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| -rw-r--r-- | string-list.c | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | string-list.h | 10 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c index 5f5b60fe1c..0f8ac117fd 100644 --- a/string-list.c +++ b/string-list.c @@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ void string_list_clear_func(struct string_list *list, string_list_clear_func_t c list->nr = list->alloc = 0; } +void string_list_setlen(struct string_list *list, size_t nr) +{ + if (list->strdup_strings) + BUG("cannot setlen a string_list which owns its entries"); + if (nr > list->nr) + BUG("cannot grow a string_list with setlen"); + list->nr = nr; +} + struct string_list_item *string_list_append_nodup(struct string_list *list, char *string) { diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h index 77854840f7..122b318641 100644 --- a/string-list.h +++ b/string-list.h @@ -134,6 +134,16 @@ typedef void (*string_list_clear_func_t)(void *p, const char *str); /** Call a custom clear function on each util pointer */ void string_list_clear_func(struct string_list *list, string_list_clear_func_t clearfunc); +/* + * Set the length of a string_list to `nr`, provided that (a) `list` + * does not own its own storage, and (b) that `nr` is no larger than + * `list->nr`. + * + * Useful when "shrinking" `list` to write over existing entries that + * are no longer used without reallocating. + */ +void string_list_setlen(struct string_list *list, size_t nr); + /** * Apply `func` to each item. If `func` returns nonzero, the * iteration aborts and the return value is propagated. |