Commit 3db2dce0 authored by Rusty Russell's avatar Rusty Russell

autodata: add example, clean up description a little.

Also add #include to AUTODATA_TYPE example, so ccanlint doesn't try to
put it inside a function (which works, for this, but gives a warning
about unused variables).
parent 41c9a8d6
......@@ -6,10 +6,90 @@
*
* This code allows declarations in your source which you can gather
* together at runtime to form tables. This is often used in place of
* having to patch a registration function call out, or a central
* table.
* having a central registration function or table.
*
* License: BSD-MIT
*
* Example:
* // Distributed commandline option registration (note: ccan/opt is better!)
* #include <ccan/autodata/autodata.h>
* #include <stdio.h>
* #include <unistd.h>
* #include <stdbool.h>
* #include <err.h>
*
* static bool verbose = false;
*
* // This would normally be in a header, so any C file can use it.
* struct option {
* char c;
* bool takes_arg;
* bool (*cb)(char *optarg);
* };
* AUTODATA_TYPE(options, struct option);
* #define REGISTER_OPTION(optstruct) \
* AUTODATA(options, (optstruct))
*
* // Now a few examples (could be anywhere in source)
* static bool verbose_cb(char *unused)
* {
* verbose = true;
* return true;
* }
* static struct option dash_v = { 'v', false, verbose_cb };
* REGISTER_OPTION(&dash_v);
*
* static bool chdir_cb(char *dir)
* {
* if (verbose)
* printf("chdir to %s. ", dir);
* if (chdir(dir) != 0)
* return false;
* return true;
* }
* static struct option dash_C = { 'C', true, chdir_cb };
* REGISTER_OPTION(&dash_C);
*
* int main(int argc, char *argv[])
* {
* struct option **opts;
* size_t i, num;
* int o;
* char *optstring, *p;
*
* // Gather together all the registered options.
* opts = autodata_get(options, &num);
*
* // Make pretty string for getopt().
* p = optstring = malloc(num * 2 + 1);
* for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
* *(p++) = opts[i]->c;
* if (opts[i]->takes_arg)
* *(p++) = ':';
* }
* *p = '\0';
*
* while ((o = getopt(argc, argv, optstring)) != -1) {
* if (o == '?')
* exit(1);
* // Call callback in matching option.
* for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
* if (opts[i]->c == o) {
* if (!opts[i]->cb(optarg))
* err(1, "parsing -%c", o);
* break;
* }
* }
* }
* // free up gathered option table.
* autodata_free(opts);
*
* if (verbose)
* printf("verbose mode on\n");
* return 0;
* }
* // Given -v outputs 'verbose mode on'
* // Given -v -C / outputs 'chdir to /. verbose mode on'
*/
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
......
......@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
* autodata functions in the file.
*
* Example:
* #include <ccan/autodata/autodata.h>
*
* // My set of char pointers.
* AUTODATA_TYPE(names, char);
*/
......
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