[glib] gdir: Clarify in documentation that ordering is not defined
- From: Colin Walters <walters src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib] gdir: Clarify in documentation that ordering is not defined
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:25:33 +0000 (UTC)
commit 291545b6eee306249529652a2d1422d0e7a460c8
Author: Colin Walters <walters verbum org>
Date: Mon Sep 20 13:20:04 2010 -0400
gdir: Clarify in documentation that ordering is not defined
glib/gdir.c | 16 ++++++++++++----
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/glib/gdir.c b/glib/gdir.c
index 15aeb4c..0f0a17f 100644
--- a/glib/gdir.c
+++ b/glib/gdir.c
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ struct _GDir
* g_dir_open() fails.
*
* Opens a directory for reading. The names of the files in the
- * directory can then be retrieved using g_dir_read_name().
+ * directory can then be retrieved using g_dir_read_name(). Note
+ * that the ordering is not defined.
*
* Return value: a newly allocated #GDir on success, %NULL on failure.
* If non-%NULL, you must free the result with g_dir_close()
@@ -178,9 +179,16 @@ g_dir_open (const gchar *path,
* g_dir_read_name:
* @dir: a #GDir* created by g_dir_open()
*
- * Retrieves the name of the next entry in the directory. The '.' and
- * '..' entries are omitted. On Windows, the returned name is in
- * UTF-8. On Unix, it is in the on-disk encoding.
+ * Retrieves the name of another entry in the directory, or %NULL.
+ * The order of entries returned from this function is not defined,
+ * and may vary by file system or other operating-system dependent
+ * factors.
+ *
+ * On Unix, the '.' and '..' entries are omitted, and the returned
+ * name is in the on-disk encoding.
+ *
+ * On Windows, as is true of all GLib functions which operate on
+ * filenames, the returned name is in UTF-8.
*
* Return value: The entry's name or %NULL if there are no
* more entries. The return value is owned by GLib and
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