debian man page for freechain

FREECHAIN(3)						       MBK UTILITY FUNCTIONS						      FREECHAIN(3)

NAME
       freechain - free a chain_list

ORIGIN
       This  software  belongs	to  the  ALLIANCE CAD SYSTEM developed by the ASIM team at LIP6 laboratory of Universite 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.

ASIM
/LIP6							  October 1, 1997						      FREECHAIN(3)