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diff --git a/docs/nspr/reference/pl_hashtableremove.rst b/docs/nspr/reference/pl_hashtableremove.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..32c3662f63 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/nspr/reference/pl_hashtableremove.rst @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +PL_HashTableRemove +================== + +Removes the entry with the specified key from the hash table. + + +Syntax +------ + +.. code:: + + #include <plhash.h> + + PRBool PL_HashTableRemove( + PLHashTable *ht, + const void *key); + + +Parameters +~~~~~~~~~~ + +The function has the following parameters: + +``ht`` + A pointer to the hash table from which to remove the entry. +``key`` + A pointer to the key for the entry to be removed. + + +Description +----------- + +If there is no entry in the table with the specified key, +:ref:`PL_HashTableRemove` returns ``PR_FALSE``. If the entry exists, +:ref:`PL_HashTableRemove` removes the entry from the table, invokes +``freeEntry`` with the ``HT_FREE_ENTRY`` flag to frees the entry, and +returns ``PR_TRUE``. + +If the table is underloaded, :ref:`PL_HashTableRemove` also shrinks the +number of buckets by half. + + +Remark +------ + +This function should return :ref:`PRStatus`. |