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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.