Add comments to config-file.h

Someone got rather confused over what the "default" functions did, so
hopefully this clears it up a bit.
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jp9000 2014-04-07 01:29:56 -07:00
parent fd24d0de2f
commit 59969844a1

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@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
/*
* Generic ini-style config file functions
*
* NOTE: It is highly recommended to use the default value functions (bottom of
* the file) before reading any variables from config files.
*/
#ifdef __cplusplus
@ -41,7 +44,6 @@ enum config_open_type {
EXPORT config_t config_create(const char *file);
EXPORT int config_open(config_t *config, const char *file,
enum config_open_type open_type);
EXPORT int config_open_defaults(config_t config, const char *file);
EXPORT int config_save(config_t config);
EXPORT void config_close(config_t config);
@ -59,17 +61,6 @@ EXPORT void config_set_bool(config_t config, const char *section,
EXPORT void config_set_double(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, double value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_string(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, const char *value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_int(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, int64_t value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_uint(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, uint64_t value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_bool(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, bool value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_double(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, double value);
EXPORT const char *config_get_string(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name);
EXPORT int64_t config_get_int(config_t config, const char *section,
@ -81,6 +72,35 @@ EXPORT bool config_get_bool(config_t config, const char *section,
EXPORT double config_get_double(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name);
/*
* DEFAULT VALUES
*
* The following functions are used to set what values will return if they do
* not exist. Call these functions *once* for each known value before reading
* any of them anywhere else.
*
* These do *not* actually set any values, they only set what values will be
* returned for config_get_* if the specified variable does not exist.
*
* You can initialize the defaults programmitically using config_set_default_*
* functions (recommended for most cases), or you can initialize it via a file
* with config_open_defaults.
*/
EXPORT int config_open_defaults(config_t config, const char *file);
EXPORT void config_set_default_string(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, const char *value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_int(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, int64_t value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_uint(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, uint64_t value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_bool(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, bool value);
EXPORT void config_set_default_double(config_t config, const char *section,
const char *name, double value);
/* These functions allow you to get the current default values rather than get
* the actual values. Probably almost never really needed */
EXPORT const char *config_get_default_string(config_t config,
const char *section, const char *name);
EXPORT int64_t config_get_default_int(config_t config, const char *section,