EC_YAML_IMPORT(3)

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💖 EC_YAML_IMPORT — bestie edition 💖

okay so we're in the libecoli programmer's manual rn and today's main character is ec_yaml_import(3). yes it's a section 3 page, yes it's giving "C function", yes you're gonna slay it. 🧚✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ec_yaml_import — parse a YAML file and build an ec_node tree from it. that's the whole vibe. read YAML, make tree. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ecoli/yaml.h>

struct ec_node * ec_yaml_import(
    const char   *filename   /* The path to the file to be parsed. */
);

like. one include. one function. one argument. it's giving minimalist queen. 🎀

🔥 RETURN VALUE 🔥

so what do you get back? depends on how it goes bestie:

  • success → you get the ec_node tree. iconic. ate. no notes. 👑
  • error → you get NULL, and errno is set. yeah she's not happy. 😭
⚠️ okay this part is important and I need you to lock in: the node that gets returned is yours to free. the caller has to clean it up with ec_node_free(). no leaving it lying around, no ghosting your memory, that's not the vibe. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

  • ec_yaml_export(3) — the other half of the situationship. it does the opposite direction, iykyk. 💜

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

okay that's the whole page bestie, tysm for reading 🦋 this was libecoli, dated 2026-06-11, and honestly? she ate. go build your tree. mwah. 💅🌸✨

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