NULL when there were no duplicates) + */ +cx_attr_nonnull_arg(1, 5, 6) +cx_attr_nodiscard +cx_attr_export +void *cx_linked_list_insert_unique_chain( + void **begin, + void **end, + ptrdiff_t loc_prev, + ptrdiff_t loc_next, + void *insert_begin, + cx_compare_func cmp_func +); + +/** * Removes a chain of nodes from the linked list. * * If one of the nodes to remove is the beginning (resp. end) node of the list and if @p begin (resp. @p end)