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authorTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2022-10-13 11:39:35 +0200
committerTomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>2022-10-21 18:03:36 +0200
commitb20d44eac8f0af4ecd7038f4c6b16c55eb794d0f (patch)
tree5130382332e1a165a01776135d5aa893b52e12f4 /doc
parent367ee2152e019d72f63537ae898eda311bc9219a (diff)
Document the stack functions that are forgiving
I.e., those that can be called with NULL stack parameter or invalid index. Reviewed-by: Todd Short <todd.short@me.com> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/19400) (cherry picked from commit 0778364f8ec1f9702e62e6298aaa212ec40b6111)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/DEFINE_STACK_OF.pod b/doc/man3/DEFINE_STACK_OF.pod
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+++ b/doc/man3/DEFINE_STACK_OF.pod
@@ -229,6 +229,13 @@ A failed search is indicated by a B<-1> return value.
STACK_OF(), DEFINE_STACK_OF(), DEFINE_STACK_OF_CONST(), and
DEFINE_SPECIAL_STACK_OF() are implemented as macros.
+It is not an error to call B<sk_I<TYPE>_num>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_value>(),
+B<sk_I<TYPE>_free>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_zero>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_pop_free>(),
+B<sk_I<TYPE>_delete>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_delete_ptr>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_pop>(),
+B<sk_I<TYPE>_shift>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_find>(), B<sk_I<TYPE>_find_ex>(),
+and B<sk_I<TYPE>_find_all>() on a NULL stack, empty stack, or with
+an invalid index. An error is not raised in these conditions.
+
The underlying utility B<OPENSSL_sk_> API should not be used directly.
It defines these functions: OPENSSL_sk_deep_copy(),
OPENSSL_sk_delete(), OPENSSL_sk_delete_ptr(), OPENSSL_sk_dup(),