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diff --git a/doc/init.rst b/doc/init.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ebaa4d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/init.rst @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Initialization +============== + +.. code-block:: c + + #include <libHX/init.h> + + int HX_init(void); + void HX_exit(void); + +Before using the library's functions, ``HX_init`` must be called. This function +will initialize any needed state libHX needs for itself, if any. It is designed +to be invoked multiple times, such as for example, from different libraries +linking to libHX itself, and will refcount. On success, >0 is returned. If +there was an error, it will return a negative error code or zero. ``HX_exit`` +is the logical counterpart of notifying that the library is no longer used. + |