Re: Adding REMOVE action to hsearch

[Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>]

On Wednesday 26 June 2013 09:24:30 Bartosz GoÅaszewski wrote:
> Glibc hashmap implementation doesn't allow individual entries to be
> removed. This has rendered the glibc hashmap useless for me on
> multiple occasions. Is this an intentional design? If not, then would
> there by any chance of merging an implementation of REMOVE action for
> hsearch if I did it?

to be fair, the hashmap implementation is based on the POSIX one:
	http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/hcreate.html

i would start by browsing the upstream working group to see if anyone has 
already made a proposal that fits your needs:
	http://www.austingroupbugs.net
-mike

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