[glib] String chunks: move docs from tmpl to .c



commit 84572f81bfc2696390625e814d0200cbb26220cb
Author: Ryan Lortie <desrt desrt ca>
Date:   Sat Jan 30 23:04:52 2010 -0500

    String chunks: move docs from tmpl to .c

 docs/reference/glib/tmpl/.gitignore         |    1 +
 docs/reference/glib/tmpl/string_chunks.sgml |  108 ---------------------------
 glib/gstring.c                              |   35 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/.gitignore b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/.gitignore
index dcaa602..dce5b29 100644
--- a/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/reference/glib/tmpl/.gitignore
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ option.sgml
 random_numbers.sgml
 sequence.sgml
 shell.sgml
+string_chunks.sgml
 threads.sgml
 timers.sgml
diff --git a/glib/gstring.c b/glib/gstring.c
index dcd9ffb..aaff031 100644
--- a/glib/gstring.c
+++ b/glib/gstring.c
@@ -44,6 +44,41 @@
 
 #include "galias.h"
 
+/**
+ * SECTION: string_chunks
+ * @title: String Chunks
+ * @short_description: efficient storage of groups of strings
+ *
+ * String chunks are used to store groups of strings. Memory is
+ * allocated in blocks, and as strings are added to the #GStringChunk
+ * they are copied into the next free position in a block. When a block
+ * is full a new block is allocated.
+ *
+ * When storing a large number of strings, string chunks are more
+ * efficient than using g_strdup() since fewer calls to malloc() are
+ * needed, and less memory is wasted in memory allocation overheads.
+ *
+ * By adding strings with g_string_chunk_insert_const() it is also
+ * possible to remove duplicates.
+ *
+ * To create a new #GStringChunk use g_string_chunk_new().
+ *
+ * To add strings to a #GStringChunk use g_string_chunk_insert().
+ *
+ * To add strings to a #GStringChunk, but without duplicating strings
+ * which are already in the #GStringChunk, use
+ * g_string_chunk_insert_const().
+ *
+ * To free the entire #GStringChunk use g_string_chunk_free(). It is
+ * not possible to free individual strings.
+ **/
+
+/**
+ * GStringChunk:
+ *
+ * An opaque data structure representing String Chunks. It should only
+ * be accessed by using the following functions.
+ **/
 struct _GStringChunk
 {
   GHashTable *const_table;



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