stralloc_init(3)

✨ stralloc_init(3) ✨

okay bestie, so you know how we're deep in the libowfat cinematic universe? yeah. this is one of those little pages from the Library Functions Manual and honestly it's giving "short but essential." 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

stralloc_init — initialize a stralloc 💖

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🦋 SYNTAX 🦋

#include <libowfat/stralloc.h>

void stralloc_init(stralloc* sa);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so stralloc_init initializes a stralloc to the empty string. that's it. that's the whole job. no cap. 💅

but listen, bestie, because this part is important:

it does not free any memory previously associated with a stralloc. 🫶

so if you've got a stralloc that's holding onto stuff and you just yeet stralloc_init at it, the memory's still there, lowkey just vibing unattached. not the move if you wanted cleanup.

want that memory gone-gone? use stralloc_free(3) for that. 🧚

and if all you want is to empty a stralloc — like, make it the empty string but keep the memory situation chill — use stralloc_zero(sa) instead. ✨

so to recap the vibe check:

• new stralloc, no memory yet → stralloc_init 👑
• got memory, want it freed → stralloc_free(3) 🍓
• got a stralloc, want it empty → stralloc_zero(sa) 🌈

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⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

none.

literally nothing. it returns void. it does the thing and walks away. main character energy. 😭💜

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• stralloc_free(3)
• stralloc_copys(3)

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k bye bestie, go init your strallocs responsibly 🦋✨ this was stralloc_init(3) from the Library Functions Manual, signing off with love 💖💅