refine docs for linked_list.h - issue #548

Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:51:11 +0100

author
Mike Becker <universe@uap-core.de>
date
Sun, 05 Jan 2025 11:51:11 +0100
changeset 1100
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parent 1099
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child 1101
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refine docs for linked_list.h - issue #548

src/cx/linked_list.h file | annotate | diff | comparison | revisions
--- a/src/cx/linked_list.h	Sat Jan 04 18:44:11 2025 +0100
+++ b/src/cx/linked_list.h	Sun Jan 05 11:51:11 2025 +0100
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@
  * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
  */
 /**
- * \file linked_list.h
- * \brief Linked list implementation.
- * \details Also provides several low-level functions for custom linked list implementations.
- * \author Mike Becker
- * \author Olaf Wintermann
- * \copyright 2-Clause BSD License
+ * @file linked_list.h
+ * @brief Linked list implementation.
+ * @author Mike Becker
+ * @author Olaf Wintermann
+ * @copyright 2-Clause BSD License
  */
 
 #ifndef UCX_LINKED_LIST_H
@@ -46,20 +45,21 @@
 
 /**
  * The maximum item size that uses SBO swap instead of relinking.
+ *
  */
 extern const unsigned cx_linked_list_swap_sbo_size;
 
 /**
- * Allocates a linked list for storing elements with \p elem_size bytes each.
+ * Allocates a linked list for storing elements with @p elem_size bytes each.
  *
- * If \p elem_size is CX_STORE_POINTERS, the created list will be created as if
+ * If @p elem_size is CX_STORE_POINTERS, the created list will be created as if
  * cxListStorePointers() was called immediately after creation and the compare
  * function will be automatically set to cx_cmp_ptr(), if none is given.
  *
  * @param allocator the allocator for allocating the list nodes
- * (if \c NULL, a default stdlib allocator will be used)
+ * (if @c NULL, a default stdlib allocator will be used)
  * @param comparator the comparator for the elements
- * (if \c NULL, and the list is not storing pointers, sort and find
+ * (if @c NULL, and the list is not storing pointers, sort and find
  * functions will not work)
  * @param elem_size the size of each element in bytes
  * @return the created list
@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@
 );
 
 /**
- * Allocates a linked list for storing elements with \p elem_size bytes each.
+ * Allocates a linked list for storing elements with @p elem_size bytes each.
  *
  * The list will use cxDefaultAllocator and no comparator function. If you want
  * to call functions that need a comparator, you must either set one immediately
  * after list creation or use cxLinkedListCreate().
  *
- * If \p elem_size is CX_STORE_POINTERS, the created list will be created as if
+ * If @p elem_size is CX_STORE_POINTERS, the created list will be created as if
  * cxListStorePointers() was called immediately after creation and the compare
  * function will be automatically set to cx_cmp_ptr().
  *
- * @param elem_size the size of each element in bytes
- * @return the created list
+ * @param elem_size (@c size_t) the size of each element in bytes
+ * @return (@c CxList*) the created list
  */
 #define cxLinkedListCreateSimple(elem_size) \
     cxLinkedListCreate(NULL, NULL, elem_size)
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
  * Finds the node at a certain index.
  *
  * This function can be used to start at an arbitrary position within the list.
- * If the search index is large than the start index, \p loc_advance must denote
- * the location of some sort of \c next pointer (i.e. a pointer to the next node).
+ * If the search index is large than the start index, @p loc_advance must denote
+ * the location of some sort of @c next pointer (i.e. a pointer to the next node).
  * But it is also possible that the search index is smaller than the start index
  * (e.g. in cases where traversing a list backwards is faster) in which case
- * \p loc_advance must denote the location of some sort of \c prev pointer
+ * @p loc_advance must denote the location of some sort of @c prev pointer
  * (i.e. a pointer to the previous node).
  *
  * @param start a pointer to the start node
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@
  *
  * @param start a pointer to the start node
  * @param loc_advance the location of the pointer to advance
- * @param loc_data the location of the \c data pointer within your node struct
- * @param cmp_func a compare function to compare \p elem against the node data
+ * @param loc_data the location of the @c data pointer within your node struct
+ * @param cmp_func a compare function to compare @p elem against the node data
  * @param elem a pointer to the element to find
  * @return the index of the element or a negative value if it could not be found
  */
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@
 /**
  * Finds the node containing an element within a linked list.
  *
- * @param result a pointer to the memory where the node pointer (or \c NULL if the element
+ * @param result a pointer to the memory where the node pointer (or @c NULL if the element
  * could not be found) shall be stored to
  * @param start a pointer to the start node
  * @param loc_advance the location of the pointer to advance
- * @param loc_data the location of the \c data pointer within your node struct
- * @param cmp_func a compare function to compare \p elem against the node data
+ * @param loc_data the location of the @c data pointer within your node struct
+ * @param cmp_func a compare function to compare @p elem against the node data
  * @param elem a pointer to the element to find
  * @return the index of the element or a negative value if it could not be found
  */
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@
 /**
  * Finds the first node in a linked list.
  *
- * The function starts with the pointer denoted by \p node and traverses the list
+ * The function starts with the pointer denoted by @p node and traverses the list
  * along a prev pointer whose location within the node struct is
- * denoted by \p loc_prev.
+ * denoted by @p loc_prev.
  *
  * @param node a pointer to a node in the list
- * @param loc_prev the location of the \c prev pointer
+ * @param loc_prev the location of the @c prev pointer
  * @return a pointer to the first node
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull
@@ -178,12 +178,12 @@
 /**
  * Finds the last node in a linked list.
  *
- * The function starts with the pointer denoted by \p node and traverses the list
+ * The function starts with the pointer denoted by @p node and traverses the list
  * along a next pointer whose location within the node struct is
- * denoted by \p loc_next.
+ * denoted by @p loc_next.
  *
  * @param node a pointer to a node in the list
- * @param loc_next the location of the \c next pointer
+ * @param loc_next the location of the @c next pointer
  * @return a pointer to the last node
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull
@@ -196,12 +196,12 @@
 /**
  * Finds the predecessor of a node in case it is not linked.
  *
- * \remark If \p node is not contained in the list starting with \p begin, the behavior is undefined.
+ * @remark If @p node is not contained in the list starting with @p begin, the behavior is undefined.
  *
  * @param begin the node where to start the search
- * @param loc_next the location of the \c next pointer
+ * @param loc_next the location of the @c next pointer
  * @param node the successor of the node to find
- * @return the node or \c NULL if \p node has no predecessor
+ * @return the node or @c NULL if @p node has no predecessor
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull
 void *cx_linked_list_prev(
@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@
  * Adds a new node to a linked list.
  * The node must not be part of any list already.
  *
- * \remark One of the pointers \p begin or \p end may be \c NULL, but not both.
+ * @remark One of the pointers @p begin or @p end may be @c NULL, but not both.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (if your list has one)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (if your list has one)
  * @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 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 appended
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(5)
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@
  * Prepends a new node to a linked list.
  * The node must not be part of any list already.
  *
- * \remark One of the pointers \p begin or \p end may be \c NULL, but not both.
+ * @remark One of the pointers @p begin or @p end may be @c NULL, but not both.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (if your list has one)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (if your list has one)
  * @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 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 prepended
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(5)
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@
 /**
  * Links two nodes.
  *
- * @param left the new predecessor of \p right
- * @param right the new successor of \p left
- * @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 left the new predecessor of @p right
+ * @param right the new successor of @p left
+ * @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)
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull
 void cx_linked_list_link(
@@ -273,10 +273,10 @@
  *
  * If right is not the successor of left, the behavior is undefined.
  *
- * @param left the predecessor of \p right
- * @param right the successor of \p left
- * @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 left the predecessor of @p right
+ * @param right the successor of @p left
+ * @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)
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull
 void cx_linked_list_unlink(
@@ -290,14 +290,14 @@
  * Inserts a new node after a given node of a linked list.
  * The new node must not be part of any list already.
  *
- * \note If you specify \c NULL as the \p node to insert after, this function needs either the \p begin or
- * the \p end pointer to determine the start of the list. Then the new node will be prepended to the list.
+ * @note If you specify @c NULL as the @p node to insert after, this function needs either the @p begin or
+ * the @p end pointer to determine the start of the list. Then the new node will be prepended to the list.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (if your list has one)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (if your list has one)
  * @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 node the node after which to insert (\c NULL if you want to prepend the node to the list)
+ * @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 node the node after which to insert (@c NULL if you want to prepend the node to the list)
  * @param new_node a pointer to the node that shall be inserted
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(6)
@@ -315,18 +315,18 @@
  * The chain must not be part of any list already.
  *
  * If you do not explicitly specify the end of the chain, it will be determined by traversing
- * the \c next pointer.
+ * the @c next pointer.
  *
- * \note If you specify \c NULL as the \p node to insert after, this function needs either the \p begin or
- * the \p end pointer to determine the start of the list. If only the \p end pointer is specified, you also need
- * to provide a valid \p loc_prev location.
+ * @note If you specify @c NULL as the @p node to insert after, this function needs either the @p begin or
+ * the @p end pointer to determine the start of the list. If only the @p end pointer is specified, you also need
+ * to provide a valid @p loc_prev location.
  * Then the chain will be prepended to the list.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (if your list has one)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (if your list has one)
  * @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 node the node after which to insert (\c NULL to prepend the chain to the list)
+ * @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 node the node after which to insert (@c NULL to prepend the chain to the list)
  * @param insert_begin a pointer to the first node of the chain that shall be inserted
  * @param insert_end a pointer to the last node of the chain (or NULL if the last node shall be determined)
  */
@@ -345,13 +345,13 @@
  * Inserts a node into a sorted linked list.
  * The new node must not be part of any list already.
  *
- * If the list starting with the node pointed to by \p begin is not sorted
+ * 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 begin node pointer (required)
+ * @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 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
  */
@@ -369,18 +369,18 @@
  * Inserts a chain of nodes into a sorted linked list.
  * The chain must not be part of any list already.
  *
- * 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.
+ * 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.
  *
- * \attention In contrast to cx_linked_list_insert_chain(), the source chain
+ * @attention In contrast to cx_linked_list_insert_chain(), the source chain
  * will be broken and inserted into the target list so that the resulting list
- * will be sorted according to \p cmp_func. That means, each node in the source
+ * will be sorted according to @p cmp_func. That means, each node in the source
  * chain may be re-linked with nodes from the target list.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (required)
+ * @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 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
  */
@@ -397,23 +397,23 @@
 /**
  * Removes a chain of nodes from the linked list.
  *
- * If one of the nodes to remove is the begin (resp. end) node of the list and if \p begin (resp. \p end)
+ * If one of the nodes to remove is the beginning (resp. end) node of the list and if @p begin (resp. @p end)
  * addresses are provided, the pointers are adjusted accordingly.
  *
  * The following combinations of arguments are valid (more arguments are optional):
- * \li \p loc_next and \p loc_prev (ancestor node is determined by using the prev pointer, overall O(1) performance)
- * \li \p loc_next and \p begin (ancestor node is determined by list traversal, overall O(n) performance)
+ * @li @p loc_next and @p loc_prev (ancestor node is determined by using the prev pointer, overall O(1) performance)
+ * @li @p loc_next and @p begin (ancestor node is determined by list traversal, overall O(n) performance)
  *
- * \remark The \c next and \c prev pointers of the removed node are not cleared by this function and may still be used
+ * @remark The @c next and @c prev pointers of the removed node are not cleared by this function and may still be used
  * to traverse to a former adjacent node in the list, or within the chain.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (optional)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (optional)
  * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (optional)
- * @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 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 node the start node of the chain
  * @param num the number of nodes to remove
- * @return the actual number of nodes that were removed (may be less when the list did not have enough nodes)
+ * @return the actual number of nodes that were removed (can be less when the list did not have enough nodes)
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(5)
 size_t cx_linked_list_remove_chain(
@@ -428,20 +428,20 @@
 /**
  * Removes a node from the linked list.
  *
- * If the node to remove is the begin (resp. end) node of the list and if \p begin (resp. \p end)
+ * If the node to remove is the beginning (resp. end) node of the list and if @p begin (resp. @p end)
  * addresses are provided, the pointers are adjusted accordingly.
  *
  * The following combinations of arguments are valid (more arguments are optional):
- * \li \p loc_next and \p loc_prev (ancestor node is determined by using the prev pointer, overall O(1) performance)
- * \li \p loc_next and \p begin (ancestor node is determined by list traversal, overall O(n) performance)
+ * @li @p loc_next and @p loc_prev (ancestor node is determined by using the prev pointer, overall O(1) performance)
+ * @li @p loc_next and @p begin (ancestor node is determined by list traversal, overall O(n) performance)
  *
- * \remark The \c next and \c prev pointers of the removed node are not cleared by this function and may still be used
+ * @remark The @c next and @c prev pointers of the removed node are not cleared by this function and may still be used
  * to traverse to a former adjacent node in the list.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (optional)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (optional)
  * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (optional)
- * @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 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 node the node to remove
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(5)
@@ -456,10 +456,11 @@
 }
 
 /**
- * Determines the size of a linked list starting with \p node.
+ * Determines the size of a linked list starting with @p node.
+ *
  * @param node the first node
- * @param loc_next the location of the \c next pointer within the node struct
- * @return the size of the list or zero if \p node is \c NULL
+ * @param loc_next the location of the @c next pointer within the node struct
+ * @return the size of the list or zero if @p node is @c NULL
  */
 size_t cx_linked_list_size(
         const void *node,
@@ -470,22 +471,22 @@
  * Sorts a linked list based on a comparison function.
  *
  * This function can work with linked lists of the following structure:
- * \code
+ * @code
  * typedef struct node node;
  * struct node {
  *   node* prev;
  *   node* next;
  *   my_payload data;
  * }
- * \endcode
+ * @endcode
  *
  * @note This is a recursive function with at most logarithmic recursion depth.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (required)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (required)
  * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (optional)
- * @param loc_prev the location of a \c prev pointer within your node struct (negative if not present)
- * @param loc_next the location of a \c next pointer within your node struct (required)
- * @param loc_data the location of the \c data pointer within your node struct
+ * @param loc_prev the location of a @c prev pointer within your node struct (negative if not present)
+ * @param loc_next the location of a @c next pointer within your node struct (required)
+ * @param loc_data the location of the @c data pointer within your node struct
  * @param cmp_func the compare function defining the sort order
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(1, 6)
@@ -502,14 +503,14 @@
 /**
  * Compares two lists element wise.
  *
- * \note Both list must have the same structure.
+ * @attention Both list must have the same structure.
  *
- * @param begin_left the begin of the left list (\c NULL denotes an empty list)
- * @param begin_right the begin of the right list  (\c NULL denotes an empty list)
+ * @param begin_left the beginning of the left list (@c NULL denotes an empty list)
+ * @param begin_right the beginning of the right list  (@c NULL denotes an empty list)
  * @param loc_advance the location of the pointer to advance
- * @param loc_data the location of the \c data pointer within your node struct
+ * @param loc_data the location of the @c data pointer within your node struct
  * @param cmp_func the function to compare the elements
- * @return the first non-zero result of invoking \p cmp_func or: negative if the left list is smaller than the
+ * @return the first non-zero result of invoking @p cmp_func or: negative if the left list is smaller than the
  * right list, positive if the left list is larger than the right list, zero if both lists are equal.
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(5)
@@ -524,10 +525,10 @@
 /**
  * Reverses the order of the nodes in a linked list.
  *
- * @param begin a pointer to the begin node pointer (required)
+ * @param begin a pointer to the beginning node pointer (required)
  * @param end a pointer to the end node pointer (optional)
- * @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 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)
  */
 cx_attr_nonnull_arg(1)
 void cx_linked_list_reverse(

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