EC_CONFIG_BOOL(3)

💖 EC_CONFIG_BOOL(3) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to ec_config_bool from the Libecoli Programmer's Manual — yes it's a manual page, yes it's page 3, yes we're making it cute. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, this one's short and sweet and you're gonna slay it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_config_bool — create a boolean configuration value. that's it. that's the whole job. a little bool in a trench coat. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/config.h>

struct ec_config * ec_config_bool(
    bool  boolean   /* The boolean value to be set. */
);

so you pull in <ecoli/config.h> and then you hand over one single bool — that's the boolean value you want to be set — and boom, you get a config object back. one argument, zero drama, main character energy fr fr ✨

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🫶 RETURN VALUE 🫶

you get the configuration object back. that's the good ending. 💅

but also — and this is the part where we keep it real — you can get NULL on error, and in that case errno is set. so if you're getting NULL, bestie, check your errno, don't just stand there staring at it 😭

no cap: always check for NULL before you go dereferencing. the config object does not owe you anything.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, all of them, in order, no one left out (iykyk):

• ec_config_schema_sub(3)
• ec_config_u64(3)
• ec_config_list_del(3)
• ec_config_dict(3)
• ec_config_count(3)
• ec_config_schema_dump(3)
• ec_config_i64(3)
• ec_config_list_next(3)
• ec_config_get_type(3)
• ec_config_dict_set(3)
• ec_config_list_first(3)
• ec_config_schema_type(3)
• ec_config_node(3)
• ec_config_list(3)
• ec_config_cmp(3)
• ec_node_config_node_list_to_table(3)
• ec_config_key_is_reserved(3)
• ec_config_string(3)
• ec_config_dict_get(3)
• ec_config_free(3)
• ec_node_config_node_list_from_vargs(3)
• ec_config_list_add(3)
• ec_config_schema_validate(3)
• ec_config_schema_lookup(3)
• ec_config_validate(3)
• ec_config_dup(3)
• ec_config_dump(3)
• ec_config_dict_del(3)

like… that's the entire group chat. go read them too, they're all valid 💜

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Olivier Matz, Robin Jarry.

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and that's the page, bestie 🎀 this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and honestly? she ate. go make your boolean. 🌈⭐