BSON_OID_INIT_FROM_DATA(3)

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version 2.5.6 · 16 versions
, in epel 10

💅 BSON_OID_INIT_FROM_DATA(3) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the libbson section 3 club — this one's a tiny little cutie from the libbson manual, and honestly? it ate. let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void
bson_oid_init_from_data (bson_oid_t *oid, const uint8_t *data);

literally it's just one function, no return value, nothing spicy. void. that's the whole vibe check 😌

🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

  • oid: a bson_oid_t. yeah. that's the thing. that's the girl. it's the oid you're about to fill up 💖
  • data: a buffer containing 12 bytes for the oid. twelve. not eleven, not thirteen. twelve, bestie. count them. 🔢

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: bson_oid_init_from_data initializes a bson_oid_t using the raw buffer you hand it. that's it. that's the whole function. you give it data, it gives you an oid. iconic behavior honestly 👑

like, no cap, it's not doing any fancy generation or timestamps or whatever — you're the one supplying the raw bytes, it's just... putting them in the oid. main character energy where you are the main character 🌈

lowkey important: the data buffer needs to have those 12 bytes ready to go, so don't come in there with a short little buffer and expect slay. that's not giving what you think it's giving 💀

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the ones who brought you this whole situation 💜

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. protecting the intellectual property, periodt 🎀

and that's the page!! short and sweet, just like this function 🍓

so anyway, this lil number came from libbson version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — mwah, love that for us, catch you in the next manpage bestie 💖✨🧚‍♀️

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