Store the configure object into the map

[perl/modules/Sub-Op.git] / lib / Sub / Op.pm

diff --git a/lib/Sub/Op.pm b/lib/Sub/Op.pm
index 8b7325658143c7f5ac1763b84c11c8a5649ea813..44b3e9b671d5379b1374f63496e3df64958ed899 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Sub/Op.pm
+++ b/lib/Sub/Op.pm
@@ -50,12 +50,13 @@ In your XS file :
     BOOT:
     {
      sub_op_config_t c;
+     sub_op_init(&c);
      c.name    = "reftype";
      c.namelen = sizeof("reftype")-1;
      c.pp      = scalar_util_reftype;
      c.check   = 0;
      c.ud      = NULL;
-     sub_op_register(aTHX_ &c);
+     sub_op_register(aTHX_ &c, 0);
     }
 
 In your Perl module file :
@@ -246,11 +247,25 @@ An optional user data passed to the C<check> callback.
 
 =back
 
-=head2 C<void sub_op_register(pTHX_ const sub_op_config_t *c)>
+=head2 C<void sub_op_init(sub_op_config_t *c)>
+
+Initializes the fields of the C<sub_op_config_t> object.
+For future compatibility, it is required to call this function with your config object before storing your actual values.
+It will store safe defaults for members you won't set.
+
+=head2 C<void sub_op_register(pTHX_ const sub_op_config_t *c, U32 flags)>
 
 Registers a name and its configuration into L<Sub::Op>.
 The caller is responsible for allocating and freeing the C<sub_op_config_t> object.
-No pointer to it or to its members is kept.
+No pointer to it or to its members is kept, except if you pass the flag C<SUB_OP_REGISTER_STEAL> in which case the configuration object will be stolen to be stored into L<Sub::Op>'s internal datastructure.
+
+=head2 C<sub_op_config_t *sub_op_dup(pTHX_ const sub_op_config_t *orig)>
+
+Deeply clones the specified C<sub_op_config_t> object.
+
+=head2 C<void sub_op_free(pTHX_ sub_op_config_t *c)>
+
+Free the memory associated with the specified C<sub_op_config_t> object.
 
 =head1 PERL API