EC_NODE_FROM_TYPE(3)

EC_NODE_FROM_TYPE(3) 💖 Libecoli Programmer's Manual ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ec_node_from_type — bestie, this is the one that creates a brand-new node when you already know the type. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <ecoli/node.h>

struct ec_node * ec_node_from_type(
    const struct ec_node_type   *type,  /* The type of the node to create. */
    const char                  *id     /* The node identifier. */
);

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: you're deep in node-constructor land and you already know which type you want. That's literally the whole point of this function. 💅

The manual is very chill about it and just says: this function is typically called from the node constructor. So like — constructor girlies, this one's for you. 🫶

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🎀 STRUCTURES 🎀

So there's a struct that describes a grammar node type. Slay. 👑

The vibe is that it's usually defined as a static const structure, living right inside the code that defines a new grammar node type. If you wanna see real-life examples, go peek at the ecoli_node_<type>.c files — they ate. 🔥

struct ec_node_type {
};

Note: that's the whole struct body as documented here, bestie. Empty. Not a typo on my part, that's genuinely what the page says. 💀

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• Success: you get the new node. 🎉
• Error: you get NULL. 😭

That's it, that's the deal.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

The friend group, in the exact order the page introduced them: 🫶

• ec_node_check_type(3)
• ec_node_iter(3)
• ec_node_attrs(3)
• ec_node_find(3)
• ec_node_type_name(3)
• ec_node_free(3)
• ec_node_id(3)
• ec_node_type_dump(3)
• ec_node_get_config(3)
• ec_node_schema_dump(3)
• ec_node_priv(3)
• ec_node_type_lookup(3)
• ec_node_clone(3)
• ec_node_dump(3)
• ec_node_desc(3)
• ec_node_iter_free(3)
• ec_node_iter_get_parent(3)
• ec_node_type(3)
• ec_node_iter_next(3)
• ec_node_type_schema(3)
• ec_node(3)
• ec_node_get_children_count(3)
• ec_node_get_type_name(3)
• ec_node_type_register(3)
• ec_node_set_config(3)
• ec_node_iter_get_node(3)
• ec_node_get_child(3)

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👑 COPYRIGHT 👑

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

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okay that's the whole page bestie, ily, go build some nodes 🎀✨🦋 — this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and yes the manual section is 3 because we're fancy like that. periodt. 💅🌈