libcurl.3: fix formatting

refer to functions with the man page section properly
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Daniel Stenberg 2014-11-25 11:56:43 +01:00
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@ -148,18 +148,16 @@ the library code. For example, when libcurl is built for SSL
capability via the GNU TLS library, there is an elaborate tree inside
that library that describes the SSL protocol.
\fIcurl_global_init()\fP is the function that you must call. This may
allocate resources (e.g. the memory for the GNU TLS tree mentioned
above), so the companion function \fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP releases
them.
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP is the function that you must call. This may
allocate resources (e.g. the memory for the GNU TLS tree mentioned above), so
the companion function \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP releases them.
The basic rule for constructing a program that uses libcurl is this:
Call \fIcurl_global_init()\fP, with a \fICURL_GLOBAL_ALL\fP argument,
immediately after the program starts, while it is still only one
thread and before it uses libcurl at all. Call
\fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP immediately before the program exits, when
the program is again only one thread and after its last use of
libcurl.
The basic rule for constructing a program that uses libcurl is this: Call
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP, with a \fICURL_GLOBAL_ALL\fP argument, immediately
after the program starts, while it is still only one thread and before it uses
libcurl at all. Call \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP immediately before the
program exits, when the program is again only one thread and after its last
use of libcurl.
You can call both of these multiple times, as long as all calls meet
these requirements and the number of calls to each is the same.
@ -184,48 +182,42 @@ your code doesn't know about other parts of the program -- it doesn't
know whether they use libcurl or not. And its code doesn't necessarily
run at the start and end of the whole program.
A module like this must have global constant functions of its own,
just like \fIcurl_global_init()\fP and \fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP.
The module thus has control at the beginning and end of the program
and has a place to call the libcurl functions. Note that if multiple
modules in the program use libcurl, they all will separately call the
libcurl functions, and that's OK because only the first
\fIcurl_global_init()\fP and the last \fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP in a
program change anything. (libcurl uses a reference count in static
memory).
A module like this must have global constant functions of its own, just like
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP and \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP. The module thus
has control at the beginning and end of the program and has a place to call
the libcurl functions. Note that if multiple modules in the program use
libcurl, they all will separately call the libcurl functions, and that's OK
because only the first \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP and the last
\fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP in a program change anything. (libcurl uses a
reference count in static memory).
In a C++ module, it is common to deal with the global constant
situation by defining a special class that represents the global
constant environment of the module. A program always has exactly one
object of the class, in static storage. That way, the program
automatically calls the constructor of the object as the program
starts up and the destructor as it terminates. As the author of this
libcurl-using module, you can make the constructor call
\fIcurl_global_init()\fP and the destructor call
\fIcurl_global_cleanup()\fP and satisfy libcurl's requirements without
your user having to think about it.
In a C++ module, it is common to deal with the global constant situation by
defining a special class that represents the global constant environment of
the module. A program always has exactly one object of the class, in static
storage. That way, the program automatically calls the constructor of the
object as the program starts up and the destructor as it terminates. As the
author of this libcurl-using module, you can make the constructor call
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP and the destructor call \fIcurl_global_cleanup(3)\fP
and satisfy libcurl's requirements without your user having to think about it.
\fIcurl_global_init()\fP has an argument that tells what particular
parts of the global constant environment to set up. In order to
successfully use any value except \fICURL_GLOBAL_ALL\fP (which says to
set up the whole thing), you must have specific knowledge of internal
workings of libcurl and all other parts of the program of which it is
part.
\fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP has an argument that tells what particular parts of
the global constant environment to set up. In order to successfully use any
value except \fICURL_GLOBAL_ALL\fP (which says to set up the whole thing), you
must have specific knowledge of internal workings of libcurl and all other
parts of the program of which it is part.
A special part of the global constant environment is the identity of
the memory allocator. \fIcurl_global_init()\fP selects the system
default memory allocator, but you can use \fIcurl_global_init_mem()\fP
to supply one of your own. However, there is no way to use
\fIcurl_global_init_mem()\fP in a modular program -- all modules in
the program that might use libcurl would have to agree on one
allocator.
A special part of the global constant environment is the identity of the
memory allocator. \fIcurl_global_init(3)\fP selects the system default memory
allocator, but you can use \fIcurl_global_init_mem(3)\fP to supply one of your
own. However, there is no way to use \fIcurl_global_init_mem(3)\fP in a
modular program -- all modules in the program that might use libcurl would
have to agree on one allocator.
There is a failsafe in libcurl that makes it usable in simple
situations without you having to worry about the global constant
environment at all: \fIcurl_easy_init()\fP sets up the environment
itself if it hasn't been done yet. The resources it acquires to do so
get released by the operating system automatically when the program
exits.
There is a failsafe in libcurl that makes it usable in simple situations
without you having to worry about the global constant environment at all:
\fIcurl_easy_init(3)\fP sets up the environment itself if it hasn't been done
yet. The resources it acquires to do so get released by the operating system
automatically when the program exits.
This failsafe feature exists mainly for backward compatibility because
there was a time when the global functions didn't exist. Because it