/*
******** biffGetStrlen()
**
** for when you want to allocate the buffer for the biff string, this is
** how you learn its length
*/
int
biffGetStrlen(const char *key) {
unsigned int max, sum;
char me[] = "biffGetStrlen";
_biffEntry *ent;
_biffInit();
_biffCheckKey(key);
ent = _biffFindKey(key);
if (!ent) {
/* error: not a key we remember seeing */
fprintf(stderr, "%s: WARNING: no information for key \"%s\"\n", me, key);
return 0;
}
_biffFindMaxAndSum(&max, &sum, ent);
return sum;
}
/*
******** biffDone()
**
** frees everything associated with given key, and shrinks list of keys
*/
void
biffDone(const char *key) {
char me[]="biffDone";
int i, idx;
_biffEntry *ent;
_biffInit();
_biffCheckKey(key);
ent = _biffFindKey(key);
if (!ent) {
fprintf(stderr, "%s: WARNING: no information for key \"%s\"\n", me, key);
return;
}
idx = _biffIdx;
_biffNukeEntry(ent);
for (i=idx; i<(int)_biffNum-1; i++) {
_biffErr[i] = _biffErr[i+1];
}
airArrayLenIncr(_biffAA, -1);
return;
}
