NAME¶

freechain - free a chain_list

ORIGIN¶

This software belongs to the ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Université Pierre et Marie CURIE, in Paris, France. Web : http://asim.lip6.fr/recherche/alliance/ E-mail : alliance-users@asim.lip6.fr

SYNOPSYS¶

#include "mut.h"
void freechain(pt)
chain_list ∗pt;

PARAMETER¶

pt

Pointer to the chain list to be freed

DESCRIPTION¶

freechain frees the chain_list pointed to by pt. All the elements of the list are put back in the list of free blocks.

EXAMPLE¶

#include "mut.h"
void free_from(c, i) /∗ erase list from ith element ∗/
chain_list ∗c;
int i;
{
chain_list ∗t;
	while (i--)
		c = c->NEXT;
	t = c->NEXT, c->NEXT = NULL;
	freechain(t);
}

SEE ALSO¶

mbk(1), chain(3), addchain(3), delchain(3).

BUG REPORT¶

This tool is under development at the ASIM department of the LIP6 laboratory. We need your feedback to improve documentation and tools.