From 38bfaea8f269347feb1ab1ca571080b86be1b255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DJ Delorie Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 21:02:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] merge from gcc --- include/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ include/libiberty.h | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/ChangeLog b/include/ChangeLog index f77ca19d104..157dbff4db3 100644 --- a/include/ChangeLog +++ b/include/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2001-09-18 Kaveh R. Ghazi + + * libiberty.h (concat, concat_length, concat_copy, concat_copy2, + ACONCAT): Improve comments. + 2001-09-18 Alan Modra * objalloc.h (OBJALLOC_ALIGN): Define using offsetof. diff --git a/include/libiberty.h b/include/libiberty.h index 43f1b7d401e..a54e3adf05e 100644 --- a/include/libiberty.h +++ b/include/libiberty.h @@ -85,25 +85,29 @@ extern char *basename (); extern const char *lbasename PARAMS ((const char *)); -/* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings, up to (char *) NULL. - Allocates memory using xmalloc. */ +/* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings. You must pass NULL as + the last argument of this function, to terminate the list of + strings. Allocates memory using xmalloc. */ extern char *concat PARAMS ((const char *, ...)) ATTRIBUTE_MALLOC; /* Determine the length of concatenating an arbitrary number of - strings, up to (char *) NULL. */ + strings. You must pass NULL as the last argument of this function, + to terminate the list of strings. */ extern unsigned long concat_length PARAMS ((const char *, ...)); /* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings into a SUPPLIED area of - memory, up to (char *) NULL. The supplied memory is assumed to be - large enough. */ + memory. You must pass NULL as the last argument of this function, + to terminate the list of strings. The supplied memory is assumed + to be large enough. */ extern char *concat_copy PARAMS ((char *, const char *, ...)); /* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings into a GLOBAL area of - memory, up to (char *) NULL. The supplied memory is assumed to be - large enough. */ + memory. You must pass NULL as the last argument of this function, + to terminate the list of strings. The supplied memory is assumed + to be large enough. */ extern char *concat_copy2 PARAMS ((const char *, ...)); @@ -111,8 +115,10 @@ extern char *concat_copy2 PARAMS ((const char *, ...)); extern char *libiberty_concat_ptr; -/* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings, up to (char *) NULL. - Allocates memory using alloca. Arguments are evaluated twice!. */ +/* Concatenate an arbitrary number of strings. You must pass NULL as + the last argument of this function, to terminate the list of + strings. Allocates memory using alloca. The arguments are + evaluated twice! */ #define ACONCAT(ACONCAT_PARAMS) \ (libiberty_concat_ptr = alloca (concat_length ACONCAT_PARAMS + 1), \ concat_copy2 ACONCAT_PARAMS) -- 2.30.2