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C API: clarify some documentation

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Yorick van Pelt 2023-08-28 16:42:59 +02:00 committed by José Luis Lafuente
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@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ typedef void Value; // nix::Value
/**
* @brief Initialize the Nix language evaluator.
*
* This function should be called before creating a State.
* This function can be called multiple times.
* This function must be called at least once,
* at some point before constructing a State for the first time.
* This function can be called multiple times, and is idempotent.
*
* @param[out] context Optional, stores error information
* @return NIX_OK if the initialization was successful, an error code otherwise.
@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ nix_err nix_value_call(nix_c_context *context, State *state, Value *fn,
*
* @note You don't need this function for basic API usage, since all functions
* that return a value call it for you. The only place you will see a
* NIX_TYPE_THUNK is in the primop callback.
* NIX_TYPE_THUNK is in the arguments that are passed to a PrimOp function
* you supplied to nix_alloc_primop.
*
* @param[out] context Optional, stores error information
* @param[in] state The state of the evaluation.

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@ -66,12 +66,12 @@ typedef struct ExternalValue ExternalValue;
*/
/** @brief Function pointer for primops
* @param[in] state Evaluator state
* @param[in] pos position of function call
* @param[in] args list of arguments
* @param[out] v return value
* @param[in] pos Call position, opaque index into the state's position table.
* @param[in] args list of arguments. Note that these can be thunks and should be forced using nix_value_force before use.
* @param[out] ret return value
* @see nix_alloc_primop, nix_set_primop
*/
typedef void (*PrimOpFun)(State *state, int pos, Value **args, Value *v);
typedef void (*PrimOpFun)(State *state, int pos, Value **args, Value *ret);
/** @brief Allocate a PrimOp
*
@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ typedef void (*PrimOpFun)(State *state, int pos, Value **args, Value *v);
*
* @param[out] context Optional, stores error information
* @param[in] fun callback
* @param[in] arity expected amount of function arguments
* @param[in] arity expected number of function arguments
* @param[in] name function name
* @param[in] args array of argument names
* @param[in] args array of argument names, NULL-terminated
* @param[in] doc optional, documentation for this primop
* @return primop, or null in case of errors
* @see nix_set_primop