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Summary of Changes
Hello team, gemini-code-assist here to provide a summary of this pull request. The primary goal of this PR, as indicated by the title and description, is to enhance the documentation of the mruby C API, specifically for functions related to string manipulation located in src/string.c. This is achieved by adding detailed comments above various MRB_API functions, explaining their purpose, parameters, return values, and any important usage notes or caveats. This effort significantly improves code readability and maintainability for developers working with the mruby C API.
Highlights
- API Documentation: Adds comprehensive documentation comments to numerous
MRB_APIfunctions withinsrc/string.c. These comments follow a structured format, detailing parameters (@param), return values (@return), and a general description of the function's behavior. - Improved Readability: By clearly explaining the interface and behavior of key string manipulation functions, the PR makes it easier for developers to understand and correctly use the mruby C API for strings without needing to dive deep into the function's implementation.
- Specific Functions Documented: Comments were added to functions such as
mrb_str_new_capa,mrb_str_new,mrb_str_new_cstr,mrb_str_new_static,mrb_str_byte_subseq,mrb_str_index,mrb_str_modify_keep_ascii,mrb_str_modify,mrb_str_resize,mrb_str_to_cstr,mrb_str_concat,mrb_str_plus,mrb_str_cmp,mrb_str_equal,mrb_str_dup,mrb_str_aref,mrb_str_substr,mrb_str_intern,mrb_obj_as_string,mrb_ptr_to_str,mrb_string_value_cstr,mrb_string_cstr,mrb_str_to_integer,mrb_str_to_dbl,mrb_str_dump,mrb_str_cat,mrb_str_cat_cstr,mrb_str_cat_str,mrb_str_append, andmrb_str_inspect.
Changelog
Click here to see the changelog- src/string.c
- Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_new_capa. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_new. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_new_cstr. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_new_static. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_byte_subseq. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_index. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_modify_keep_ascii. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_modify. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_resize. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_to_cstr, including notes on usage and alternatives. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_concat. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_plus. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_cmp. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_equal. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_dup. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_aref. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_substr. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_intern. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_obj_as_string. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_ptr_to_str. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_string_value_cstr, including deprecation notice. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_string_cstr. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_to_integer. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_len_to_dbl(marking as internal helper). - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_to_dbl. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_dump. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_cat. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_cat_cstr. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_cat_str. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_append. - Added documentation comments to
mrb_str_inspect.
- Added documentation comments to
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