x11r4 man page for delphins

DELPHINS(3)						      MBK PHYSICAL FUNCTIONS						       DELPHINS(3)

NAME
       delphins - delete a physical instance

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 "mph.h"
       int delphins(ptfig, insname)
       phfig_list *ptfig;
       char *insname;

PARAMETERS
       ptfig		   Pointer to the figure in which the instance should be deleted

       insname		   Name of the instance to be deleted.

DESCRIPTION
       delphins delete the instance called insname in the figure pointed to by ptfig. This instance is warrantied to be unique, because  its  name
       is an identifier at the given hierarchical level.  The list consistency is maintainded, and the space freed.

RETURN VALUE
       delphins returns 1 if the instance has been deleted, 0 if no such instance exists in the list.

EXAMPLE
       #include "mph.h"
       char *was_existing(ptfig, insname)
       phfig_list *ptfig;
       char *insname;
       {
	  return delphins(ptfig, insname) ? "you just killed it!"
			    : "wasn't here anyway";
       }

SEE ALSO
       mbk(1), phfig(3), phins(3), addphins(3), getphins(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						       DELPHINS(3)