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| author | Lennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net> | 2016-07-21 20:23:51 +0200 |
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| committer | Sven Eden <yamakuzure@gmx.net> | 2017-06-16 10:13:01 +0200 |
| commit | db92d3c50c716a383ede28911de4ea089ae94290 (patch) | |
| tree | 56f6bdd0c385e772583c51b09705d8e9c58acdcb /man | |
| parent | 7f1ebb0bcb5c480ea0e21f24f8b348a85313087b (diff) | |
sd-id128: handle NULL return parameter in sd_id128_from_string() nicer
If the return parameter is NULL, simply validate the string, and return no
error.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/sd_id128_to_string.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml index 8f3efc145..11bee6919 100644 --- a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml +++ b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml @@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ lowercase hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a <constant>NUL</constant> byte.</para> - <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> implements the - reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string with 32 - hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by - <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them back into a 128-bit ID - returned in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call - can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted - as RFC UUID.</para> + <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> implements the reverse operation: it takes a 33 character string + with 32 hexadecimal digits (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them + back into a 128-bit ID returned in <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call can also parse a + 37-character string with a 128-bit ID formatted as RFC UUID. If <parameter>ret</parameter> is passed as NULL the + function will validate the passed ID string, but not actually return it in parsed form.</para> <para>For more information about the <literal>sd_id128_t</literal> type see |