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manual: Correct description of ENTRY [BZ #17183]
The struct tag is actually entry (not ENTRY). The data member has type void *, and it can point to binary data. Only the key member is required to be a null-terminated string. Reviewed-by: Arjun Shankar <arjun@redhat.com>
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@@ -326,24 +326,28 @@ used until the end of the program run.
Entries of the hashing table and keys for the search are defined using
this type:
-@deftp {Data type} {struct ENTRY}
-Both elements of this structure are pointers to zero-terminated strings.
-This is a limiting restriction of the functionality of the
-@code{hsearch} functions. They can only be used for data sets which use
-the NUL character always and solely to terminate the records. It is not
-possible to handle general binary data.
-
+@deftp {Data type} ENTRY
@table @code
@item char *key
Pointer to a zero-terminated string of characters describing the key for
the search or the element in the hashing table.
-@item char *data
-Pointer to a zero-terminated string of characters describing the data.
-If the functions will be called only for searching an existing entry
-this element might stay undefined since it is not used.
+
+This is a limiting restriction of the functionality of the
+@code{hsearch} functions: They can only be used for data sets which
+use the NUL character always and solely to terminate keys. It is not
+possible to handle general binary data for keys.
+
+@item void *data
+Generic pointer for use by the application. The hashing table
+implementation preserves this pointer in entries, but does not use it
+in any way otherwise.
@end table
@end deftp
+@deftp {Data type} {struct entry}
+The underlying type of @code{ENTRY}.
+@end deftp
+
@deftypefun {ENTRY *} hsearch (ENTRY @var{item}, ACTION @var{action})
@standards{SVID, search.h}
@safety{@prelim{}@mtunsafe{@mtasurace{:hsearch}}@asunsafe{}@acunsafe{@acucorrupt{/action==ENTER}}}