libexplain/parse_bits/or_die.c File Reference

#include <libexplain/ac/stdio.h>
#include <libexplain/common_message_buffer.h>
#include <libexplain/parse_bits.h>
#include <libexplain/program_name.h>
#include <libexplain/string_buffer.h>
#include <libexplain/option.h>
#include <libexplain/output.h>

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Functions
int	explain_parse_bits_or_die (const char *text, const explain_parse_bits_table_t *table, size_t table_size, const char *caption)

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Function Documentation

int explain_parse_bits_or_die	(	const char *	text,
		const explain_parse_bits_table_t *	table,
		size_t	table_size,
		const char *	caption
	)

The explain_parse_bits_or_die function may be used to parse an input string against a table of bitfields. There may be symbols (from the bits table) or numeric conatsnts (using C notation) and there may be plus (+) or bit-wise-or (|) operators.

Parameters:

text	The text to be parsed.
table	The table of symbols for the parser.
table_size	The lentgh of the table of symbols.
caption	Caption to add to start of error message, or NULL for none

Returns:

The value of the expression. Does not return on error, but prints diagnostic and exits EXIT_FAILURE.

Note:

this function is not thread safe

Definition at line 31 of file or_die.c.