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From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
To: Zsh hackers list <zsh-workers@zsh.org>
Subject: [PATCH] Update PARAMDEF in zsh-development-guide
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:16:07 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAH+w=7bSBmuDSJCYc_dDvuZR6GzxA3tXD2aALtxmq5PNG20PYw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

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Noticed while noodling with a new module that the description of the
PARAMDEF macro predated the introduction of the "gsu" union.  Wow.

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diff --git a/Etc/zsh-development-guide b/Etc/zsh-development-guide
index 565b0b1d9..da6932003 100644
--- a/Etc/zsh-development-guide
+++ b/Etc/zsh-development-guide
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ For defining parameters, a module can call `createparam()' directly or
 use a table to describe them, e.g.:
 
   static struct paramdef patab[] = {
-    PARAMDEF("foo", PM_INTEGER, NULL, get_foo, set_foo, unset_foo),
+    PARAMDEF("foo", PM_INTEGER, NULL, foo_gsu),
     INTPARAMDEF("exint", &intparam),
     STRPARAMDEF("exstr", &strparam),
     ARRPARAMDEF("exarr", &arrparam),
@@ -626,9 +626,9 @@ There are four macros used:
       in zsh.h)
     - optionally a pointer to a variable holding the value of the
       parameter
-    - three functions that will be used to get the value of the
-      parameter, store a value in the parameter, and unset the
-      parameter
+    - a GSU pointer to the three functions that will be used to get
+      the value of the parameter, store a value in the parameter,
+      and unset the parameter
   - the other macros provide simple ways to define the most common
     types of parameters; they get the name of the parameter and a
     pointer to a variable holding the value as arguments; they are
@@ -636,6 +636,9 @@ There are four macros used:
     variables whose addresses are given should be of type `long',
     `char *', and `char **', respectively
 
+GSU (get, set, unset) structures are defined in Src/zsh.h for each of
+the parameter types scalar, integer, float, array, and hash.
+
 For a description of how to write functions for getting or setting the 
 value of parameters, or how to write a function to unset a parameter,
 see the description of the following functions in the `params.c' file:

                 reply	other threads:[~2023-02-01  1:16 UTC|newest]

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