Name

gstack — generic stack.

Synopsis

#include <gstack.h>
gstack_t * gstack_new ( size_t size,
  size_t initial,
  size_t increment);
 
void gstack_destroy( gstack_t * stack);
 
int gstack_push( gstack_t * stack,
  const void * item);
 
int gstack_pop( gstack_t * stack,
  void * item);
 
int gstack_reverse( gstack_t * stack);
 
int gstack_foreach( gstack_t * stack,
  int (*f)(void*, void*) ,
  void * context);
 
bool gstack_empty( const gstack_t * stack);
 
size_t gstack_size( const gstack_t * stack);
 

DESCRIPTION

A push/pop stack implemented on a dynamic array, the item being of a fixed size passed to the constructor, gstack_create along with the initial size of the stack and the increment by which to expand it when needed.

The gstack_push function copies the item onto the head of the stack, and likewise gstack_pop copies it back. One queries the emptiness of the stack with gstack_empty

Non-stack operations on a gstack include gstack_size, giving the number of items on the stack, gstack_reverse for an in-place reversal of the stack, and gstack_foreach as a general-purpose iterator. The function f, of prototype

int f( void * item,
  void * context);
 

is applied to each item in the stack (in insert order); returns positive to continue, 0 to terminate succesfully and negative to terminate with error.

RETURN VALUE

Functions returning an integer return zero on success and non-zero on error.

AUTHORS

J. J. Green.