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<!-- ##### SECTION Title ##### -->
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Singly-Linked Lists
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<!-- ##### SECTION Short_Description ##### -->
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linked lists containing integer values or pointers to data, limited to
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iterating over the list in one direction.
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<!-- ##### SECTION Long_Description ##### -->
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<para>
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The #GSList structure and its associated functions provide a standard
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singly-linked list data structure.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each element in the list contains a piece of data, together with a pointer
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which links to the next element in the list.
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Using this pointer it is possible to move through the list in one
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direction only (unlike the
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<link linkend="glib-Doubly-Linked-lists">Doubly-Linked Lists</link>
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which allow movement in both directions).
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</para>
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<para>
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The data contained in each element can be either integer values, by using one
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of the
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<link linkend="glib-Type-Conversion-Macros">Type Conversion Macros</link>,
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or simply pointers to any type of data.
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</para>
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<para>
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List elements are allocated from the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice
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allocator</link>, which is more efficient than allocating elements
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individually.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that most of the #GSList functions expect to be passed a pointer to
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the first element in the list. The functions which insert elements return
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the new start of the list, which may have changed.
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</para>
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<para>
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There is no function to create a #GSList. %NULL is considered to be the empty
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list so you simply set a #GSList* to %NULL.
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</para>
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<para>
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To add elements, use g_slist_append(), g_slist_prepend(), g_slist_insert()
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and g_slist_insert_sorted().
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</para>
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<para>
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To remove elements, use g_slist_remove().
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</para>
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<para>
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To find elements in the list use g_slist_last(), g_slist_next(),
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g_slist_nth(), g_slist_nth_data(), g_slist_find() and
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g_slist_find_custom().
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</para>
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<para>
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To find the index of an element use g_slist_position() and g_slist_index().
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</para>
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<para>
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To call a function for each element in the list use g_slist_foreach().
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</para>
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<para>
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To free the entire list, use g_slist_free().
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</para>
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<!-- ##### SECTION See_Also ##### -->
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<para>
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</para>
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<!-- ##### SECTION Stability_Level ##### -->
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<!-- ##### STRUCT GSList ##### -->
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<para>
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The #GSList struct is used for each element in the singly-linked list.
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</para>
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@data: holds the element's data, which can be a pointer to any kind of data,
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or any integer value using the
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<link linkend="glib-Type-Conversion-Macros">Type Conversion Macros</link>.
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@next: contains the link to the next element in the list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_alloc ##### -->
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<para>
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Allocates space for one #GSList element.
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It is called by the g_slist_append(), g_slist_prepend(), g_slist_insert() and
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g_slist_insert_sorted() functions and so is rarely used on its own.
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</para>
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@Returns: a pointer to the newly-allocated #GSList element.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_append ##### -->
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<para>
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Adds a new element on to the end of the list.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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The return value is the new start of the list, which may have changed, so
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make sure you store the new value.
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</para>
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</note>
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<note>
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<para>
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Note that g_slist_append() has to traverse the entire list to find the end,
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which is inefficient when adding multiple elements. A common idiom to
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avoid the inefficiency is to prepend the elements and reverse the list
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when all elements have been added.
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</para>
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</note>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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/* Notice that these are initialized to the empty list. */
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GSList *list = NULL, *number_list = NULL;
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/* This is a list of strings. */
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list = g_slist_append (list, "first");
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list = g_slist_append (list, "second");
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/* This is a list of integers. */
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number_list = g_slist_append (number_list, GINT_TO_POINTER (27));
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number_list = g_slist_append (number_list, GINT_TO_POINTER (14));
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data for the new element.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_prepend ##### -->
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<para>
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Adds a new element on to the start of the list.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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The return value is the new start of the list, which may have changed, so
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make sure you store the new value.
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</para>
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</note>
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<informalexample><programlisting>
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/* Notice that it is initialized to the empty list. */
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GSList *list = NULL;
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list = g_slist_prepend (list, "last");
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list = g_slist_prepend (list, "first");
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</programlisting></informalexample>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data for the new element.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_insert ##### -->
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<para>
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Inserts a new element into the list at the given position.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data for the new element.
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@position: the position to insert the element. If this is negative, or is
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larger than the number of elements in the list, the new element is added on
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to the end of the list.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_insert_before ##### -->
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<para>
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Inserts a node before @sibling containing @data. Returns the new head of the list.
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</para>
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@slist: a #GSList.
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@sibling: node to insert @data before.
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@data: data to put in the newly-inserted node.
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@Returns: new head of the list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_insert_sorted ##### -->
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<para>
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Inserts a new element into the list, using the given comparison function
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to determine its position.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data for the new element.
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@func: the function to compare elements in the list. It should return a
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number > 0 if the first parameter comes after the second parameter in
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the sort order.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_remove ##### -->
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<para>
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Removes an element from a #GSList.
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If two elements contain the same data, only the first is removed.
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If none of the elements contain the data, the #GSList is unchanged.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data of the element to remove.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_remove_link ##### -->
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<para>
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Removes an element from a #GSList, without freeing the element.
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The removed element's next link is set to %NULL, so that it becomes a
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self-contained list with one element.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@link_: an element in the #GSList.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList, without the element.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_delete_link ##### -->
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<para>
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Deletes a node of @list. Returns the new list head.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@link_: node to delete.
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@Returns: new head of @list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_remove_all ##### -->
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<para>
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Removes all list nodes with data equal to @data. Returns the new
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head of the list. Contrast with g_slist_remove() which removes only
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the first node matching the given data.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: data to remove.
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@Returns: new head of @list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_free ##### -->
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<para>
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Frees all of the memory used by a #GSList.
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The freed elements are returned to the slice allocator.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_free_1 ##### -->
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<para>
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Frees one #GSList element.
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It is usually used after g_slist_remove_link().
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList element.
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<!-- ##### MACRO g_slist_free1 ##### -->
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<para>
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A macro which does the same as g_slist_free_1().
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</para>
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@Since: 2.10
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_length ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the number of elements in a #GSList.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@Returns: the number of elements in the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_copy ##### -->
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<para>
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Copies a #GSList.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that this is a "shallow" copy. If the list elements consist of pointers
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to data, the pointers are copied but the actual data isn't.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@Returns: a copy of @list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_reverse ##### -->
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<para>
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Reverses a #GSList.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@Returns: the start of the reversed #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_insert_sorted_with_data ##### -->
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<para>
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Inserts a new element into the list, using the given comparison function
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to determine its position.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data for the new element.
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@func: the function to compare elements in the list. It should return a
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number > 0 if the first parameter comes after the second parameter in
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the sort order.
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@user_data: data to pass to comparison function.
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@Returns: the new start of the #GSList.
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@Since 2.10
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_sort ##### -->
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<para>
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Sorts a #GSList using the given comparison function.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@compare_func: the comparison function used to sort the #GSList.
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This function is passed the data from 2 elements of the #GSList and should
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return 0 if they are equal, a negative value if the first element
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comes before the second, or a positive value if the first element
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comes after the second.
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@Returns: the start of the sorted #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_sort_with_data ##### -->
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<para>
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Like g_slist_sort(), but the sort function accepts a user data argument.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList
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@compare_func: comparison function.
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@user_data: data to pass to comparison function.
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@Returns: new head of the list.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_concat ##### -->
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<para>
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Adds the second #GSList onto the end of the first #GSList.
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Note that the elements of the second #GSList are not copied.
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They are used directly.
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</para>
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@list1: a #GSList.
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@list2: the #GSList to add to the end of the first #GSList.
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@Returns: the start of the new #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_foreach ##### -->
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<para>
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Calls a function for each element of a #GSList.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@func: the function to call with each element's data.
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@user_data: user data to pass to the function.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_last ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the last element in a #GSList.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@Returns: the last element in the #GSList, or %NULL if the #GSList has no
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elements.
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<!-- ##### MACRO g_slist_next ##### -->
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<para>
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A convenience macro to gets the next element in a #GSList.
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</para>
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@slist: an element in a #GSList.
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@Returns: the next element, or %NULL if there are no more elements.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_nth ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the element at the given position in a #GSList.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@n: the position of the element, counting from 0.
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@Returns: the element, or %NULL if the position is off the end of the #GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_nth_data ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the data of the element at the given position.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@n: the position of the element.
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@Returns: the element's data, or %NULL if the position is off the end of the
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#GSList.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_find ##### -->
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<para>
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Finds the element in a #GSList which contains the given data.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the element data to find.
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@Returns: the found #GSList element, or %NULL if it is not found.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_find_custom ##### -->
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<para>
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Finds an element in a #GSList, using a supplied function to find the desired
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element.
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It iterates over the list, calling the given function which should return 0
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when the desired element is found.
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The function takes two #gconstpointer arguments, the #GSList element's data as
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the first argument and the given user data.
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: user data passed to the function.
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@func: the function to call for each element. It should return 0 when the
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desired element is found.
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@Returns: the found #GSList element, or %NULL if it is not found.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_position ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the position of the given element in the #GSList (starting from 0).
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@llink: an element in the #GSList.
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@Returns: the position of the element in the #GSList, or -1 if the element
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is not found.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_index ##### -->
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<para>
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Gets the position of the element containing the given data (starting from 0).
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</para>
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@list: a #GSList.
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@data: the data to find.
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@Returns: the index of the element containing the data, or -1 if the data
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is not found.
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_push_allocator ##### -->
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<para>
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Sets the allocator to use to allocate #GSList elements.
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Use g_slist_pop_allocator() to restore the previous allocator.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that this function is not available if GLib has been compiled
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with <option>--disable-mem-pools</option>
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</para>
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@dummy: the #GAllocator to use when allocating #GSList elements.
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@Deprecated: 2.10: It does nothing, since #GSList has been
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converted to the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link>
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<!-- ##### FUNCTION g_slist_pop_allocator ##### -->
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<para>
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Restores the previous #GAllocator, used when allocating #GSList elements.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note that this function is not available if GLib has been compiled
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with <option>--disable-mem-pools</option>
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</para>
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@Deprecated: 2.10: It does nothing, since #GSList has been
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converted to the <link linkend="glib-Memory-Slices">slice allocator</link>
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