Initialization and tables

libndtypes has global tables that need to be initialized and finalized.

int ndt_init(ndt_context_t *ctx);

Initialize the global tables. This function must be called once at program start before using any other libndtypes functions.

Return 0 on success and -1 otherwise.

void ndt_finalize(void);

Deallocate the global tables. This function may be called once at program end for the benefit of memory debuggers.

int ndt_typedef_add(const char *name, const ndt_t *type, ndt_context_t *ctx);

Add a type alias for type to the typedef table. name must be globally unique. The function steals the type argument.

On error, deallocate type and return -1. Return 0 otherwise.

const ndt_t *ndt_typedef_find(const char *name, ndt_context_t *ctx);

Try to find the type associated with name in the typedef table. On success, return a const pointer to the type, NULL otherwise.