BSON_REINIT(3)

💅 BSON_REINIT(3) — libbson edition, bestie ✨

Okay so this is a libbson manual page and honestly? It's a short one, so we're gonna get through it together, no cap 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void
bson_reinit (bson_t *b);

That's it. That's the whole signature. Iconic, lowkey.

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🎀 PARAMETERS 🎀

• b — a bson_t. That's the singular parameter. Just the one. She's a solo act 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So bson_reinit reinitializes a bson_t. Like, it resets it. Gives it a fresh start. Main character reinvention arc, but for a struct 💖

Here's the tea though: if that bson_t structure contains a malloc()'d buffer, that buffer may be reused. So it's not necessarily throwing the memory away and starting from zero — "may be reused" is the phrasing, and we're keeping that phrasing because that's what it says 🔥

⚠️ Now for the important part, bestie, listen up: to be certain that any buffer is freed, you always call bson_destroy() on any bson_t structure — whether it's been initialized or reinitialized — after its final use. Reinit is not a substitute for destroy. Do not skip the destroy. I'm serious. Always destroy. Periodt 🫶

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

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

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🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc.

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✨ that's the whole page, you ate that ✨

Kisses, and a cute little sign-off: this was libbson 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — go forth and reinit responsibly, my love 🎀💖🦋