TICKIT_STRING_REF(3)

💖 TICKIT_STRING_REF(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Library Functions Manual page for tickit_string_ref, tickit_string_unref — the two lil functions that keep track of how many people are holding onto a counted string 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

tickit_string_ref, tickit_string_unref — adjust the refcount of a counted string 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <tickit.h>

TickitString *tickit_string_ref(TickitString *s);
void tickit_string_unref(TickitString *s);

Link with -ltickit. 🔗

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so tickit_string_ref() does the most iconic thing: it increments the stored refcount of the given counted string instance by one. by one, exactly one, no cap. and then — the serve — it returns the pointer argument itself, so you can chain it. main character behavior fr fr ✨

tickit_string_unref() is the opposite vibe: it decrements the stored refcount of the given counted string instance by one. and if the refcount drops to zero? 😭 the instance is destroyed. gone. no more. so like, don't be out here unref-ing stuff you still need, bestie, that's the whole game.

⭐ RETURN VALUE ⭐

• tickit_string_ref() returns a counted string instance pointer 🫶
• tickit_string_unref() returns no value. nothing. void. it's giving silence 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• tickit_string_new(3)
• tickit_string(7)
• tickit(7)

and that's the page!! 💜 this was TICKIT_STRING_REF(3), straight out of the Library Functions Manual — mwah, go forth and manage your refcounts responsibly, ily 🧚✨