NAME

       addchain - create a chain and add it to a list

SYNOPSYS

       #include "mut.h"
       chain_list ∗addchain(pthead, ptdata)
       chain_list ∗pthead;
       void ∗ptdata;

PARAMETERS

       pthead              Pointer to a chain_list

       ptdata              Generic pointer to any kind of information

DESCRIPTION

       addchain  creates  a  new  chain  element  and adds it to the front of the list pointed to by pthead, and
       becomes itself the list head.
       The chain_lists are mosty used to create temporary lists of homogeneous elements, for binary  trees,  and
       so on.
       The  ptdata  points  to  any  kind  of  list  or  may  itself  be a value, if proper cast is performed at
       compilation time, and fills the DATA field of the chain structure.  For details  on  the  structure,  see
       chain(3).

RETURN VALUE

       addchain returns a pointer to the new head of list.

EXAMPLE

       #include "mut.h"
       #include "mlo.h"
       chain_list ∗get_external_connectors(ptfig)
       lofig_list ∗ptfig;
       {
       locon_list ∗pt = ptfig->LOCON;
       chain_list ∗c = NULL; /∗ initialized for regularity ∗/
          while (pt) {
             if (pt->TYPE == EXTERNAL)
                c = addchain(c, (void ∗)pt)
             pt = pt->NEXT;
          }
          return c;
       }

SEE ALSO

       mbk(1), chain(3), freechain(3), delchain(3).

ASIM/LIP6                                        October 1, 1997                                     ADDCHAIN(3)