NAME

       ne_buffer_destroy, ne_buffer_finish - destroy a buffer object

SYNOPSIS

       #include <ne_string.h>

       void ne_buffer_destroy(ne_buffer *buf);

       char *ne_buffer_finish(ne_buffer *buf);

DESCRIPTION

       ne_buffer_destroy frees all memory associated with the buffer.  ne_buffer_finish frees the
       buffer structure, but not the actual string stored in the buffer, which is returned and
       must be free()d by the caller.

       Any use of the buffer object after calling either of these functions gives undefined
       behaviour.

RETURN VALUE

       ne_buffer_finish returns the malloc-allocated string stored in the buffer.

EXAMPLES

       An example use of ne_buffer_finish; the duplicate function returns a string made up of n
       copies of str:

           static char *duplicate(int n, const char *str)
           {
             ne_buffer *buf = ne_buffer_create();
             while (n--) {
               ne_buffer_zappend(buf, str);
             }
             return ne_buffer_finish(buf);
           }

SEE ALSO

       ne_buffer, ne_buffer_create, ne_buffer_zappend

AUTHOR

       Joe Orton <neon@lists.manyfish.co.uk>
           Author.

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