+static INLINE void
+handle_table_clear(struct handle_table *ht,
+ unsigned index)
+{
+ void *object;
+
+ /* The order here is important so that the object being destroyed is not
+ * present in the table when seen by the destroy callback, because the
+ * destroy callback may directly or indirectly call the other functions in
+ * this module.
+ */
+
+ object = ht->objects[index];
+ if(object) {
+ ht->objects[index] = NULL;
+
+ if(ht->destroy)
+ ht->destroy(object);
+ }
+}
+
+