From e242148012196772e3fe2652d538fb923b91ca92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephen Boyd Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:16:02 -0700 Subject: string-list: add unsorted_string_list_lookup() Sometimes users need to lookup a string in an unsorted string_list. In that case they should use this function instead of the version for sorted strings. Signed-off-by: Stephen Boyd Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano --- Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt index 293bb15d2..6d8c24bb1 100644 --- a/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-string-list.txt @@ -104,8 +104,12 @@ write `string_list_insert(...)->util = ...;`. `unsorted_string_list_has_string`:: It's like `string_list_has_string()` but for unsorted lists. + +`unsorted_string_list_lookup`:: + + It's like `string_list_lookup()` but for unsorted lists. + -This function needs to look through all items, as opposed to its +The above two functions need to look through all items, as opposed to their counterpart for sorted lists, which performs a binary search. Data structures -- cgit v1.2.1