From 297602162c89b10f6ee41c21e6302bcc51199a3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gdt <gdt>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 15:56:00 +0000
Subject: add comments clarifying the operation of listnode_add_sort
---
lib/linklist.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/lib/linklist.c b/lib/linklist.c
index 6fc03e16..d6eeab41 100644
--- a/lib/linklist.c
+++ b/lib/linklist.c
@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ listnode_add (struct list *list, void *val)
list->count++;
}
-/* Add new node with sort function. */
+/*
+ * Add a node to the list. If the list was sorted according to the
+ * cmp function, insert a new node with the given val such that the
+ * list remains sorted. The new node is always inserted; there is no
+ * notion of omitting duplicates.
+ */
void
listnode_add_sort (struct list *list, void *val)
{
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ listnode_add_sort (struct list *list, void *val)
{
for (n = list->head; n; n = n->next)
{
+ /* XXX should an "equal" node be inserted before or after? */
if ((*list->cmp) (val, n->data) <= 0)
{
new->next = n;
--
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