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instance method
GDBM#clear
gdbm.clear → gdbm
ext/gdbm/gdbm.c
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static VALUE
fgdbm_clear(VALUE obj)
{
datum key, nextkey;
struct dbmdata *dbmp;
GDBM_FILE dbm;
rb_gdbm_modify(obj);
GetDBM2(obj, dbmp, dbm);
dbmp->di_size = -1;
#if 0
while (key = gdbm_firstkey(dbm), key.dptr) {
if (gdbm_delete(dbm, key)) {
free(key.dptr);
rb_raise(rb_eGDBMError, "%s", gdbm_strerror(gdbm_errno));
}
free(key.dptr);
}
#else
while (key = gdbm_firstkey(dbm), key.dptr) {
for (; key.dptr; key = nextkey) {
nextkey = gdbm_nextkey(dbm, key);
if (gdbm_delete(dbm, key)) {
free(key.dptr);
if (nextkey.dptr) free(nextkey.dptr);
rb_raise(rb_eGDBMError, "%s", gdbm_strerror(gdbm_errno));
}
free(key.dptr);
}
}
#endif
dbmp->di_size = 0;
return obj;
}
Removes all the key-value pairs within gdbm.