From 5e51ef72473c04b43e9494dca95338ce60f98c65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Linus Nordberg <linus@nordberg.se>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:48:49 +0200
Subject: WIP: Fix the Proxy-State issue.

---
 list.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

(limited to 'list.c')

diff --git a/list.c b/list.c
index 0a193ef..d9612b8 100644
--- a/list.c
+++ b/list.c
@@ -5,29 +5,46 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include "list.h"
 
-/* allocates and initialises list structure; returns NULL if malloc fails */
-struct list *list_create() {
-    struct list *list = malloc(sizeof(struct list));
-    if (list)
-	memset(list, 0, sizeof(struct list));
-    return list;
-}
-
-/* frees all memory associated with the list */
-void list_destroy(struct list *list) {
+/* Private helper functions. */
+static void list_free_helper_(struct list *list, int free_data_flag) {
     struct list_node *node, *next;
 
     if (!list)
 	return;
 
     for (node = list->first; node; node = next) {
-	free(node->data);
+        if (free_data_flag)
+            free(node->data);
 	next = node->next;
 	free(node);
     }
     free(list);
 }
 
+/* Public functions. */
+
+/* allocates and initialises list structure; returns NULL if malloc fails */
+struct list *list_create() {
+    struct list *list = malloc(sizeof(struct list));
+    if (list)
+	memset(list, 0, sizeof(struct list));
+    return list;
+}
+
+/* frees all memory associated with the list
+   note that the data pointed at from each node is also freed
+   use list_free() to free only the memory used by the list itself */
+void list_destroy(struct list *list) {
+    list_free_helper_(list, 1);
+}
+
+/* frees the meory used by the list itself
+   note that the data pointed at from each node is not freed
+   use list_destroy() to free all the data associated with the list */
+void list_free(struct list *list) {
+    list_free_helper_(list, 0);
+}
+
 /* appends entry to list; returns 1 if ok, 0 if malloc fails */
 int list_push(struct list *list, void *data) {
     struct list_node *node;
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