EC_CONFIG_VALIDATE(3)

💖 EC_CONFIG_VALIDATE(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to Libecoli Programmer's Manual — this one's called ec_config_validate, and yes she's a section 3 girlie. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ec_config_validate — validate a configuration, periodt. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <ecoli/config.h>

int ec_config_validate(
    const struct ec_config          *dict,    /* A hash table configuration to validate. */
    /*
     * Pointer to the first element of the schema array. The array must be
     * terminated by a sentinel entry (type == EC_CONFIG_TYPE_NONE).
     */
    const struct ec_config_schema   *schema
);

so like, you hand her a config (dict) and a schema array (schema), and she checks the vibe. ⭐

🚨 real talk: that schema array must be terminated by a sentinel entry, and that sentinel has type == EC_CONFIG_TYPE_NONE. no sentinel, no party. don't skip it, bestie, fr fr.

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🎀 STRUCTURES 🎀

✨ the schema structure ✨

Structure describing the format of a configuration value.

This structure is used in a const array which is referenced by a struct ec_config. Each entry of the array represents a key/value storage of the configuration dictionary.

struct ec_config_schema {
    enum   flags;
};

✨ the config structure ✨

Structure storing the configuration data.

struct ec_config {
    union ec_config::@165033305204240054252215261010262276266146032272  @204272232073016241350260013126061051223010235320;
};

look at that union name, it's giving main character energy 🫶 (yes, copy it exactly, don't you dare retype it by hand 😭)

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👑 RETURN VALUE 👑

• 0 — success, slay, we ate 💖
• -1 — error, and errno gets set. not iconic but informative. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, no cap:

• 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_dup(3)
• ec_config_dump(3)
• ec_config_dict_del(3)
• ec_config_bool(3)

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, filed under EC_CONFIG_VALIDATE(3) — go validate something cute, ily, bye 🧚💖✨