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<p class="purpose">A simple implementation for a flexible-sized dictionary of key-value pairs.</p>
<ul class="toc"><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP1">&#167;1. Storage</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP2">&#167;2. Creation</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP3">&#167;3. Logging</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP4">&#167;4. Hashing</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP5">&#167;5. Create, find, destroy</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP8">&#167;8. Accessing entries</a></li><li><a href="2-dct.html#SP11">&#167;11. Disposal</a></li></ul><hr class="tocbar">
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP1"></a><b>&#167;1. Storage. </b>There's nothing fancy here. A "dictionary" is a hash table allowing reasonably
efficient lookup: it's a correspondence between "keys", which are texts, and
pointers to some external structure. Often these will also be texts, but
not necessarily.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">typedef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> values are texts?</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">no_entries</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> total number of key-value pairs currently stored here</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> size of array...</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> ...of linked lists of dictionary entries</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">CLASS_DEFINITION</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">} </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">typedef</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> a "vacant" entry is not currently used to store a k-v pair</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> for non-vacant entries only: the key text</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="comment-syntax"> for non-vacant entries only: the value, some kind of pointer</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">struct</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">} </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>The structure dictionary is private to this section.</li><li>The structure dict_entry is accessed in 5/ee, 8/bdfw and here.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP2"></a><b>&#167;2. Creation. </b>Dictionaries can have arbitrary size, in that they expand as needed, but for
efficiency's sake the caller can set them up with an initial size of her choice.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::new</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup1')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup1">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::new</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_2">&#167;7.2</a><br/>Command Line Arguments - <a href="3-cla.html#SP5">&#167;5</a><br/>String Manipulation - <a href="4-sm.html#SP27_1">&#167;27.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">S</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">S</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &lt; </span><span class="constant-syntax">2</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"dictionary too small"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CREATE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">S</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">no_entries</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-mmr.html#SP24" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Memory::calloc</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">S</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">sizeof</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">), </span><span class="constant-syntax">DICTIONARY_MREASON</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">=0; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">&lt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">S</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">++) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">].</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">].</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">].</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP3"></a><b>&#167;3. Logging. </b></p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::log</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="constant-syntax">OUTPUT_STREAM</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"Dictionary:\n"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">); </span><span class="constant-syntax">INDENT</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">=0; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;D-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">++) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"Slot %02d:"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = &amp;(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">]); </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">" vacant"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">" %S='%S'"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">" %S=%08x"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">, (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"\n"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="constant-syntax">OUTDENT</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP4"></a><b>&#167;4. Hashing. </b>The whole point of a hash table is that it crudely sorts the contents by a rough
indication of the key values. This crude indication is the hash value, calculated
here. If there are <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">N</span></span> slots in the dictionary table, this tells us which slot
(from 0 to <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">N-1</span></span>) a given key value belongs in.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::hash</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup2')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup2">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::hash</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3">&#167;7.3</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">LOOP_THROUGH_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">16339</span><span class="plain-syntax">*</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash</span><span class="plain-syntax"> + ((</span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><a href="4-sm.html#SP13" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::get</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">P</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash</span><span class="plain-syntax"> % ((</span><span class="reserved-syntax">unsigned</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">N</span><span class="plain-syntax">));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP5"></a><b>&#167;5. Create, find, destroy. </b>These three fundamental operations locate the dictionary entry structure for
a given key value, and then do something to/with it. Note that these pointers
remain valid only until somebody writes a new value into the dictionary;
so be careful if thread safety's an issue.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup3')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup3">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP6">&#167;6</a>, <a href="2-dct.html#SP8">&#167;8</a>, <a href="2-dct.html#SP10">&#167;10</a><br/>Command Line Arguments - <a href="3-cla.html#SP13">&#167;13</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup4')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup4">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP6">&#167;6</a>, <a href="2-dct.html#SP9">&#167;9</a><br/>Command Line Arguments - <a href="3-cla.html#SP5">&#167;5</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::destroy</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup5')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup5">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::destroy</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP6">&#167;6</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, -1);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP6"></a><b>&#167;6. </b>A nuisance we have to live with is that we often want to express the key
as wide text (so that we can use literals like <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">L"my-key"</span></span>) instead of text
streams. So we also offer versions suffixed <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">_literal</span></span>:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_literal</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup6')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup6">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_literal</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP8">&#167;8</a>, <a href="2-dct.html#SP10">&#167;10</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TEMPORARY_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE_TO</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="string-syntax">"%w"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">DISCARD_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create_literal</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup7')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup7">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create_literal</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP9">&#167;9</a><br/>String Manipulation - <a href="4-sm.html#SP27_1">&#167;27.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TEMPORARY_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE_TO</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="string-syntax">"%w"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">DISCARD_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::destroy_literal</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">TEMPORARY_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">WRITE_TO</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="string-syntax">"%w"</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::destroy</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">DISCARD_TEXT</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7"></a><b>&#167;7. </b>So, then, find an entry (if <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">change</span></span> is <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">0</span></span>), create it (if <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">+1</span></span>) or delete
it (if <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">-1</span></span>).
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup8')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup8">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span></span>:<br/><a href="2-dct.html#SP5">&#167;5</a>, <a href="2-dct.html#SP7_2">&#167;7.2</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Handle the null dictionary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Expand the dictionary if necessary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Work within the existing dictionary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7_1"></a><b>&#167;7.1. </b>It's legal to perform a find on the null dictionary: the answer's always "no".
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Handle the null dictionary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">0</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"tried to create or destroy in a null dictionary"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-dct.html#SP7">&#167;7</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7_2"></a><b>&#167;7.2. </b>For speed, our policy is that the hash table should have roughly the
same number of slots as there are entries in the dictionary; that way, each
slot will have an average of one or fewer entries. When we exceed this
ideal population, we double the dictionary's capacity.
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Expand the dictionary if necessary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.2</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">no_entries</span><span class="plain-syntax"> &gt; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D2</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::new</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(2*</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">=0; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;D-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">++)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = &amp;(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">]); </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E2</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP7" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_p</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D2</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E2</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-mmr.html#SP26" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Memory::I7_free</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">DICTIONARY_MREASON</span><span class="plain-syntax">,</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">*((</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">sizeof</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">)));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D2</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D2</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-dct.html#SP7">&#167;7</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7_3"></a><b>&#167;7.3. </b><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Work within the existing dictionary</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">last_E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = &amp;(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><a href="2-dct.html#SP4" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::hash</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">)]);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">last_E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) { </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Make E the new entry</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">; }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> } </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><a href="4-sm.html#SP19" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::eq</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == -1) </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3_2" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Destroy the E entry</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3.2</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">change</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">1</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">CREATE</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3_1" class="named-paragraph-link"><span class="named-paragraph">Make E the new entry</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3.1</span></a></span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">last_E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> }</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-dct.html#SP7">&#167;7</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7_3_1"></a><b>&#167;7.3.1. </b>When creating text values, we want them to be empty strings rather than null
strings, so that printing to them will work.
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Make E the new entry</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3.1</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-sm.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::new</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(); </span><span class="reserved-syntax">else</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="4-sm.html#SP3" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::duplicate</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">K</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">no_entries</span><span class="plain-syntax">++;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3">&#167;7.3</a> (twice).</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP7_3_2"></a><b>&#167;7.3.2. </b>When deleting text values, we close them first, to give back the memory.
Careful: it would not be thread-safe to allow different threads to use the
same dictionary if deletions are a possibility.
</p>
<p class="commentary"><span class="named-paragraph-container code-font"><span class="named-paragraph-defn">Destroy the E entry</span><span class="named-paragraph-number">7.3.2</span></span><span class="comment-syntax"> =</span>
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="constant-syntax">TRUE</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">no_entries</span><span class="plain-syntax">--;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> ((</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) &amp;&amp; (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">)) </span><a href="4-sm.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::dispose_of</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
</pre>
<ul class="endnotetexts"><li>This code is used in <a href="2-dct.html#SP7_3">&#167;7.3</a>.</li></ul>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP8"></a><b>&#167;8. Accessing entries. </b>Eventually we're going to want the value. In principle we could be storing
values which are arbitrary pointers, so we have to use void pointers:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::read_value</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup9')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup9">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::read_value</span></span>:<br/>Command Line Arguments - <a href="3-cla.html#SP13">&#167;13</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"textual dictionary accessed as pointy"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"read null dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"read vacant dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::read_value_literal</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"textual dictionary accessed as pointy"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_literal</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"read null dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"read vacant dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::write_value</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup10')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup10">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::write_value</span></span>:<br/>Command Line Arguments - <a href="3-cla.html#SP5">&#167;5</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote to null dictionary"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"textual dictionary accessed as pointy"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote null dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote vacant dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::write_value_literal</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote to null dictionary"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"textual dictionary accessed as pointy"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_literal</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote null dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote vacant dictionary entry"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">val</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP9"></a><b>&#167;9. </b>But the commonest use case is that the dictionary stores texts as values,
so we provide convenient wrappers with the correct C types.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote to null dictionary"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"pointy dictionary accessed as textual"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create_text_literal</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"wrote to null dictionary"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"pointy dictionary accessed as textual"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::create_literal</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP10"></a><b>&#167;10. </b>We only need a read operation, because the caller can write to the dictionary
entry by reading the text pointer and then using <span class="extract"><span class="extract-syntax">WRITE_TO</span></span>.
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::get_text</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"pointy dictionary accessed as textual"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP5" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">key</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
<span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::get_text_literal</span><button class="popup" onclick="togglePopup('usagePopup11')"><span class="comment-syntax">?</span><span class="popuptext" id="usagePopup11">Usage of <span class="code-font"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::get_text_literal</span></span>:<br/>String Manipulation - <a href="4-sm.html#SP27_1">&#167;27.1</a></span></button><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">wchar_t</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">internal_error</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="string-syntax">"pointy dictionary accessed as textual"</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><a href="2-dct.html#SP6" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::find_literal</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">lit</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">return</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">text_stream</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *) </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
</pre>
<p class="commentary firstcommentary"><a id="SP11"></a><b>&#167;11. Disposal. </b>If a dictionary was only needed temporarily then we should dispose of it
and free the memory when done:
</p>
<pre class="displayed-code all-displayed-code code-font">
<span class="reserved-syntax">void</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="function-syntax">Dictionaries::dispose_of</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dictionary</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">) {</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier-syntax">textual</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">=0; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="function-syntax">&lt;D-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">++)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">for</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax"> *</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = &amp;(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">[</span><span class="identifier-syntax">i</span><span class="plain-syntax">]); </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">; </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">next_in_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="reserved-syntax">if</span><span class="plain-syntax"> (</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">vacant</span><span class="plain-syntax"> == </span><span class="constant-syntax">FALSE</span><span class="plain-syntax">)</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="4-sm.html#SP2" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Str::dispose_of</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">E</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">value</span><span class="plain-syntax">);</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><a href="2-mmr.html#SP26" class="function-link"><span class="function-syntax">Memory::I7_free</span></a><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="constant-syntax">DICTIONARY_MREASON</span><span class="plain-syntax">, </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table_size</span><span class="plain-syntax">*((</span><span class="reserved-syntax">int</span><span class="plain-syntax">) </span><span class="reserved-syntax">sizeof</span><span class="plain-syntax">(</span><span class="reserved-syntax">dict_entry</span><span class="plain-syntax">)));</span>
<span class="plain-syntax"> </span><span class="identifier-syntax">D</span><span class="plain-syntax">-&gt;</span><span class="element-syntax">hash_table</span><span class="plain-syntax"> = </span><span class="identifier-syntax">NULL</span><span class="plain-syntax">;</span>
<span class="plain-syntax">}</span>
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