ne_buffer_clear - Man Page

clear, grow, or mark as altered a string buffer

Synopsis

#include <ne_string.h>

void ne_buffer_clear(ne_buffer *buf);

void ne_buffer_altered(ne_buffer *buf);

void ne_buffer_grow(ne_buffer *buf, size_t size);

Description

The ne_buffer_clear function sets the string stored in buf to be the empty string ("").

The ne_buffer_altered function must be used after the string stored in the buffer buf is modified by directly rather than using ne_buffer_append(3), ne_buffer_zappend(3) or ne_buffer_concat(3).

The ne_buffer_grow function ensures that at least size bytes are allocated for the string; this can be used if a large amount of data is going to be appended to the buffer and may result in more efficient memory allocation.

Referenced By

The man pages ne_buffer_altered(3) and ne_buffer_grow(3) are aliases of ne_buffer_clear(3).

1 March 2026 neon 0.37.0 neon API reference