EC_NODE_COND(3)

💖 NAME 💖

ec_node_cond — bestie, this is the function that creates a condition node. That's it, that's the whole job. ✨

This page lives in the Libecoli Programmer's Manual (section 3, aka the C library functions girlies 🫶).

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/node_cond.h>

struct ec_node * ec_node_cond(
    const char       *id,        /* The node identifier. */
    /*
     * The condition string. This is a function-based expression.
     */
    const char       *cond_str,
    struct ec_node   *child      /* The ecoli child node. */
);

okay so like. three args. id, cond_str, and child. iconic signature tbh. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the condition node does one very specific little thing: it checks that an expression is true before it goes ahead and parses/completes the child node. ✨

And if that expression is false?? it doesn't match anything. not a single thing. it's giving "no thoughts, head empty, zero matches" 💀

So basically: condition true → child gets to do its thing. condition false → nothing happens, we move on. that's the vibe check. 🌈

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🎀 RETURN VALUE 🎀

You get back the new ecoli cond node. 🫶 that's your girl right there. struct ec_node *, freshly made, ready to be plugged into your tree.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

...yeah bestie there's literally nothing here 😭 the original page left it blank so I'm leaving it blank too. no cap. an empty SEE ALSO is its own kind of main character energy I guess 💅✨

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💖 this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and you've been reading EC_NODE_COND(3) — go forth and conditionally match, bestie 🌸🦋