IXP_PDATA(3)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, say hi to ixp_pdata — this is the IXP_PDATA(3) page, library functions manual vibes, and it's literally about packing and unpacking raw buffers. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <ixp.h>

void ixp_pdata(IxpMsg *msg, char **data, uint len);

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so ixp_pdata packs or unpacks a raw character buffer of size len. iconic. 🎀

• if msg->mode is MsgPack, the buffer pointed to by data is packed into the buffer at msg->pos. slay.
• if msg->mode is MsgUnpack, the address pointed to by s is loaded with a malloc(3) allocated buffer with the contents of the buffer at msg->pos. yes, the manual says s here — keeping it exact, bestie. 🫶

in either case, msg->pos is advanced by the number of bytes read or written. periodt. ✨

edge-case check 👀: if the action would advance msg->pos beyond msg->end, msg->pos is still advanced, but no other action is taken. no cap.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• IxpMsg(3)
• ixp_pstring(3)

mwah 💋 this page is from the libixp Manual, dated 2012 Dec — IXP_PDATA(3) out. 🦋