ARES_LIBRARY_INITIALIZED(3)

✨ ARES_LIBRARY_INITIALIZED(3) ✨

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Library Functions Manual and it's literally the tiniest little vibe check in the whole c-ares friend group. it does not do much. it does exactly one thing. but it does that one thing flawlessly 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

ares_library_initialized — get the initialization state 👀

like... it just tells you where you stand. are we initialized? are we not? it's giving "read receipt for your library setup". no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ares.h>

int ares_library_initialized(void)

that's it. no arguments. no params. no drama. she takes void and she means it 🎀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns information if c-ares needs to get initialized.

fr fr, that's the whole job. you call her, she tells you whether c-ares is already good to go or whether you still gotta do the initialization thing. it's the "are we there yet" of library calls and honestly? iconic behaviour ✨

🌈 RETURN VALUE 🌈

she comes back with one of two moods:

• ARES_ENOTINITIALIZED — nope, not initialized yet 🙈
• ARES_SUCCESS — you're all set, no initialization is needed 👑

no in-between. no "maybe". she does not do ambiguous. periodt 💜

⭐ AVAILABILITY ⭐

This function was first introduced in c-ares version 1.11.0 🌸

so if you're running something older than that... bestie, it's not there. it's simply not giving. upgrade your situation 💅

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• ares_library_init(3)
• ares_library_cleanup(3)

the whole little trio — you init, you check, you clean up. main character energy all around 🦋✨

and that's the tea, babe. this page came to you from the Library Functions Manual, dated 29 Sep 2016, and it's part of the c-ares crew 💖 go forth and ares_library_initialized() responsibly, mwah 🎀💜