Annotation Glossary

A

allow-none

NULL is OK, both for passing and for returning.

E

element-type

Generics and defining elements of containers and arrays.

I

inout

Parameter for input and for returning results. Default is transfer full.

O

out

Parameter for returning results. Default is transfer full.

out callee-allocates

Out parameter, where callee must allocate storage.

S

scope async

The callback is valid until first called.

T

transfer container

The caller owns the data container, but not the data inside it.

transfer floating

Alias for transfer none, used for objects with floating refs.

transfer full

The caller owns the data, and is responsible for free it.

transfer none

The data is owned by the callee, which is responsible of freeing it.