Re: g_list_prepend() does not call g_list_first()



On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:11:30 -0800
"Alan M. Evans" <ame1 extratech com> wrote:

> I believe that this is a reasonable behavior. But it should be
> documented.

I am inclined to agree. Anyone with any sense, as you point out, would
keep a pointer to the head of the list; thus making g_list_prepend()
equivalent to e.g. perl's "unshift" operator on lists. Though documenting
its behaviour would be wise; if only in case anyone relies on this in
code, and a reader stumbles upon it not realising...

That said, by specifically not moving to the head of the list, this makes
it into an equivalent of g_list_insert_before(), when passed the same
GList* as both arguments. Is this intended / desirable / noticed?

-- 
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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