[glib] ghash: Document that g_hash_get_[keys|values]() are expensive
- From: Philip Withnall <pwithnall src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [glib] ghash: Document that g_hash_get_[keys|values]() are expensive
- Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 18:40:54 +0000 (UTC)
commit 59748c3be03fb4df0005fcc54f6b6267d6b2ada8
Author: Philip Withnall <philip withnall collabora co uk>
Date: Fri Dec 19 18:52:32 2014 +0000
ghash: Document that g_hash_get_[keys|values]() are expensive
And definitely not the right way to iterate over a hash table (as seen
in code in the wild).
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=741779
glib/ghash.c | 12 ++++++++++++
1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/glib/ghash.c b/glib/ghash.c
index 41d05dc..78d7f38 100644
--- a/glib/ghash.c
+++ b/glib/ghash.c
@@ -1701,6 +1701,10 @@ g_hash_table_size (GHashTable *hash_table)
* Retrieves every key inside @hash_table. The returned data is valid
* until changes to the hash release those keys.
*
+ * This iterates over every entry in the hash table to build its return value.
+ * To iterate over the entries in a #GHashTable more efficiently, use a
+ * #GHashTableIter.
+ *
* Returns: a #GList containing all the keys inside the hash
* table. The content of the list is owned by the hash table and
* should not be modified or freed. Use g_list_free() when done
@@ -1740,6 +1744,10 @@ g_hash_table_get_keys (GHashTable *hash_table)
* Note: in the common case of a string-keyed #GHashTable, the return
* value of this function can be conveniently cast to (const gchar **).
*
+ * This iterates over every entry in the hash table to build its return value.
+ * To iterate over the entries in a #GHashTable more efficiently, use a
+ * #GHashTableIter.
+ *
* You should always free the return result with g_free(). In the
* above-mentioned case of a string-keyed hash table, it may be
* appropriate to use g_strfreev() if you call g_hash_table_steal_all()
@@ -1779,6 +1787,10 @@ g_hash_table_get_keys_as_array (GHashTable *hash_table,
* Retrieves every value inside @hash_table. The returned data
* is valid until @hash_table is modified.
*
+ * This iterates over every entry in the hash table to build its return value.
+ * To iterate over the entries in a #GHashTable more efficiently, use a
+ * #GHashTableIter.
+ *
* Returns: a #GList containing all the values inside the hash
* table. The content of the list is owned by the hash table and
* should not be modified or freed. Use g_list_free() when done
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