util: Fix docs for virBitmapParse

This patch changes the name of the @sep argument to @terminator and
clarifies it's usage. This patch also explicitly documents that
whitespace can't be used as @terminator as it is skipped multiple times
in the implementation.
This commit is contained in:
Peter Krempa 2013-01-23 15:18:09 +01:00
parent 3f46ce78fc
commit 4004977fbf

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@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ char *virBitmapFormat(virBitmapPtr bitmap)
/**
* virBitmapParse:
* @str: points to a string representing a human-readable bitmap
* @terminator: character separating the bitmap to parse
* @bitmap: a bitmap created from @str
* @bitmapSize: the upper limit of num of bits in created bitmap
*
@ -275,13 +276,19 @@ char *virBitmapFormat(virBitmapPtr bitmap)
* to set, and ^N, which means to unset the bit, and N-M for ranges of bits
* to set.
*
* To allow parsing of bitmaps within larger strings it is possible to set
* a termination character in the argument @terminator. When the character
* in @terminator is encountered in @str, the parsing of the bitmap stops.
* Pass 0 as @terminator if it is not needed. Whitespace characters may not
* be used as terminators.
*
* Returns the number of bits set in @bitmap, or -1 in case of error.
*/
int virBitmapParse(const char *str,
char sep,
virBitmapPtr *bitmap,
size_t bitmapSize)
int
virBitmapParse(const char *str,
char terminator,
virBitmapPtr *bitmap,
size_t bitmapSize)
{
int ret = 0;
bool neg = false;
@ -302,7 +309,7 @@ int virBitmapParse(const char *str,
if (!*bitmap)
return -1;
while (*cur != 0 && *cur != sep) {
while (*cur != 0 && *cur != terminator) {
/*
* 3 constructs are allowed:
* - N : a single CPU number
@ -326,7 +333,7 @@ int virBitmapParse(const char *str,
virSkipSpaces(&cur);
if (*cur == ',' || *cur == 0 || *cur == sep) {
if (*cur == ',' || *cur == 0 || *cur == terminator) {
if (neg) {
if (virBitmapIsSet(*bitmap, start)) {
ignore_value(virBitmapClearBit(*bitmap, start));
@ -366,7 +373,7 @@ int virBitmapParse(const char *str,
cur++;
virSkipSpaces(&cur);
neg = false;
} else if (*cur == 0 || *cur == sep) {
} else if (*cur == 0 || *cur == terminator) {
break;
} else {
goto parse_error;