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From: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
To: git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] technical-docs: document hash API
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:05:29 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1261094729-24128-2-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1261094729-24128-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt |   50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt
index c784d3e..e5061e0 100644
--- a/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt
+++ b/Documentation/technical/api-hash.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,52 @@
 hash API
 ========
 
-Talk about <hash.h>
+The hash API is a collection of simple hash table functions. Users are expected
+to implement their own hashing.
 
-(Linus)
+Data Structures
+---------------
+
+`struct hash_table`::
+
+	The hash table structure. The `array` member points to the hash table
+	entries. The `size` member counts the total number of valid and invalid
+	entries in the table. The `nr` member keeps track of the number of
+	valid entries.
+
+`struct hash_table_entry`::
+
+	An opaque structure representing an entry in the hash table. The `hash`
+	member is the entry's hash key and the `ptr` member is the entry's
+	value.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+`init_hash`::
+
+	Initialize the hash table.
+
+`free_hash`::
+
+	Release memory associated with the hash table.
+
+`insert_hash`::
+
+	Insert a pointer into the hash table. If an entry with that hash
+	already exists, a pointer to the existing entry's value is returned.
+	Otherwise NULL is returned.  This allows callers to implement
+	chaining, etc.
+
+`lookup_hash`::
+
+	Lookup an entry in the hash table. If an entry with that hash exists
+	the entry's value is returned. Otherwise NULL is returned.
+
+`for_each_hash`::
+
+	Call a function for each entry in the hash table. The function is
+	expected to take the entry's value as its only argument and return an
+	int. If the function returns a negative int the loop is aborted
+	immediately.  Otherwise, the return value is accumulated and the sum
+	returned upon completion of the loop.
-- 
1.6.6.rc3.1.g8df51

  reply	other threads:[~2009-12-18  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-12-18  0:05 [PATCH 1/2] api-strbuf.txt: fix typos and document launch_editor() Stephen Boyd
2009-12-18  0:05 ` Stephen Boyd [this message]
2009-12-18  0:42 ` Miklos Vajna

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