ecoli_node_many(3)

💅 ecoli_node_many(3)

okay so bestie, welcome to Libecoli, and specifically to ecoli_node_many(3) — the manual page for the Many node. yes that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ecoli_node_many — Many node

• A node that matches its child multiple times. like, the same child, over and over. iconic repetitive queen behavior honestly 🔥

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Functions

struct ec_node * ec_node_many (const char *id, struct ec_node *child,
    unsigned int min, unsigned int max)
int ec_node_many_set_params (struct ec_node *gen_node, struct ec_node
    *child, unsigned int min, unsigned int max)

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🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

A node that matches its child multiple times. that's it, that's the whole concept — one child node, matched again and again. lowkey elegant, highkey useful 💖

🧚 Configuration Schema

schema many {
    node child  {
        description "The child node.";
    }
    uint64 min  {
        description "The minimum number of matches (default = 0).";
    }
    uint64 max  {
        description "The maximum number of matches. If 0, there is no maximum (default = 0).";
    }
}

heads up: for max, a value of 0 means there is no maximum at all — not "zero matches". so like, don't panic when you see it 🙈

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👑 Function Documentation 👑

⭐ struct ec_node* ec_node_many (const char * id, struct ec_node * child, unsigned int min, unsigned int max)

Create a many node that matches its child multiple times. fresh node, fresh repetitive vibes, main character energy fr fr ✨

Parameters — the way this works:

• id — The node identifier.
• child — The child node. It is consumed and will be freed when the parent is freed, or immediately on error. 👀 so like, it's yours now, the parent owns it, don't go freeing it yourself, that's giving double-free disaster 💀
• min — Minimum number of repetitions. Use 0 for no minimum.
• max — Maximum number of repetitions. Use 0 for no maximum.

Returns

The node, or NULL on error (errno is set). ngl if you get NULL back, go check errno, she's spilling the tea 🫶

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⭐ int ec_node_many_set_params (struct ec_node * gen_node, struct ec_node * child, unsigned int min, unsigned int max)

Set the parameters of a many node. so if you already made the node and now you're like "wait, new parameters just dropped", this is your girl 💅

Parameters:

• gen_node — The many node.
• child — The child node. It is consumed and will be freed when the parent is freed, or immediately on error. same rule as before bestie — consumed on success, and if it errors out, it gets freed right away, so don't touch it after 😭
• min — Minimum number of repetitions. Use 0 for no minimum.
• max — Maximum number of repetitions. Use 0 for no maximum.

Returns

0 on success, -1 on error (errno is set). classic. zero is slay, minus one is not slay 🌈

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💜 Author 💜

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🌟 and that's the whole page! shoutout to Libecoli version 0.11.3, dated Thu Apr 9 2026 — this manual page ate and left no crumbs. periodt. 💅✨🎀