* to meshlink_get_all_nodes().
*
* @param mesh A handle which represents an instance of MeshLink.
- * @param nmemb A pointer to a variable that will be filled with the number
- * of edges in the returned array.
- *
+ * @param edges A pointer to a previously allocated array of pointers to
+ * meshlink_edge_t, or NULL in which case MeshLink will
+ * allocate a new array. The application CANNOT supply an
+ * array it allocated itself with malloc, but CAN use
+ * the return value from the previous call to this function
+ * (which is the preferred way).
+ * The pointers in the array are valid until meshlink_close() is called.
+ * @param nmemb A pointer to a variable holding the number of nodes that
+ * are stored in the array. In case the @a nodes @a
+ * argument is not NULL, MeshLink might call realloc()
+ * on the array to change its size.
+ * The contents of this variable will be changed to reflect
+ * the new size of the array.
+ *
* @return A pointer to an array containing pointers to all known
* edges, or NULL in case of an error.
- * The caller must call free() on each element of this
+ * If the @a edges @a argument was not NULL, then the
+ * retun value can be either the same value or a different
+ * value. If the new values is NULL, then the old array
+ * will have been freed by Meshlink.
+ * The caller must call free() on each element of this
* array (but not the contents of said elements),
* as well as the array itself when it is finished.
*/
-extern meshlink_edge_t **meshlink_get_all_edges_state(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, size_t *nmemb);
+extern meshlink_edge_t **meshlink_get_all_edges_state(meshlink_handle_t *mesh, meshlink_edge_t **edges, size_t *nmemb);
#ifdef __cplusplus
}