EC_HTABLE_DUP(3)

💖 EC_HTABLE_DUP(3) — the Libecoli Programmer's Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so this is ec_htable_dup, straight out of the Libecoli Programmer's Manual, section 3 (the library-call girlies know 👑). she clones hash tables. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_htable_dup — Duplicate a hash table. yes, literally just copy the whole thing, no cap. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/htable.h>

struct ec_htable * ec_htable_dup(
    const struct ec_htable   *htable   /* The hash table. */
);

she takes one arg, she gives you back a whole new table. lowkey iconic.

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

so here's the tea ☕ — a reference counter is shared between the clones of hash tables. what that means for you, bestie, is that the objects don't get freed until the last reference is destroyed. 🫶

it's giving "we're all in this together" energy. nobody leaves the function until every clone is done, periodt. ✨

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🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

• the duplicated hash table — slay, you got a clone 💖
• NULL on error — and errno is set, so check that if things go sideways 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, in the order the page lists them:

• ec_htable_iter_get_key(3)
• ec_htable_iter_get_val(3)
• ec_htable_iter_next(3)
• ec_htable_has_key(3)
• ec_htable_len(3)
• ec_htable(3)
• ec_htable_force_seed(3)
• ec_htable_iter_get_key_len(3)
• ec_htable_dump(3)
• ec_htable_del(3)
• ec_htable_set(3)
• ec_htable_get(3)
• ec_htable_free(3)
• ec_htable_iter(3)

go read them. iykyk. 📚

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💜 COPYRIGHT 💜

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

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! ✨ shoutout to libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and huge love to Olivier Matz and Robin Jarry for the copyright years 2010-2026 🫶💖 mwah, go dup some tables, you're gonna ate 💅🎀