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</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> allocates a new item and initializes it from the
- <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers. Please notice that the item stores only
- the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
- during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with
+ <STRONG>name</STRONG> and <STRONG>description</STRONG> pointers. Please notice that the item stores only
+ the pointers to the name and description. Those pointers must be valid
+ during the lifetime of the item. So you should be very careful with
names or descriptions allocated on the stack of some routines.
- The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item. Please notice that it is
+ The function <STRONG>free_item</STRONG> de-allocates an item. Please notice that it is
the responsibility of the application to release the memory for the
name or the description of the item.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-RETURN-VALUE">RETURN VALUE</a></H2><PRE>
- The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets errno according
+ The function <STRONG>new_item</STRONG> returns <STRONG>NULL</STRONG> on error. It sets <STRONG>errno</STRONG> according
to the function's failure:
<STRONG>E_BAD_ARGUMENT</STRONG>
Item is connected to a menu.
<STRONG>E_SYSTEM_ERROR</STRONG>
- System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno</STRONG>).
+ System error occurred (see <STRONG>errno(3)</STRONG>).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
projects / ncurses.git / blobdiff