buffer.h

/* A "buffer" utility type.
   Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

This file is part of GCC.

GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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/* Written by Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>, July 1998. */

/* A simple data structure for an expandable buffer. */

struct buffer
{
  /* The start of the actual data buffer. */
  unsigned char *data;

  /* Where to write next in the buffer. */
  unsigned char *ptr;

  /* The end of the allocated data buffer. */
  unsigned char *limit;
};

#define NULL_BUFFER { (void*) 0, (void*) 0, (void*) 0 }

#define BUFFER_INIT(BUFP) \
  ((BUFP)->data = NULL, (BUFP)->ptr = NULL, (BUFP)->limit = NULL)

#define BUFFER_LENGTH(BUFP) ((BUFP)->ptr - (BUFP)->data)

#define BUFFER_RESET(BUFP) ((BUFP)->ptr = (BUFP)->data)

extern void buffer_grow (struct buffer*, int);