qt_dictionary_iterator_create(3)

💖 qt_dictionary_iterator_create — the manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, so this one's from the libqthread manual, and it's called qt_dictionary_iterator_create. it's a whole function, and honestly? she's giving "start of a beautiful friendship" energy. let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

qt_dictionary_iterator_create — allocate a concurrent dictionary iterator 👑

like. she makes you an iterator. for a dictionary. and the dictionary is concurrent. that's the whole gig. slay.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <qthread/dictionary.h>

qt_dictionary_iterator *
qt_dictionary_iterator_create (qt_dictionary *dict);

so you pull in the header, you hand her a qt_dictionary * called dict, and she hands you back a qt_dictionary_iterator *. that's the deal. no cap.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the tea: this function creates a dictionary iterator. that's it, that's the job, and she does it well 💅

and the iterator she gives you? it points to the first element of the dictionary dict. like she's holding your hand and walking you to the very front of the line. first element. immediately. iconic behaviour fr fr.

💜 RETURN VALUES 💜

• she returns an initialized qt_dictionary_iterator object 🌈 — everything's set up, ready to go, main character energy
• or she returns NULL if something went wrong 😭

not me warning you about the NULL case but like... bestie. always check for NULL. if something went wrong, you get NULL, and that's the vibe check. no iterator for you. 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the whole friend group, the entire squad, the polycule of dictionary functions 🧚:

• qt_dictionary_create(3)
• qt_dictionary_delete(3)
• qt_dictionary_destroy(3)
• qt_dictionary_end(3)
• qt_dictionary_get(3)
• qt_dictionary_iterator_copy(3)
• qt_dictionary_iterator_destroy(3)
• qt_dictionary_iterator_equals(3)
• qt_dictionary_iterator_get(3)
• qt_dictionary_iterator_next(3)
• qt_dictionary_put(3)
• qt_dictionary_put_if_absent(3)

okay that's the whole page, you're fully caught up, you ate that 🍓✨

this lil love letter to concurrency comes to you from libqthread, dated AUGUST 2012 — yeah, she's a vintage queen and she still serves. periodt. 💅💖