darray: Clarify some documentation/comments

2 files changed, 26 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/darray.c b/darray.c
index 459eb4d..846d825 100644
--- a/darray.c
+++ b/darray.c
@@ -22,8 +22,15 @@
  * The darray header.
  */
 struct darray {
+	/** The current capacity of the array, as a count of elements. */
 	size_t capacity;
+	/** The current length of the array. */
 	size_t length;
+
+	// The array elements are stored after this header in memory.  Not using
+	// a flexible array member to avoid worrying about strict aliasing.  We
+	// assume that 2*sizeof(size_t) keeps any memory allocation suitably
+	// aligned for the element type.
 };
 
 /** Get the header for a darray. */
@@ -83,6 +90,7 @@ int darray_check(void *da) {
 	if (header->length <= header->capacity) {
 		return 0;
 	} else {
+		// realloc() failed in darray_push(), so reset the length and report the failure
 		header->length = header->capacity;
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/darray.h b/darray.h
index 22e4c68..6ab8199 100644
--- a/darray.h
+++ b/darray.h
@@ -17,27 +17,30 @@
 /**
  * A dynamic array library.
  *
- *     int ret = 0;
- *     int *array = NULL;
+ * darrays are represented by a simple pointer to the array element type, like
+ * any other array.  Behind the scenes, the capacity and current length of the
+ * array are stored along with it.  NULL is a valid way to initialize an empty
+ * darray:
  *
- *     int e = 1;
- *     if (DARRAY_PUSH(&array, &e) != 0) {
- *             goto fail;
- *     }
+ *     int *darray = NULL;
+ *
+ * To append an element to a darray, use the DARRAY_PUSH macro:
  *
- *     e = 2;
- *     if (DARRAY_PUSH(&array, &e) != 0) {
- *             goto fail;
+ *     int e = 42;
+ *     if (DARRAY_PUSH(&darray, &e) != 0) {
+ *             // Report the error...
  *     }
  *
- *     for (size_t i = 0; i < darray_length(array); ++i) {
- *             assert(array[i] == i + 1);
+ * The length can be retrieved by darray_length().  Iterating over the array
+ * works like normal arrays:
+ *
+ *     for (size_t i = 0; i < darray_length(darray); ++i) {
+ *             printf("%d\n", darray[i]);
  *     }
  *
- *     ret = 0;
- *     fail:
- *     darray_free(array);
- *     return ret;
+ * To free a darray, use darray_free():
+ *
+ *     darray_free(darray);
  */
 
 #ifndef BFS_DARRAY_H